Being budget-friendly certainly doesn't mean the food has to suck. If you're looking to eliminate a few weekly tasks -- grocery shopping, meal planning, prep, cooking -- without squeezing your budget, we tested more than 10 top wallet-friendly services to find the best cheap meal delivery for The bottom line : EveryPlate's meal kits were all solid and easy to make.

EveryPlate meal kits are easy to prepare and I loved everything I made in multiple rounds of testing. You won't find a lot of foofy, upscale cuisine or complicated recipes, but you will get a lot of satisfying comfort food, such as hoisin meatloaf with mashed potatoes, cheeseburgers, umami pork chops and sweet potato quesadillas.

I tested EveryPlate and was pleasantly surprised with how much I liked the meals. Having tested all of the leading prepared meal delivery service options, Fresh N Lean ran away from the competition, ticking more boxes than any other. The food is healthy, thoughtfully prepared, tastes fantastic, looks appetizing and is fairly affordable, depending on the plan you select.

Fresh N Lean has five meal plans to help keep folks on track with their specific nutrition goals, including low-carb, vegan, paleo and protein-plus options. The food I tried was all made exceptionally well, made from simple, whole ingredients. This is the perfect service for families with picky eaters trying to eat well on a budget.

Much like EveryPlate, Dinnerly has a lot of comfort foods such as ravioli with spinach and parmesan sauce, carne asada tacos and chicken pad thai. Dinnerly has an enormous menu of recipes -- typically more than 60 to choose from in a given week. The bottom line: This plant-based meal delivery service had some of the best, healthy prepared meals of any service we tried.

I sampled about nine of Mosaic Food's plant-based prepared meal offerings and the vegetarian prepared meal delivery service had an astoundingly high hit rate.

Mosaic uses bold and interesting global flavors and employs creative use of meat substitutes such as tofu, jackfruit, cauliflower and vegan sausages to create tasty and satisfying vegetarian meals -- even for this omnivore.

There are some vegan meals, but many of them use dairy products, so vegans must choose their Mosaic meals more carefully. The bottom line: Blue Apron is a classic example of a quality meal delivery service.

One of the original providers of this service, it also stands out for eco-friendliness. Blue Apron is one of the original meal kit services and it's also one of the best.

In fact, Blue Apron topped our list of best meal delivery services for with a wide range of excellent recipes, all for an affordable price. It's true, you can order bistro steaks and roasted trout dinners with Blue Apron's standard plan, where many services charge extra for those premium proteins.

In addition to solid meal kits, Blue Apron is the most eco-friendly service of the major players, according to a recent study.

The heartier meals are great too, like the cauliflower rice and pesto harvest bowl with cashews and spinach. You won't need more than a saucepan, toaster or blender to prepare most of the meals, and most can be made in as little as 5 minutes.

When I tried Daily Harvest , I loved the interesting smoothie combos such as a chocolate blueberry smoothie with greens, banana and almond butter. The bottom line : It doesn't get much easier than HelloFresh.

This service has tons of cheap meal kit options, more than 50 per week, and allows you to add proteins or extra servings to keep the whole crew fed and happy.

HelloFresh has as many as 25 dinner meal kits per week, so it is nearly impossible not to find something you'll like. HelloFresh also has five or six plant-based recipes a week, making it the best cheap meal kit service for vegetarians. Over the past few years, we've tested nearly every meal kit delivery and prepared meal delivery service we could get our oven mitts on, and that includes the best budget meal delivery services.

Many of the menu options for the meal delivery services we've listed include nutritious plant-based food or high-protein recipes with lots of veggies and lean meats.

To test each cheap meal delivery service, I tried at least four and sometimes as many as 10 meals from any given service. I always choose a range of meals from the various menu and meal plan offerings.

For instance, if a meal subscription service offers vegan or vegetarian meals I was sure to try at least one. I also mixed up the cuisine types to include pasta, meat dishes, bowls and other various styles offered by the brand. To test the best cheap meal kits, there was another set of standards and protocols to adhere to.

