Feeding your family on a budget doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice quality or flavor. A little planning, preparation, and some great budget friendly dinner recipes will help you to have a delicious meal on the table at a cost you can afford. Some simple things like having a meatless meal a couple days out of the week, planning your meals around what’s on sale at your local stores, and buying in bulk can really help you to stretch your grocery dollars.
Some of our favorite budget friendly recipes on About A Mom include: Baked Fish Sticks with Parmesan, Butter Lemon Garlic Pasta, Impossible Easy Chicken Taco Pie, and CrockPot Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti. I put the call out to some of my blogging friends and asked them to share their favorite budget friendly dinner recipes, and got an incredible response. All of the recipes pictured above and linked below are low-cost, delicious, and mom approved.
Creamy Spinach and Chicken Penne from Better in Bulk
Arroz Con Gandules – Rice With Pigeon Peas from Better in Bulk
Baked Ravioli from Better in Bulk
Beef Goulash from Random Mommy
Easy Vegetable Fried Rice from Views from the Ville
Quick and Easy Rice and Bean Burritos from Views from the Ville
Baked Potato Soup from Hot Mama in the City
Bacon Avocado Grill Cheese from Hot Mama in the City
Italian Baked Chicken {Only 5 Ingredients} from Jade Louise Designs
Meat Lovers Lasagna on a Budget from Nicki’s Random Musings
All In One Dinner on the Grill from Wheel n Deal Mama
Easy Summer Pasta Salad from Couponing Away Debt
Super Simple Chicken Pot Pie from The Bizy Mommy
Stretch Your Beef Sloppy Joes from Thrifty Jinxy
Meatless Sloppy Joes from Home Cooking Memories
Faux Potato Pancakes made with Zucchini from Mud Pies and Tiaras
Bacon, Steak, Potato, and Cheese Kabobs from Sunshine and Sippy Cups
Eggplant in the Oven from Our Family World
Baked Chicken Parmesan Tenders from Our Family World
Celery Cream Soup from Our Family World
Delicious Apple Salsa from Home and Garden Cafe
What are your favorite budget friendly dinner recipes?
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Thanks for including my recipe! I will have to try out some of these others – so many good ones!
So many great looking dinners! This would be great to explore!
Thank you for featuring our recipe! Off to check the others
Thanks for the inspiration! We made a great low-cost meal last night too, that was so easy. New England Pot Roast. It’s a new favorite over here! 🙂
That sounds delicious, Janel! I get so excited when my store has pot roast on sale.
love your list of low cost dinner ideas… they all sound yummy, can’t wait to try some… thanks for sharing….
Wow! It’s great to have all this info in one place. Thanks!
Excellent!! I am going to bookmark this for easy reference!!
What a great list, thanks so much for putting this together!
perfect list for me!! THANK YOU!
Thanks for adding mine! This is a great list, bookmarking to check every else’s dishes out.