If you are looking for healthy and easy budget-friendly meals for the week, let’s make these easy cheap dinners on a budget that are great for your family.
These healthy, cheap dinner recipes are quick to make at home with simple easy ingredients and ready in just about 30 minutes or less.
When money is tight or low in your pocket, every dollar counts. Buying budget-friendly kitchen components and cooking healthy dinner recipes at home can make a huge difference.
Here you can get delicious cheapest healthy, easy cheap & quick recipes to make when you’re short of money in hand.
From vegetarian recipes, healthy salad recipes, chicken recipes, healthy wraps or casserole dinners to vegan meals or soups and many more healthy high protein meal prep dinner options are here to enjoy!
Choose your best ever easy cheap dinner meals and cheers!
1. Healthy Taco Pasta Bake
This vegetarian tacos pasta bake is healthy, delicious, quick to prepare with crumbled tofu, plenty of vegetables, taco sauce, salsa, and melty cheddar cheese.
Suggested: Cheap Meals On A Budget
2. Kung Pao Chicken Noodles
If you are a pasta or noodles lover, this king pao chicken noodles recipe is waiting for you to enjoy your weeknight holiday night dinner and comes together in about 30 minutes.
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3. Vegan Caramelized Onion Pasta
This delicious vegan caramelized onions pasta is one of the best cheap dinners for a family that is dairy-free and pantry-friendly.
4. Healthy Tomato Zucchini Pasta
This amazing tomato zucchini pasta recipe is healthy, quick to make with fresh vegetables and ready in just 20 minutes meal prep.
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5. Marry Me Crispy Tofu with Gnocchi – Vegan & Dairy Free!
This rich and creamy vegan marry me tofu is a healthy dinner meal prep that is made with creamy and dairy free cheesy sun dried tomato sauce.
6. Easy Classic Vegan Lentil Loaf Recipe
This healthy and easy veggies loaded vegan lentil is delicious holiday table dinner or weekend dinner that your whole family will love.
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7. Creamy Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Sausage, Thyme, and Sage
This butternut squash gnocchi is amazing comfort food for autumn or fall or winter days that is ready in just about 40 minutes only and perfect for busy weeknights dinners.
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8. Coconut Chicken Rice Bowl
If you are looking for chicken dinner recipes, let’s try this high protein coconut chicken rice bowl that is perfect for lunch or dinner.
9. Healthier Broccoli Chicken Casserole
Love casserole dishes? Must try this healthy and easy broccoli chicken casserole recipe that is a perfect choice for dinner to enjoy with your family and guests.
10. White Chicken Chili
This creamy white chicken chili is one of my favourite cheap dinners on a budget that is made on the stovetop or slow cooker or instant pot, whatever you want.
11. Healthy Sesame Chicken
This healthy sesame chicken recipe is a delicious and healthy meal prep option that is packed with protein, low carbs and gluten free.
12. Vegan Chili Recipe with Black Beans
This delicious vegan chili recipe is awesome and healthy meal for busy lunch sides or dinner side dish and you can serve it with rice or garlic bread or your favourite sides.
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13. Spicy Potato Kale Bowls with Mustard Tahini Dressing
These spicy potato kale bowls are so healthy, easy bowl recipes made with crispy potatoes, red onion, marinated kale and delicious creamy dressing.
14. Easy Vegan Curry
This vegan curry recipe is a perfect healthy lunch or dinner meal that is packed with colourful vegetables, lentils, coconut milk with some other pantry ingredients and ready in just 30 minutes at home on one pot.
15. Vegan Curry Ramen Noodles
These delicious vegan curry ramen noodles are perfect cheap dinners for the week that are loaded with fresh veggies, and rich curry flavours. It comes together in just 20 minutes meal prep.
16. Asado Chicken Breasts with Sautéed Garlic Spinach
This Asado Chicken breasts and Sautéed Garlic Spinach is a healthy dinner or busy lunch meal that’s paleo, gluten free, low carb and one skillet meal for family.
17. Chicken Pot Pie
This chicken pot pie is healthy comfort food that is filled with creamy chicken and vegetable filling and ready in just 30 minutes or less.
Suggested: Chicken & Rice Recipes
18. P.F Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps
This copycat P.F Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps recipe is healthy, quick to make at home! This recipe is a perfect healthy dish for a busy lunch or weeknight dinner.
19. Instant Pot Broccoli Cheddar Soup
This instant pot broccoli cheddar soup is a healthy and easy cozy weeknight dinner that is packed with broccoli and cheese. Super delicious and yummy cheap dinners that you definitely love to try.
20. Vegan Slow Cooker Tofu Tikka Masala
This vegan slow cooker tofu tikka masala is healthy, easy to make at home with few simple ingredients and packed with veggies and protein of tofu, a perfect dinner side dish that is served with garlic naan or over rice or whatever you like.
21. Crispy Black Bean Tacos
These crispy black bean tacos are healthy, quick to prepare with sneaky vegetables, cozy spices, and a layer of melty cheese. And ready in just 30 minutes, meal prep, serve it with different sauce options for dipping, drizzling, and devouring.