Here's more on how we test meal kits at CNET. The first big decision you'll make is whether you want meal kits, which require some prep and cooking, or a prepared meal service that sends fully cooked meals ready to heat and eat. Prepared meals require almost no time and energy, other than what it takes to actually eat the food, but typically run a few dollars more per serving.

If you're keen on eating low-calorie, low-carb, plant-based or pescatarian food, certain meal kits and meal delivery services are better than others.

Our list of the healthiest meal delivery services for is a good place to find the most nutritious options. With almost every service, the more meals or servings are in your order per delivery, the cheaper it becomes per meal.

Ideally, you'll want to determine exactly how much food makes sense for your household. That means it's less of an issue if you order too many meals on your first go-around.

Services like Daily Harvest and Splendid Spoon have meals for similar prices but are focused more on grain bowls and smoothies and might be better for breakfast or lunch versus dinner. When it comes to meal kits, your options are many, and most services provide weekly recipes that are low on calories but still filling.

HelloFresh has the most recipes per week of any meal kit service, so that might be your best bet for finding consistent meals that keep your diet goals on track.

But all services list the calorie content for each recipe, along with carbs, protein, sugar and sodium. Depending on your weight loss goals, a healthy prepared meal delivery or meal kit service can help.

Fresh N Lean, Pete's Real Food and Daily Harvest all have low-calorie meals to choose from. Some of the services listed here are healthy prepared meal delivery services , sending fully cooked meals -- often frozen or partially frozen -- and ready to eat when you receive them.

Others include health-focused meal kits with premeasured ingredients all boxed up and ready for easy weeknight cooking. There's a stark difference between meal kits and meal delivery, but both make dinnertime easier and can translate into healthier eating choices for you in Plus, we sussed out the best healthy meal services for those on special diets like keto or paleo or for those who wish to eat organic prepared meals and meal kits.

Wellness Nutrition. Written by David Watsky. Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement. David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade covering all things edible, including meal kit services, food subscriptions, kitchen tools and cooking tips.

Since earning a BA in English from Northeastern in Boston, he's toiled in nearly every aspect of the food business, including as a line cook in Rhode Island where he once made a steak sandwich for Lamar Odom. Right now, he's likely somewhere stress-testing a blender or researching the best way to make bacon.

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See at Dinnerly. Best cheap meal kits for picky eaters. See at Mosaic Foods. Best cheap vegan meals. Not only is homemade granola usually much cheaper than store-bought, it's healthier too -- you know exactly how much sugar and what kind is in the mix, and you can control the ratios of all ingredients to suit your particular tastes.

Skip the nuts if allergies are a problem. You don't even have to stick to oats, as this homemade granola recipe tutorial shows. Keep it around for a relatively healthy snack, or use it to top your favorite yogurt for breakfast. If your pressure cooker has a yogurt function, try this Instant Pot yogurt recipe to save even more money.

Why we like them: Bananas are affordable if you don't buy organic, they average 57 cents per pound and famously high in potassium -- and you can use them even when they're a little overripe instead of tossing them out and wasting money.

This vegan recipe doesn't cancel out their benefits with tons of added sugar either. Prefer baked goods for breakfast? There's no rule that says you can't eat banana bread for the first meal of the day, but for a less sugary option that's also vegan and gluten-free, try this chocolate banana crunch muffin recipe.

Instead of adding butter, eggs and refined sugar and flour to the batter, the mashed bananas mingle with coconut oil, a chia egg , and oat and almond flour, plus cocoa powder for the chocolate boost. Sweetened with maple syrup and topped with granola, they're a real treat that you can feel really good about eating and giving to your kids.

Also, they're much easier than homemade bagels. Substitutions: Don't have coconut oil? Use another neutral vegetable oil instead. No chia seeds to make a chia egg? Substitute 2 tablespoons water plus 2 teaspoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon vegetable oil -- or just ¼ cup of carbonated water.

