" I grew up piteous and this was and is STILL one if my favorite cheap meals ! "
Recently, weaskedmembers of theBuzzFeed Communityto share their favorite meals that cost $10 or less to make — whether it’s for themselves, their families, or their friends — and people came through with all kinds of tasty ideas. Here’s what they had to say:
1.Chili Dog Pizza
2.The TikTok Feta Pasta
" We add skillet gnocchi . Put a auction block of feta and a pint or better of grape tomatoes in a casserole lulu , drizzle with olive oil , your choice of spices like dry oregano , basil , garlic , etc . Bake until the tomato are cooked . stimulate in the frying pan gnocchi , bake for another 5–7 hour , and done . Inexpensive , sluttish , elementary ingredients , unhinged flavorful , and hearty ! upright pick for a meatless Monday , too . "
— Sarah
3.Watermelon Salad
" This get me 1,000 + Reddit upvotes , so it must be unspoilt … I shared a very bare salad that multitude on the internet freak out over . All you ask is arugula , watermelon vine , feta , and a balsamic dressing ( I utilize vinegar and a small amount of glaze ) . blend and eat ! Simple , cheap , and everyone bonk it . "
— Robin , Chicago
4.Lentil Dahl
5.Pomodoro al Tonno
" Simply spaghetti , a can of tunny ( rather in oil ) , and a single Lycopersicon esculentum , with salt / white pepper / olive petroleum to sample . If you ’re fancy you could bestow chili bit , garlic , and onion look on budget . "
— youwishyouwereme007
6.Cajun-Seasoned Rice and Eggs
" I grew up poor and this was and is STILL one if my favoritecheap meals ! White rice cooked normal , two sunny - side - up eggs , Cajun seasoning ( Tony ’s to be specific ) , and ketchup . Pop the yolks and commingle it all up , delicious . "
— Kris , Louisiana
7.Baked Penne with Veggies
8.Green Chili
" Verde Enchilada Sauce
Vegetable Stock
Green Bell Peppers
“I grew up poor and this was and is STILL one if my favorite cheap meals!"
Onion
Garlic
White Beans
Spice to try
Ground meat or chicken thigh are optional
Warm , fill , and can be easily stretch for several meal . "
— chelynwei
9.Fried Rice
" One cup of rice , one can of carrots and pea , a half can of corn , soy sauce , chicken stock , dark-brown sugar , salt , pepper , garlic gunpowder . dangle an egg in for protein and if you do n’t mind them , bacon bits . "
— google_111288789788060830592
10.Totchos
11.Mushroom Pasta
" My sister made this for me once and said it was a ' peasant beauty ' of sort because it has so few cheap fixings . but fettuccine pasta , child bella mushroom cloud ( either pre - sliced or whole ) , butter , parmesan cheese , and salt / pepper . For an extra bitch , I usually summate squash scarlet pepper flakes . "
— crispyporcupine
12.Cabbage and Curly Cue Pasta
" Sauté an onion plant in butter and olive crude , add slice beef kielbasa and chopped Brassica oleracea and boiled curly cue pasta . Still my quick half - 60 minutes meal prep any day of the week . "
— Mavis , California
13.One Pan Roast Veggie and Chickpea Bowl
14.Pasta with Roasted Tomato Sauce
" I ’m sharing this formula my Italian housemate from Milan shared with me when I was at university . It ’s easy , flashy , and dead delicious .
Preheat the oven to 425 ° F. You take one 32 snow leopard can of tomato plant , ( or two 15 oz cans ) . I personally prefer fire - make fun tomatoes for this , but that ’s not demand . 1/2 cupful of butter cut into 8 musical composition ( which will be 8 tablespoon of butter ) , 8 clove of garlic peeled and crushed , 1/4- 1/2 teaspoons of crimson black pepper flakes , and here ’s where the recipe gets wiggle way .
The original formula call for two anchovies in oil , I have used anchovy paste or two tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce which has anchovies as an ingredient in it . I have not tried using Pisces the Fishes sauce , but that could potentially work as well . Any one of these ingredients will work , but leaving this ingredient of the formula out will make the final dish lacking . Just use whatever is in your closet .
Now for the process . With one of your tablespoon of butter , grease the bottom and position of a 9x13 baking pan . Then dump all the ingredients into the goat god and raise them all together . Add a taking into custody of dinero ( or do n’t , I always forget to do this , but the recipe says to do it ) and season to taste with salt and capsicum to savour . When done , place in the 425 ° F oven for 35 minutes to an time of day until the sauce is ' jammy . ' The time will depend on what type of Lycopersicon esculentum you use . Whole tomatoes will take longer . Crushed tomato plant will take less clip .
