Cheap Dinner Recipes

If you're looking for easy dinner recipes that are cheap, simple, and perfect for weeknights, you have to check out these recipes! Made with inexpensive ingredients like ground beef, ground turkey, chicken, and other inexpensive proteins. You'll find plenty of vegan and vegetarian recipes to make on a budget too!
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These cucumber chips will totally curb your potato chip cravings, but without all the carbs! Salt and vinegar flavored, but easy to customize, they are perfectly crunchy, salty, and taste just like your favorite snack food.
Cucumber Chips
These cucumber chips will totally curb your potato chip cravings, but without all the carbs! Salt and vinegar flavored, but easy to customize, they are perfectly crunchy, salty, and taste just like your favorite snack food.
two white bowls filled with strawberry soup and topped with whipped cream, mint leaves and strawberries
Strawberry Soup Recipe (from Disney World's 1900 Park Fare)
Strawberry Soup Recipe (from Disney World's 1900 Park Fare)
air fried sliced potatoes with ranch dressing in the background and text overlay that reads quick & easy air fried sliced potatoes
Sliced Potatoes in the Air Fryer (with an Irresistible Creamy Herb Sauce)
Perfectly seasoned, deliciously tender, and golden browned sliced potatoes made quick and easy in the air fryer. Serve with a big side of my irresistible creamy herb sauce for dipping, and you’ll have a new favorite potato side dish!
cinnamon honey butter is in the middle of some cookies and on top of other pastries
Sliced Potatoes in the Air Fryer (with an Irresistible Creamy Herb Sauce)
Perfectly seasoned, deliciously tender, and golden browned sliced potatoes made quick and easy in the air fryer. Serve with a big side of my irresistible creamy herb sauce for dipping, and you’ll have a new favorite potato side dish!
a wooden bowl filled with coleslaw on top of a checkered table cloth
Vegan Coleslaw
This super easy, totally vegan version of classic coleslaw is ready to eat in less than 10 minutes! It’s exactly what you need for summer cookouts, potlucks, or absolutely anytime you want a side that’s light, crunchy, and a little tangy.
A perfect copycat for the classic herb crusted chicken at Texas Roadhouse! Cooked on the stove or on the grill, this simple recipe gives you deliciously flavorful, juicy chicken cutlets in almost no time at all.
Texas Roadhouse Herb Crusted Chicken
A perfect copycat for the classic herb crusted chicken at Texas Roadhouse! Cooked on the stove or on the grill, this simple recipe gives you deliciously flavorful, juicy chicken cutlets in almost no time at all.
tater tots in an air fryer with text overlay
Air Fryer Tater Tots
No deep frying here – just golden tater tots, cooked perfectly in less than 15 minutes thanks to the air fryer! With this easy method, you can go from frozen potato barrels to fluffy, crunchy crispy crowns with zero prep and almost no effort. You’ll never cook tater tots any other way again!
Easy green tomato salsa, made with roasted tomatoes, peppers, garlic, and zesty lime juice is the best way to add fresh, bright flavor to any meal or snack. Serve this salsa verde variation with your favorite tortilla chips or dollop it onto a salad, tacos, or a big plate of nachos.
Green Tomato Salsa
Easy green tomato salsa, made with roasted tomatoes, peppers, garlic, and zesty lime juice is the best way to add fresh, bright flavor to any meal or snack. Serve this salsa verde variation with your favorite tortilla chips or dollop it onto a salad, tacos, or a big plate of nachos.
a bowl filled with coleslaw next to a wooden spoon and glass of orange juice
Vegan Coleslaw
This super easy, totally vegan version of classic coleslaw is ready to eat in less than 10 minutes! It’s exactly what you need for summer cookouts, potlucks, or absolutely anytime you want a side that’s light, crunchy, and a little tangy.
Smoked cream cheese is the appetizer you didn’t know you were missing in your life! Loaded with flavor, smoked cream cheese is soft, perfectly smoky, and absolutely delicious topped with your favorite preserves, like pepper jelly! It takes only minutes to prep and is endlessly customizable. Don’t stop at appetizers, though; use smoked cream cheese in place of regular cream cheese for all your favorite savory dishes for extra depth of smoky flavor. Pepper Jelly, Smoker Recipes, Cheese Topping, Peach Mango, Dessert Options, Food Words, Melted Cheese, Sweet Recipes, Cream Cheese
Smoked Cream Cheese
Smoked cream cheese is the appetizer you didn’t know you were missing in your life! Loaded with flavor, smoked cream cheese is soft, perfectly smoky, and absolutely delicious topped with your favorite preserves, like pepper jelly! It takes only minutes to prep and is endlessly customizable. Don’t stop at appetizers, though; use smoked cream cheese in place of regular cream cheese for all your favorite savory dishes for extra depth of smoky flavor.
this cowboy cornbread casserole is loaded with ground beef and cheese
Cowboy Cornbread Casserole
Cowboy cornbread casserole is a hearty, satisfying, comforting casserole that’s loaded with Tex-Mex flavors and topped with a rich, cheesy cornbread topping. This is a great dinner option for busy evenings or feeding a large group.
a casserole dish on a plate with the title cowboy cornbread casserole
Cowboy Cornbread Casserole
Cowboy cornbread casserole is a hearty, satisfying, comforting casserole that’s loaded with Tex-Mex flavors and topped with a rich, cheesy cornbread topping. This is a great dinner option for busy evenings or feeding a large group.
an easy creamy tuna alfredo recipe with text overlay
Tuna Alfredo (with Jarred or Homemade Pasta Sauce)
This quick and easy recipe for delicious tuna alfredo uses pantry staple ingredients to whip up a simple, flavorful meal in almost no time at all! Chunks of flaky tuna fish pepper al dente fettuccine smothered in a creamy, cheesy sauce. We’ve included options for using jarred alfredo sauce or homemade so you can adapt this recipe based on your grocery budget.
sliced potatoes in the air fryer with ranch dressing
Sliced Potatoes in the Air Fryer (with an Irresistible Creamy Herb Sauce)
Perfectly seasoned, deliciously tender, and golden browned sliced potatoes made quick and easy in the air fryer. Serve with a big side of my irresistible creamy herb sauce for dipping, and you’ll have a new favorite potato side dish!
a bowl of pasta with chicken and sauce in it next to a sign that says quick and easy tuna alfredo
Tuna Alfredo (with Jarred or Homemade Pasta Sauce)
This quick and easy recipe for delicious tuna alfredo uses pantry staple ingredients to whip up a simple, flavorful meal in almost no time at all! Chunks of flaky tuna fish pepper al dente fettuccine smothered in a creamy, cheesy sauce. We’ve included options for using jarred alfredo sauce or homemade so you can adapt this recipe based on your grocery budget.