All out of maple syrup? Honey works just as well here. And if you have whole oats and almonds in your pantry, you can grind both into flour in a food processor just don't blend the almonds too long or you'll get nut butter, which is another nice thing to make at home. If you don't want to have to think about swaps, though, these healthy banana muffins are similar but call for more common ingredients and you can use regular all-purpose flour instead of whole wheat if AP is all you have.

Why we like it: Made from just three ingredients one of which is instant coffee granules, which tend to be much cheaper than whole or ground beans , this is a true treat that costs far less than anything you've ever bought from Starbucks but we show you how to make Starbucks classics at home , too.

Have you seen this pillowy coffee drink all over social media and immediately assumed you could never pull it off at home? It's actually really easy -- and only involves three ingredients five if you count ice and water.

Simply whisk instant coffee granules or espresso powder with white sugar and hot water until it fluffs up, then spoon it into a glass of iced milk whether conventional dairy or a plant-based alternative.

You have a fancy latte alternative any barista would be proud of. Here, you'll find mostly no-cook recipes and some grown-up versions of childhood favorites that actual kids will also like.

Why we like it: Canned tuna is a consistently affordable source of low-fat, high-protein nutrition that has all the essential amino acids you need. There's zero shame in tuna salad, especially when it's dressed up with adult add-ins like fennel, parsley, Dijon and lemon zest that said, check out even more tuna salad recipes if you're fresh out of fresh produce.

You can serve this on bread, scoop it up with crackers and veggies or pile it on fresh greens. And if you're feeding kids, mix up a big batch of tuna with everything except the ingredients they'll object to, then add those extras to what's left over for your own lunch.

Get a grown-up tuna salad recipe. Why we like it: Protein-packed peanut butter is usually not expensive though of course it depends on the brand you buy and a little goes a long way unless you find yourself snacking on it with a spoon several times a day.

If you've never tried applying heat to the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich, prepare to fall in love all over again. Once you inevitably become enamored, try these grilled peanut butter sandwich combos for even more revelatory lunches.

Most kids will inhale these too. They happen to be particularly great for reviving frozen bread ditto any other toasted or grilled sandwich. If you or your kids can't eat peanut butter but you have a food processor, you'll usually find it cheaper per ounce to make homemade nut butter instead of buying it at the store.

Why we like it: It saves your bread from going stale and lets you use up all kinds of leftovers that might otherwise be thrown away which is tantamount to putting money in the garbage.

This pita pizza recipe is awesome for any meal. Simply top store-bought pita bread or other flatbread with cheese and the toppings of your choice, including any leftover cooked meat or veggies you might have.

You can also add sauce if you like. No cheese? Try something like this chorizo and olive flatbread recipe instead. And if you only have regular bread in the house, this easy Italian toast recipe is in the same delicious wheelhouse. Making a roasted chicken for dinner is almost as easy as picking up a rotisserie bird -- but however you get there, the chicken will usually yield plenty of meat for lunch the next day too.

If you're lucky enough to have a wealth of leftover poultry, make it into a lively curry chicken salad with almonds, apples, raisins and mango chutney but it will still be delicious if you only have one or two of those fruity mix-ins to contrast the mild spices and savory flavors.

Or try another non-boring chicken salad recipe. As with tuna, you can turn it into a sandwich, use it to top a green salad or simply scoop it up. Why we like it: Beans and legumes are another great plant-based protein; when it comes to cost, dried beans will almost always cost less per serving than canned, but you may prefer to pay a bit more for the convenience of precooked.

If you want to cook them from dried, remember you'll need to soak them overnight first. This may seem basic, but hummus is always satisfying, and pretty healthy as long as you add lots of fresh veggies for dipping along with your pita.

Homemade hummus is easy to make with canned chickpeas, but if you're fresh out, try making black bean hummus , white bean hummus or even red lentil hummus. Have a little spinach or fresh herbs about to wilt?

Throw them in too like in the spinach and basil hummus recipe above. In addition to dipping things in any of the above for a grown-up Lunchables sort of affair, you can use hummus as a sandwich or wrap spread, or even in place of mayo in egg salad.

