![]() Want more cheap and easy meals? Check out our favorite 5-ingredient meals, our top 30-minute meals, and food editor June’s entire Budget Eats series. Try our vegan lasagna, our creamy mushroom pasta, our tofu katsu curry, or our vegan crunchwrap to see how versatile and filling these meals can be. And we don’t mean by replacing proteins with all those high-priced meat substitutes (though we’re all about those sometimes)-no, instead we’re talking about making vegetarian meals out of cheap beans, tofu, and plants. One of the best ways to save some money is to go meatless (and not just on Mondays). ![]() We’ve included a number of our favorite recipes here, like our chicken pot pie casserole, our one-pot vegetarian chili mac, or our sheet pan chicken fajitas, but once you’ve got the basics down, feel free to get creative. We’ve got a number of creative recipes for them here, like our Crockpot white chicken chili, our air fryer chimichangas, or our Instant Pot chicken noodle soup, but check out our more in-depth lists for the air fryer (over 100 recipes!), Instant Pot, and Crockpot too.Įven if you’re not ready for another appliance, we bet you have some things in your kitchen already that’ll help you get dinner on the table fast, like sheet pans, a Dutch oven, and casserole dishes. They help dinners come together SO fast, and truly, even we’re impressed with how often we use ours. ![]() If you’ve been on the fence about certain kitchen appliances, like slow-cookers, air fryers, and Instant Pots, consider this your sign to take the plunge and get one. It’s all about the way you use the protein that matters, not avoiding them altogether. Try adding more expensive seafood or steak to pasta or rice to help make smaller, more affordable portions go further, like in our Creole jambalaya, our smoked salmon pasta, or our creamy steak fettuccine. Try roasting a whole chicken (or buying a rotisserie chicken), then utilizing it for everything from pizza to tacos all week long. Try adding ground beef, turkey, or chicken to help bulk out old standbys, on the cheap. One of the easiest ways to cut down on dinner costs is to go for cheaper cuts of meat, or utilizing more expensive ones in creative ways. Whatever your style, these 70 cheap and easy meals will please your entire family without breaking the bank. You don’t have to drop major dough to make something delicious that can be on your table in an hour or less-save money by choosing cheaper proteins (we’re talking chicken, ground proteins, or vegetarian options) and time by making these dishes all in one pan, in your fave kitchen appliance, or via some of our top kitchen shortcuts. These recipes hit all three criteria, with ease. And if you wanted to dress this dish up a bit, you could eliminate the potatoes and serve the shellfish, sausage, and sauce over a bed of linguine.When it comes to weeknight dinner, we’re all looking for something affordable, quick and easy, and satisfying (we’ve got to look forward to them all day, after all). We consider this dish the ultimate in laid-back evening eats, so crack a cold beer open and enjoy. Doing so also allows the pan to preheat, so when you add the wine, instant steam is created to help open the mollusks. The clams will take a bit longer to cook, which is why you'll want to start these on the pan first. Also discard any mussels or clams with broken shells. However if they don't close up-toss them, that means they're dead, and no good to eat. When cleaning the shellfish prior to cooking, tap any partially opened mussels on the counter if they close their shell, they're fine to cook. As far as seafood seasoning blends go, we prefer Slap Ya Mama brand, as we've found they use high quality ingredients, but feel free to use whatever you have kicking around your spice cabinet. It's easy to make and doused in a ridiculously tasty, buttery white wine sauce-kicked up a bit with a little hot sauce and seafood seasoning-which is heavenly sopped up with the potatoes, as well as some crusty bread if you have it on hand. This lively platter of mussels, clams, sausage, and potatoes is a super fun alternative to your typical sheet pan suppers. More Quick and Easy Recipes Quick Beef Stir-Fry Simple Beef Stroganoff Dumplings Simple Baked Chicken Breasts Easy Swedish Meatball Sauce Quick Chicken. Sheet Pan Seafood Bake with Buttery Wine Sauce Recipeįinally, a seafood "bake" that lives up to its name.
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