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Budget Meal Recipes

Want to make a delicious dinner for your family without it costing too much money?  These budget meal recipes can be made for a family of four and will cost under $20.

From Crockpot Tomato Vegetable Soup to Barbecue Chicken Quesadillas to Spaghetti Parm you will find a recipe you will love and want to make it one of your regular dinner recipes for your family!

Sliced barbecue chicken quesadillas on a white plate with a small bowl of sour cream.
Four whole wheat veggie wraps with tomatoes, hummus, carrots, cilantro, olives, and cucumber.

Healthy Recipes

Vegetable Hummus Wraps

Cooked pizza bites in the basket of a Gourmia Air Fryer.

Snacks

Air Fryer Pizza Rolls

Breakfast

Giant Fluffy Cinnamon Roll

Vegetable Soup in a white bowl with a spoon in it

Dinners

Crockpot Vegetable Soup

A plate of mozzarella cheesy spaghetti with a red napkin and two forks.

Pasta

Easy Cheesy Spaghetti Recipe

Spaghetti sauce and noodles on a white plate with fresh herbs garnishing it. A bowl of grated parmesan cheese is next to it with a spoon.

Dinners

Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

This recipe for Veggie-Pita-Pizza makes individual pizzas. They are made with whole wheat pitas and covered with peppers, onions, mushrooms and cheese.

Dinners

Veggie Pita Pizza

A blue plate with chicken stir fry on it.

Dinners

Easy Chicken Stir Fry Recipe

Dinners

Panera Fuji Apple Chicken Salad (Copycat Panera Bread)

Antipasto Pasta Salad

Dinners

Antipasto Pasta Salad

Three chicken bacon ranch wraps stacked on a plate with chips.

Dinners

Chicken Bacon Ranch Wraps

A plate of bruschetta chicken with mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil on top and a side salad.

Dinners

Grilled Bruschetta Chicken

Tomato Basil Chicken Salad

Dinners

Tomato Basil Chicken Salad

BBQ Ranch Hamburgers

Dinners

BBQ Ranch Burgers – Perfect for Summer Grilling

A breakfast pizza with ham, eggs, onions, peppers, & cheese on a tortilla.

Breakfast

Easy Breakfast Pizza on a Tortilla

Sliced barbecue chicken quesadillas on a white plate with a small bowl of sour cream.

30 Minute Meals

BBQ Chicken Quesadillas

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