Get cooking with pantry staples. Why we like it: Per serving, beans are much more cost effective than meat and depending on the type of meat, they may be healthier too. Combining beans with ground beef or turkey means you can use less meat and will still be plenty full.

Beans are a pantry power player, and we have a plethora of favorite bean recipes for all kinds of canned and dried beans. But one of the most iconic would have to be chili -- and this easy Crock Pot chili recipe with ground beef and kidney beans is a favorite for the way it basically cooks itself.

You can use ground turkey if you prefer; ditto other kinds of canned beans depending on what you have. Canned tomatoes go in too. Meat doesn't have to, if you don't eat it or just don't have any right now.

In which case, this pressure cooker black bean chili recipe is another great option. Read more: 15 quick and easy Instant Pot meals. Why we like it: Having strategies to use up leftovers is important in the fight against food waste and wasting money ; these bowls are versatile enough to take on whatever you want to throw at them, including leftover meat and rice, frozen veggies, cooked beans canned or made from scratch and more.

Canned beans again and frozen corn help bulk up rice and lettuce in this versatile burrito bowl recipe. Cook whatever protein you have on hand, or leave it off and just top with the fried egg. Change up the type of cheese and dollop jarred salsa on top if that's all you've got.

This is also a great way to dress up leftover meats or plant-based alternatives like tofu or jackfruit for lunch the next day. Why we like it: Dried pasta is usually quite cheap, especially if you buy the store brand -- and it increases significantly in volume when cooked, so your dollar and change goes a long way if you don't like leftover pasta and it's just you or two for dinner, don't cook the whole box, but be sure to scale down the sauce ingredient amounts accordingly.

Sauces can be made from just a few pantry staples so you get a whole meal without much more money. An easy pantry pasta par excellence, this proves that simple ingredients can add up to deeply satisfying dishes. All you need for this desperation spaghetti carbonara is pasta, butter, garlic, eggs, pepper and cheese -- if you do have bacon or pancetta, though, please feel free to throw it in!

And if you have a huge stockpile of pasta, some other great ways to dress it up include this canned tomato and butter sauce recipe , this spinach pesto recipe or even tomato soup as pasta sauce.

Why we like it: Eggs pack a decent amount of protein yet cost much less per serving than other common sources like chicken and beef.

Like pasta, they can be dressed up for dinner with just a few pantry staples. This Israeli dish of eggs poached in simmering tomato sauce with onions and spices is a great one-pan dinner that also works for brunch. You can add other vegetables if you have them, and it's just as delicious without the zhug Yemeni herb sauce on top.

If you don't have eggs but can find silken tofu , it adds a nice textural contrast to the dish. Get this shakshuka recipe from CNET's sister site Chowhound. Why we like it: Buying a whole chicken is more cost effective per pound than buying it already cut into pieces, and it gives you lots more to work with, including the flavor-rich bones, which are imperative here.

If you have a Crock Pot and a big hunk of meat, you're well on your way to pulled pork for days, but if you'd rather not have a never-ending pile of protein, try this slow cooker chicken soup recipe instead.

You simply put a whole chicken in the crock along with chopped vegetables, aromatics and water -- and after about eight hours, you have a fragrant broth and lots of tender meat to shred and toss back in the soup but not too much to deal with.

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The original recipe calls for red split lentils, but if you want to get more creative, add some French lentils, too. Recipe: Dal. Black bean patties are one of the most popular alternatives to meat.

They're also pretty easy to make. Recipe: Black Bean Burgers. Recipe: Tuna Melt. Pair it with any greens you have handy! Recipe: Sweet and Spicy Glazed Chicken. Tangy, spicy kimchi or Korean-style fermented vegetables is another way to add a ton of flavor to a dish for not a lot of money.

