10 Budget Recipes and Cheap Easy Meals You Should Try

Yum! Those look like good recipes! I may have to make the potato green bean curry this weekend. My family stopped eating meat at home this year, and it has been incredible for our health and wallet (spending $100 less per month on food for the two of us). I love how half of these would work for us!

These all sound so good!! I just prepped at home burrito bowls to take for my lunches this week! I am a big fan of one pot meals because of how easy they tend to be (and my husband is a fan because he is normally on dish duty)

Good morning Michelle,

I’m glad you’re discussing a topic like this today. To talk about food and budgets, one thing that came to mind for aspiring side hustle entrepreneurs is if they’re looking to save money while striving to eat nutritious food, they should hold off on spending money on eating out at buffet restaurants and buying big ticket items at supermarkets like Shrimps and other seafood items. Reason being is because most aspiring side hustlers are just starting out and they need to save their money for things like making sure their hosting bill is paid on time, real world bills are paid, and some money put away just in case they have to run a few PPC ads “pay per click advertisements.” Running paid online advertising adverts from time to time is also good for business, as some webpreneurs may need to put money away for that and watch their food budgets.

I’m an advocate for stocking up good food in the freezer by purchasing low-priced prepackaged meals from the supermarket. Another thing I really like doing to save money is buying large bags of vegetables like corn and mixed vegetables and sometimes other types of vegetables so I stay on track right and saving money from spending at the buffet. That chicken burrito bowl looks pretty nutritious with sliced avocado and mixed veggies.

Eating expensive food shouldn’t be a priority for entrepreneurs just starting out in online business. They should focus on consuming quality food on a budget while building their side hustle businesses from the ground floor up. As long as they get a healthy meal in that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, that should keep them inspired to continue on with building their side hustle Internet business. The expensive food will always be there. Thank you for this thought-provoking post on food budgeting for entrepreneurs. 🙂

Love budget meals! What a great list you put together!

I have always believed that my grocery shopping is the easiest budget line to control. I love being able to find meals that only cost a couple dollars to make. I almost consider myself the queen of cheap meals that still taste great.

This is a great list that goes past just eating beans and rice. Many of these recipes can be used to disguise small bits of leftover meats and vegetables, too, in order to reduce food waste.

These all look awesome! I’m totally going to try a few of them in the next week or two! Always looking for some fresh ideas. Thanks!

Love the burrito bowl idea! My favorite budget-friendly recipe is homemade tortellini soup. We broke down the cost per serving once and it’s under $1 per serving. 🙂 And it tastes uh-mazing.

An easy way to save even more money is to eat vegetarian or vegan. Here are two of my favorite recipes:

Thanks for sharing these recipes. Will definitely need to try some of these out soon – my wallet thanks you.

Any low budget meal ideas for those on restricted diets? My husband and I both have autoimmune diseases that require us to eat low carb, which means no rice, beans, pasta, potatoes, or bread. Right now our budget is $1000 a month for the six of us and I’d love to get it down.

Great Meal ideas. I am sure adding a cheap meal planner to your blog would not be too hard.
Here are two of my specials that are pretty healthy and also inexpensive to build.
Growing up with 6 brothers and sisters on a teachers salary we had to make the most food possible for the the least amount of money. Quick Spanish Rice. prepare 2 cups of rice. We like long grain and brown rice. Cook 8 or so slices of bacon. We use either turkey or regular bacon. Make it kind of crispy. Add crumbled or cut bacon to your rice. Add 2 cans of Rotel or diced tomatoes and peppers to your rice. Add ketchup or salsa to the rice and stir when it looks pretty red it is ready to eat.

Beano is something I came up with as we always have some beans around the house to work with. Cook either chicken, beef or pork in a fry pan we cut ours up into bite size chunks and fry it with a little olive oil. a pound or so works pretty good. Cook 2 cups of beans we mix white and darker beans for a cool look. You can also use three different kinds of canned beans the more colorful the better. Add 2 cans of Rotel or tomatoes with peppers and a cup or two of Salsa.
heat in your fry pan until warm and enjoy.

What I took from all of these recipes is use your own spices to make a taco flavour, some noodles are better than others, so use them.
Some people like dairy, but it not being such a good choice, use something else in it’s place.
I think it would be common sense?
And one person was right, sorry I forgot who, but this stuff is a heck of a lot cleaner than a lot of other recipes, already prepared, and restaurant foods