Budget Meals

Quick, easy, and cheap dinner recipes! If you're looking for budget friendly meals to make for your family, here you will find a variety of delicious recipes even your picky eaters will enjoy! Everything from cheesy chicken casseroles to simple ground beef ideas.
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Creamy Chicken & Red Lobster Biscuit Casserole
An effortless dinner casserole for a large family with kids! Add this budget friendly dish to your dinner rotation for busy weeknight meals. It's fun and easy to make by simply layering a few ingredients into a large baking dish. Start off with a stick of melted butter, top with pulled rotisserie chicken followed by mixed frozen veggies, and then pour over Red Lobster Biscuit Mix combined with milk. Once baked it tastes like a flavorful chicken pot pie! Even your picky eaters will go back for seconds, which is okay because this recipe makes enough to feed 8 people.
Chicken & Biscuit Dinner Cobbler
A super easy and delicious dinner casserole for a large family with kids! Add this budget friendly meal to your dinner rotation for busy weeknights. It's YUMMY and so fun to make by layering melted butter, rotisserie chicken, frozen veggies, creamy soup, and Red Lobster Biscuits in a casserole dish. It's not easy making everyone happy at dinner time, but this recipe is a hit with even the pickiest of eaters.
Canned Chicken Nuggets | Easy Baked Budget Recipe
This last minute meal is a life saver! You won't believe how delicious these homemade baked chicken nuggets are, AND they are made with a can of chicken! Cheap, easy, and so convenient when you don't have time to plan dinner or grocery shop. As a huge bonus, these chicken nuggets are low carb and gluten free. Simply mix the chicken with egg, cheese, and seasoning. Next, form the chicken batter into small bite size pieces and line them up on a baking sheet. Bake at 425° for about 20 minutes. So yummy and kid approved! Serve as a snack, quick lunch, or even dinner with your favorite sides.
Easy Frozen Meatball Pot Roast
A delicious slow cooker dinner recipe made with frozen meatballs and a few other budget ingredients! This easy family dinner only takes about 10 minutes to prepare. Simply chop the celery, mix the gravy packets with water, and then dump everything into your slow cooker. Serve over refrigerated mashed potatoes to make it extra lazy! We make this simple dinner often on busy weeknights when we don't feel like cooking. The great thing is it can be prepared ahead of time and then just kept warm in your crock pot until your family is ready to eat.
Classic Cheeseburger Pasta Dinner Casserole
This vintage recipe has been around forever! And for a reason. It's so simple to make and yet totally delicious. A great, kid friendly family dinner for busy weeknight meals. The combination of ground beef, pasta, tomato soup, and gooey cheese is easy to prepare yet surprisingly GOOD! The subtle sweetness of the tomato soup gives this cheesy pasta all of the flavors of a yummy cheeseburger in the kid-friendly form of a casserole. If you're a busy mom on a budget, you've got to add this recipe to your dinner menu!
46 Easy Dinner Ideas For The Pickiest of Eaters!
Add these weeknight dinner recipes to your dinner menu and I promise you won’t be disappointed! All of these recipes are made with just a few budget ingredients and require very little prep and clean up time. As a busy mom with picky kids to feed, that’s basically a requirement for me on busy school nights when I’m just too tired to spend all night in the kitchen cooking! I've included everything from casseroles and crockpot meals to ground beef and baked chicken. A variety of simple recipes to choose from so that dinner never gets boring!
Easy Cheeseburger Pasta Casserole
An easy family dinner recipe made with just a few common ingredients! The combination of ground beef, pasta, tomato soup, and gooey cheese is simple yet surprisingly delicious. My kids always go back for a second helping, which is like a miracle in my house. They are PICKY! If you have a family with hungry kids to feed, this quick and easy ground beef dinner is fast to prepare, budget friendly, and more importantly, the most delicious, savory comfort food. The subtle sweetness of the tomato soup gives this cheesy pasta all of the flavors of a yummy cheeseburger in the kid-friendly form of a casserole.
Easy Cheeseburger Pasta Dinner Casserole (Picky Eater Approved!)
Easy Cheeseburger Pasta Dinner Casserole (Picky Eater Approved!)
Frozen Meatball Pot Roast
Easy and delicious slow cooker dinner! This easy family dinner only takes about 10 minutes to prepare. Simply chop the celery, mix the gravy packets with water, and then dump everything into your handy, dandy crockpot. Serve over refrigerated mashed potatoes to make it extra lazy! This is comfort food made easy thanks to the frozen meatballs, a freezer staple I try to always have on hand for last minute dinners.
Lazy Lasagna
3 Ingredient frozen ravioli dinner casserole! This popular recipe is quick and easy to make and kid approved. Simply layer and bake! No need to even precook the pasta which means just ONE DISH! I’ve probably made this tasty dish 100 times. It’s so easy and versatile for busy weeknight meals. Use any frozen ravioli, any sauce, and any shredded cheese. You could also include ground sausage or beef to the layer. Maybe even some veggies! Make it your way.
Tater Tot Casserole
This easy dinner casserole recipe is made with simple and cheap ingredients that your family will love including ground beef, cream of mushroom soup, cheddar cheese, green beans, onion and tater tots. Some serious comfort food! My is my husband's number one requested meal. And you can customize it with the veggies of your choice!
Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread made with CAKE MIX!
🍌👩‍🍳🍫✨ Delicious and SO EASY!! This amazing banana bread is made with just ripe bananas, eggs, a box of yellow cake mix, and some optional chocolate chips. I had low expectations the first time I made this bread because it’s so darn easy and kinda seems like cheating, but it always turns out amazing. My family enjoys it often as a quick breakfast or sweet snack. It’s our go-to recipe when we’ve let our bananas get too ripe!