Keep a jar stocked in the fridge, then work it into fried rice, noodle bowls, or burgers. Recipe: Minute Kimchi Fried Rice. Recipe: Rice Bowl With Fried Egg And Avocado. Recipe: Southwest Turkey, Vegetable, and Rice Skillet. This recipe calls for only three ingredients, and you can always add a protein to the mix if you want.

Recipe: Creamy Tomato Shells. Recipe: Chicken Pesto Bowls. Recipe: Zucchini Corn Quesadillas. Recipe: One-Pan Pizza Chicken. Recipe: Super-Fresh Cucumber Tomato Salad. Recipe: One-Pot Caprese Chicken Pasta. Recipe: Vegan Creamy Kale Pasta. Recipe: Greek Stuffed Sweet Potatoes.

Recipe: One-Pot Bacon Broccoli Mac 'n' Cheese. Recipe: Spicy Chipotle Buddha Bowl With Cauliflower Rice. Recipe: Chicken and Mandarin Salad With Simple Sesame Dressing. Recipe: 5-Ingredient Coconut Curry. Recipe: Garlic Butter Capellini Pomodoro With Shrimp. Recipe: Vegetarian Sheet Pan Zucchini Parmesan.

Recipe: Vegetable Enchilada Casserole. The recipe calls for both whole wheat spaghetti and zucchini noodles, but you can skip the spaghetti if you want to go fully low-carb.

Recipe: Burst Tomato and Zucchini Spaghetti With Avocado Sauce. Recipe: Amazing Slow Cooker Turkey Tacos. Recipe: P. Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps. A super-straightforward weeknight dinner that you can serve with grilled chicken if you want some added protein.

Recipe: Orzo With Spinach and Roasted Red Peppers. Introducing your new favorite pasta sauce, made with nothing more than egg yolks, Parmesan cheese, and fresh lemon. Recipe: Pappardelle Al Limone. This recipe calls for tofu, broccoli, and sweet potato, but you can always swap in whatever protein and veggies you like best.

Recipe: 5-Ingredient Thai Green Curry. Orzo, sliced sausage, bell pepper, heavy cream, and a handful of spices are all there is to this Cajun-inspired skillet. Recipe: Sausage and Creamy Cajun Orzo Skillet. Grab some chicken broth, rotisserie chicken, canned diced tomatoes, ranch dressing, and canned fiesta corn mix to make this heartwarming chicken soup with a Mexican flair.

Recipe: 5-Ingredient Chicken Tortilla Soup. Have toast for dinner, but make it fancy with this mixture of artichoke hearts, spinach white beans, and basil mashed into a creamy and savory spread. Recipe: White Bean and Artichoke Basil Toasts.

Don't let the ingredient list overwhelm you. All you really need to make these fajitas are portobello mushrooms, peppers, onion, and tortillas. Swap the avocado sauce for store-bought guacamole or diced avocado and you've got a delicious meal. Recipe: Portobello and Poblano Fajitas.

Recipe: Spicy Lentil Nachos With 3-Cheese Sauce. Black beans in chocolate muffins might sound odd, but they get super creamy and batterlike — and it absolutely works.

Recipe: Flourless Black Bean Brownie Muffins. You can also use coconut curry as a marinade for your meats. Here, the chicken marinates for two hours in a mixture of coconut milk, soy sauce, curry powder, turmeric, garlic, ginger, brown sugar, and fish sauce.

Recipe: Chicken Satay With Peanut Sauce. Recipe: Sun-Dried Tomato, Kale, and White Bean Skillet. Recipe: Grilled Cheese and Cream of Tomato Soup. Recipe: Baked Eggs in Marinara Sauce. And fair warning that you'll want to put the latter on just about everything.

Recipe: Mujadarra. Recipe: Simple Black Bean Soup. Recipe: Big-Batch Minestrone. This article contains content previously curated by Hannah Loewentheil, Jesse Szewczyk, Marie Telling, Melissa Jameson, and Ailbhe Malone.