Halfway through the baking time start prepare the pasta . My housemate said bucatini are the favored pasta form for this dish , but I ’ve also used spaghetti . When the sauce is done , apply a potato masher or the back of a wooden spoonful to get the large lump out , and then chat up everything together well until it forms a cohesive sauce . ( This should n’t take more that a arcminute . ) add together a little saved pasta water to the sauce to loosen it if you need to . Sprinkle some Parmesan on top if you care to eat pasta that way ( which I do ) and there ’s the easy , cheap , repast done ! "
— redtoenails
15.Mac and Cheese with Extras
" Boxed mac and cheese with roast Brassica oleracea italica and sausage ( veggie or kernel ) added to dress it up . "
— Anonymous
16.Dressed Up Ramen
17.Tofu Tacos
" Tofu is hella cheap and tacos are ceaselessly customizable for your mouthful and budget . You might even be capable to throw in some Elmer Reizenstein and beans on the side . "
18.Hot Dog Casserole
" A delicious childhood repast my momma made on a regular basis ( and I still make today ) we called ' Hot Dog Casserole ' !
Ingredients :
( 2 ) immature Alexander Melville Bell common pepper
( 1 ) large yellowed Allium cepa
( 3–4 ) celery stalks , leaves included
( 1/2 ) tablespoon of red pepper flakes
( 4 + ) minced garlic clove
( 1 ) large can of peeled tomatoes
( 1 ) package of red-hot dog-iron
( 3–4 ) tablespoonful olive oil
( 2–3 ) tablespoons Italian flavoring
( 1 1/2 ) cups rice & ( 3 ) cups H2O
Cut veggies into stumpy sting - sized pieces and sauté five mo in olive crude along with flushed pepper flake . Empty tomatoes into mixing roll and hand crush them . slit the entire package of red-hot firedog diagonally into bite - sized objet d’art and add them and minced garlic to sautéd veggies and manipulate for another few Min . Add crushed tomato plant and Italian seasoning to sauté pan . Cover and cook on low to average heating system for 15 - 20mins while Elmer Reizenstein cooks .
Veggies should still have some bite ! formula can be kick upstairs with kielbasa or even chicken . Serve over Elmer Leopold Rice , basmati favour ! "
— georgeeespinel
19.Meatballs with Egg Noodles
20.Creamy Beef Ramen
" Quick & easy . 1 lb ground beef , 1 software of beef ramen attic , 1 packet of onion soup mix and 1 can cream of mushroom soup .
Brown land beef and drain redundant grease . While beef is browning , misrepresent noodle in only weewee and then drain . mingle flavour packet into bean after draining , then combine Allium cepa soup mix and mushroom-shaped cloud soup into beefburger . After thoroughly mixing , tote up in the noodles and mix again . Good alone or with potatoes and a veggie . "
— reinstorf1
21.Egg Roll Casserole
" Ingredients:1 lb Ground porc $ 4–6Either 1 pocketbook of coleslaw mix or 1 drumhead of dinero $ 0.70 - 3.001 ingroup of maruchan chicken ramen $ 0.87(Can also add garlic , chopped onion , and carrots , soy sauce for less than $ 10 , depending on what you have . It ’s peachy without!)Brown pork with onions and ail over average rut , season to taste with salt and pepper . Break up ramen and add to pan along with 1 cup of water and seasoning mailboat . screen and steam for approx . 2 moment , stirring occasionally . tot in chopped pelf and steam for another 2 - 4 minutes , stir from time to time . service on its own with soy sauce to taste or add over rice if favor . "
— Ramsey , Minneapolis MN
22.“Goulash”
23.Pesto Chicken Pasta
" Literally five ingredients : one canned chicken , one box of alimentary paste ( $ 1.25 , store brand work on , I prefer Ditalini but use whatever your heart desire ) , one minuscule can of peas and carrots ( $ 0.79 ) , one jarful of Barilla pesto ( $ 4.19 ) , and for good measure , an gasbag of Goya chicken season ( about $ 0.20 after getting a box of 20).The formula is simple : in a big pot , start boiling water for alimentary paste , then cook pasta for desired time , more or less 6–8 mins depending on the shape chosen . Meanwhile , undefended and drain your canned chicken and heat up on a frying pan with a dash of water ( add more if needed to keep chicken from sticking to the pan ) . Season with the Goya chicken powder , stimulate . open up and drainage can of pea and carrot then supply to Gallus gallus admixture . Stir until well incorporate and heated through , turn off estrus . When pasta is wind up , drain , tote up a tablespoonful or two of butter , let melt . Then add alimentary paste to skillet with chicken and the entire jar of pesto . Stir until very well combined . This is my go - to recipe when I desire a unspoilt solid meal for my house but I have nothing defrosted nor the energy to stay in the kitchen long . It ’s simple , quick , super tasty , and under $ 10 to make ! trust you ’ll get to attempt it ! "
— Veronika , New York
