25 Cheap and Easy Meals for Families of 4 or more! (2024)

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Vegan Broccoli Cheese Rice Casserole - Dump and Bake!

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This is the BEST healthy broccoli cheese casserole with rice! It’s so savory and creamy. It makes the perfect easy weeknight recipe that's also budget-friendly!

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Rotisserie Chicken Enchilada Stuffed Peppers

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Rotisserie Chicken Enchilada Stuffed Peppers make the perfect easy, healthy, and low carb weeknight meal! With only 10 minutes of hands-on time and 30 minutes in the oven, you’ll have dinner ready in no time! Since it only needs 4 ingredients, it's also very budget-friendly!

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Instant Pot Lentils & Rice (Mujadara)

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Lentils and rice cooked with fragrant spices and topped with caramelized onions. You will love this one-pot version where you don’t have to cook lentils and rice separately. This vegan and gluten free dish is also budget friendly and nutritious.

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One Pan Cheeseburger Pasta

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This one pan cheeseburger pasta can be made for around $7 and can feed a family of 6! It’s a copycat version of hamburger helper but tastes so much better and the best part? It only takes 15 minutes to make.

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Low Carb Spanakopita Recipe (Low Carb Spinach Quiche)

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This quick keto dinner recipe is the perfect keto snack that supplies us with healthy fats, essential minerals and vitamins, and works perfectly as a fast and easy low carb dinner recipe!

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Best 5 Ingredient Instant Pot Chili!

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5 ingredient Instant Pot chili is cheap and perfect as is or inside baked potatoes.

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Panda Express Mushroom Chicken Copycat

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Tender pan-seared chicken stir-fried with mushrooms and zucchini in a delicious Asian soy ginger garlic sauce! Cheaper and faster than getting take out!

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Keto Spaghetti Squash Recipe With Chicken

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This affordable spaghetti squash recipe with chicken thighs is crazy delicious. Crockpot recipes are always so flavorful. Additionally, the slow cooker really makes the squash noodles taste like regular pasta.

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Crescent Roll Cheeseburger Pie Cups - Any Reason Life

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This easy Crescent Roll Cheeseburger Pie Cups recipe is the perfect simple family meal. This recipe requires minimal effort and tastes so delicious. Cheeseburger ground beef biscuit cups are cheap to make and less messy than regular burgers.

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Kielbasa and Potatoes Recipe

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Kielbasa and Potatoes is a popular and delicious budget dinner. Polish comfort food is filling and easy to make.

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Vegetable Barley Soup

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You need just a few basic ingredients like barley, carrots, celery, onion, and frozen peas, and you can throw together this pot of delicious barley soup with less than $1 per serving!

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Potato Pasta (pasta e patate)

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This creamy and utterly delicious potato pasta is your go-to recipe. It calls for a few humble and budget-friendly ingredients, it takes less than 20 minutes of prep time and $1 per serving.

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Neapolitan Layered Pasta Bake

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This simple pasta casserole is a much-requested family favorite! It's a quick and easy take on lasagna that can be made as-is (meatless) or can be a fantastic way of using up leftover meats and vegetables. It's even made with basic ingredients that most people have on hand. Win-win!

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One Skillet Chicken Pot Pie

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This chicken pot pie is quick and easy. Using left over chicken, a few veggies and refrigerated biscuits, it is budget-friendly and delicious!

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Instant Pot Greek Lemon Butter Fettuccine Pasta + Video

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Instant Pot Greek Lemon Butter Fettuccine Pasta with a simple, fresh creamy lemon yogurt sauce; a Mediterranean dish easily made in your pressure cooker.

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Cheesy Mexican Lasagna Recipe

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Mexican lasagna recipe made with tortillas is gooey and cheesy – the perfect mixture of Italian and Tex-Mex. Corn tortillas are layered with cheese, refried beans, and spiced ground beef to create an easy, make-ahead meal the whole family will love.

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Hamburger Soup With Macaroni

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An easy versatile soup that can be customized to suit your taste and budget. This hamburger soup with macaroni is a complete meal in one bowl.

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Easy Meat Lasagna Recipe for hungry families

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Lasagna is a super frugal dish which will feed a crowd (or just a hungry family!) This recipe will show you a couple of time-saving tips to get the lasagna on your table faster!

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Three-Cheese Pesto Chicken Pasta Bake Recipe

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Three-Cheese Pesto Chicken Pasta Bake Recipe Make ahead and freeze for a rainy day. Easy make and oh so delicious.

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20-Minute Bow Tie Pasta Alfredo

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Here’s a recipe for pasta alfredo your family will love. It takes just 20 minutes to make this delicious dinner! This recipe is vegetarian, but you can add chicken or shrimp if you’d like.

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Healthy Chicken Strips Recipe - Gluten Free Almond Flour Chicken

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These easy, healthy chicken strips can be served over salad for a complete meal. They are about $2.50/serving.

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Creamy Ham and Potato Soup

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This rich and hearty soup is total comfort food. A loaf a crusty bread and dinner is done.

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Creamy Chicken Spaghetti

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Creamy chicken spaghetti is a favorite and can be made in a matter of minutes. An easy delicious dinner in no time!

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BBQ Chicken Braid

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This BBQ Chicken Braid recipe makes 2 large braids, feeds a crowd, and costs just $9.54 to make and $1.20 per serving!

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Instant Pot Bagels Lox and Cream Cheese Pasta + Video

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Instant Pot Bagels Lox and Cream Cheese Pasta is perfect for Sunday brunch. ‘Bagels, Lox and Cream Cheese’ reimagined into a wagon wheel pasta meal, in about 20 minutes!