It was compiled by Lavanya Narayanan. Easy recipes and cooking hacks right to your inbox. Opens in a new window Opens an external site in a new window Opens an external site. Share via facebook Share via pinterest Share via email Share via sms. Vegan 3-Bean Chili. Feel free to use store-bought pizza dough to make this recipe a cinch to throw together.

Taco Pizza. White Cheddar Mac 'n' Cheese With Chicken and Broccoli. Grilled cheese meets tuna salad. Sweet and Spicy Glazed Chicken. Top it off with your favorite hot sauce and you're good to go. Southwest Turkey, Vegetable, and Rice Skillet. One-pan creamy goodness.

Healthy, tasty, and cheap! Ready in 25 minutes, these quesadillas are a perfect spring dinner. You had me at pizza. Guaranteed to be just as good as your local salad bar, for half the price. Ready in 35 minutes for the perfect weeknight dinner. Deliciously creamy, and without any meat or dairy.

Greek Stuffed Sweet Potatoes. A protein-packed vegetarian dinner. Pretend your mac 'n' cheese is actually healthy by adding some broccoli to the mix.

Spicy Chipotle Buddha Bowl With Cauliflower Rice. Fast, budget-friendly, and healthy: What more do you need? A super-fast summertime salad for your weeknight dinners. The perfect option for your meatless Monday. A healthy-ish, delicious, and vegetarian take on the classic chicken Parmesan.

If you want to add some meat, you can always brown some chicken and add it to the mix. Boil shell pasta as directed. While pasta is cooking, slice up fresh basil, carrots, green pepper, and red onion. Dice up pepperoni. Drain pasta and mix with veggies and pepperoni. Add feta cheese I buy Mediterranean feta cheese with sundried tomatoes and spices.

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Heat everything through and then mix up and egg or two and pour it into the pan. We ate this last night with some duck sauce. So yummy!!! the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.

Slice hot dogs in a skillet. Heat and brown a little. Add couple of cans of pork and beans, a few spoons of brown sugar, onion powder, ketchup, BBQ sauce. Mmm- good! Another of my favs is pizza boats using oven toasted stale buns, then add sauce, tomato sauce sprinkled with salt, garlic powder and oregano , toppings, cheese and in the oven again until cheese melts.

Super fast and so good! She already said in another blog post that her 15 minute meals are not healthy, but were a lifesaving stepping stone between fast food and healthy homemade food while her family adjusted to cooking at home. I will be trying a few and sharing them all with my Facebook group.

Thank you! I am constantly searching for meals I can get on the table super quick because my days are really hectic.

I made the homemade sloppy joes last night and the kids ate the entire pan. I have the 3 more meals on the schedule for next week! A quick recipe that my roommate and I both enjoy is my homemade nacho dip, which is great with tortilla chips or poured over crispy tater tots.

In a large pan, pasta pot-sized , combine a oz can of evaporated milk, two cans cream of chicken soup, an 8-oz. Heat on stovetop, stirring frequently, until cheese is completely melted, and serve. A bonus to this is that it also freezes quite well, so you can make up individual portions to freeze for later, and thaw them for snacks, or for brown-bagging it at work.

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Cheap and Easy 15 Minute Meals from Scratch! Canadian Bacon, Egg and Cheese Sandwich: Throw a skillet over medium heat. Shrimp Tossed Pasta: This one came from my mom and sister.

Turkey Rueben Sandwiches: This is a great way to use up leftover turkey! Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken: If you spend one of your days off grilling up a pack of chicken breasts — you can freeze the chicken breast I wrap in waxed paper, and then seal in a freezer bag, removing all air.

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Quesadilla: Heat ground beef with taco seasoning over medium heat until brown. Easiest Chili Ever: Heat ground beef in a covered pot over medium heat- stir often to break up and brown all sides.

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Swap out regular pasta for pasta made with chickpeas, and you'll more than triple the fiber and double the protein in this simple, satisfying dish. Be sure to save some of the pasta water to make a sauce.

Feel free to use frozen broccoli in a pinch you can blanch the broccoli in the same water you use to cook the pasta. This high-protein breakfast recipe features broccoli and cheese folded into a light and fluffy omelet. This meatless main-dish salad combines creamy, satisfying white beans and avocado.

Try mixing it up with different seasonal vegetables. Apple-flavored chicken sausage adds flavor and protein to this quick dinner hash that uses a bag of shaved Brussels sprouts as its hearty, high-fiber base. Steaming the cubed sweet potatoes in the microwave cuts way down on total cook time.

These BBQ chicken bowls are perfect for weeknight dinners. They come together in just 15 minutes and are chock-full of the classic barbecue flavors you love, including saucy beans, coleslaw and potatoes. Bagged salad and slaw blends are great shortcut ingredients for adding variety without needing to wash and chop lots of different vegetables.

Toss a kale-and-broccoli slaw mix with canned white beans and yogurt-based green goddess dressing for a crunchy main-dish salad in minutes.

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Use limited data to select content. Cook whatever protein you have on hand, or leave it off and just top with the fried egg. Change up the type of cheese and dollop jarred salsa on top if that's all you've got.

This is also a great way to dress up leftover meats or plant-based alternatives like tofu or jackfruit for lunch the next day. Why we like it: Dried pasta is usually quite cheap, especially if you buy the store brand -- and it increases significantly in volume when cooked, so your dollar and change goes a long way if you don't like leftover pasta and it's just you or two for dinner, don't cook the whole box, but be sure to scale down the sauce ingredient amounts accordingly.

Sauces can be made from just a few pantry staples so you get a whole meal without much more money. An easy pantry pasta par excellence, this proves that simple ingredients can add up to deeply satisfying dishes.

All you need for this desperation spaghetti carbonara is pasta, butter, garlic, eggs, pepper and cheese -- if you do have bacon or pancetta, though, please feel free to throw it in!

And if you have a huge stockpile of pasta, some other great ways to dress it up include this canned tomato and butter sauce recipe , this spinach pesto recipe or even tomato soup as pasta sauce.

Why we like it: Eggs pack a decent amount of protein yet cost much less per serving than other common sources like chicken and beef. Like pasta, they can be dressed up for dinner with just a few pantry staples. This Israeli dish of eggs poached in simmering tomato sauce with onions and spices is a great one-pan dinner that also works for brunch.

You can add other vegetables if you have them, and it's just as delicious without the zhug Yemeni herb sauce on top. If you don't have eggs but can find silken tofu , it adds a nice textural contrast to the dish. Get this shakshuka recipe from CNET's sister site Chowhound.

Why we like it: Buying a whole chicken is more cost effective per pound than buying it already cut into pieces, and it gives you lots more to work with, including the flavor-rich bones, which are imperative here. If you have a Crock Pot and a big hunk of meat, you're well on your way to pulled pork for days, but if you'd rather not have a never-ending pile of protein, try this slow cooker chicken soup recipe instead.

You simply put a whole chicken in the crock along with chopped vegetables, aromatics and water -- and after about eight hours, you have a fragrant broth and lots of tender meat to shred and toss back in the soup but not too much to deal with. If you want to add rice or pasta, cook only as much as you'll use for one meal and add it to your individual bowls so it doesn't get too mushy in the soup.

Why we like them: Inexpensive but protein-rich peanut butter is a surprisingly versatile ingredient and noodles are almost always in the pantry -- plus, this recipe will work with almost any kind. That jar of peanut butter in your pantry is good for so much more than sandwiches.

Quick peanut noodles are a favorite that are easily adaptable to whatever vegetables you have on hand, including frozen veggies. If you omit the fish sauce in this easy Asian peanut noodles recipe , it's vegan -- and if you crave more protein, you can add anything from seared tofu cubes to shredded chicken.

In a pinch, spaghetti or linguine can stand in for the udon noodles if you have whole wheat pasta noodles, all the better. You could even cook up ramen noodles without the flavor packet and use them here.

Why we like it: Uncooked rice is generally fairly cheap more so if you buy bags labeled "medium grain" or "long grain" as opposed to varieties like jasmine and basmati , especially if you buy larger size bags; it also has a long shelf life, so don't worry about not going through it fast enough.

While it may not boast the health benefits of whole grains , it's a filling and affordable way to add heft to many meals. Rice is a truly great grain, and can do so much in the kitchen including dessert -- but if you've made a relatively plain rice as a side, the leftovers are even better turned into fried rice.

The basic recipe is eminently riffable, but Chowhound Executive Editor Hana Asbrink's heart belongs to this spicy bacon and kimchi fried rice recipe.

Is it any wonder why? You can leave the bacon out if you don't eat meat or don't have meat. If you're cutting carbs, try tweaking this cauliflower fried rice recipe with those key ingredients and it will be just as fantastic. Why we like it: Buying a whole bird is the most economical option and roasting it at home isn't hard; you'll be able to turn the meat into at least a couple dinners or lunches, and the carcass can then be made into chicken stock saving you even more cash in the long run.

This is one of the most basic and most versatile dishes you can and should learn to make. It's far more affordable than a rotisserie chicken, and really not that hard. There are many methods to roast a whole bird, but this basic roasted chicken recipe covers everything you need to know.

You can serve this with potatoes in any form , a bread salad or green salad , rice , whole grains , beans , pasta or practically anything else.

And of course, the leftover meat can be used in just as many ways -- here are some ideas. Read more: Best air fryer of Ninja, Philips, Cosori, Dash and more. Why we like it: Just 1 ¼ cups of lentils cook up into a meal that yields six servings -- and these affordable little legumes are high in protein so they'll keep you full until tomorrow.

This lentil soup recipe is healthy, filling and totally vegetarian though you can use chicken broth if that's what you have in your pantry -- and if you don't have any broth at all, just use water and season with salt to taste.

You can also use frozen spinach if you don't have fresh -- or fresh kale if a bunch is threatening to wilt in your crisper. If you're totally new to all this, see some more kitchen skills to master , 10 kitchen commandments all cooks should follow and an A-Z ingredients substitution guide for anything you may be missing.

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This sheet pan dinner works with whatever veggies you already have and requires basically zero effort. Most of the time spent is waiting while the sheet pan is in the oven, and there are minimal dishes to clean when it's all said and done.

What more could you need? Craving BBQ pulled chicken? Good news—this slow-cooker recipe makes it easier than ever to create delicious, tender, and extra-flavorful pulled chicken right at home with minimal effort.

Get the Brown Sugar BBQ Chicken recipe. Get the Mexican Chicken Casserole recipe. We've all been there: You're craving homemade pizza , but you want it fast —no time to deal with rolling out finicky pizza dough.

The solution? Grab a loaf of French bread , and get ready for the pizza hack of a lifetime. Get the French Bread Pizza recipe. This is probably THE simplest recipe The chicken falls apart and becomes immensely tender, flavored with the familiar flavors of chunky salsa and taco seasoning , and brightened up with bursts of lime juice.

Serve this over rice, in lettuce cups, as tacos Get the Crockpot Salsa Chicken recipe. Tostadas might just be the perfect meal—these crunchy corn tortillas are easy to buy or make! AND they can act as a vehicle for whatever toppings you like. Here, that means creamy refried beans and a chile-spiked shredded chicken topping, but feel free to get creative.

Get the Chicken Tostadas recipe. Use your favorite jarred or homemade salsa verde to make this extremely easy and flavorful dish. Everything cooks in the same pot for a mess-free and, most importantly, quick weeknight dinner.

It's about to be one of your new favorites. Juicy pork tenderloin seriously deserves its own spotlight. We keep the seasoning simple here: chili powder, cumin, garlic powder.

If you want another flavor profile, the world is your oyster: oregano and Italian seasoning, ranch seasoning, taco seasoning , or even just salt and black pepper will do. Get the Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin recipe. Is there anything better than a one-skillet meal?

It all comes together in just 40 minutes with minimal prep too!