Don’t assume you can also make any filling recipes with what you have got at dwelling? These are my frugal go-to recipes that I can use to stretch virtually any quantity left on the finish of my meals finances!
My Frugal Go-To Recipes
The opposite day, I obtained a query from a Little Home Residing reader:
“When instances are powerful, what are your go-to frugal recipes?”
I’ve some nice concepts on find out how to make frugal recipes for when the paycheck runs out earlier than the tip of the month. There are occasions on the finish of the month earlier than our subsequent co-op order once we is perhaps actually stretching what we now have available.
Frugal Beef
One factor I all the time have available is canned tomatoes. I purposely can many many MANY tomatoes in the summertime so we at the least have this one versatile fruit available. Hamburger is without doubt one of the most cheap meats so it’s an awesome one to have a number of recipes for!
My suggestion for a straightforward frugal recipe is to pair floor beef with pasta (any variety!) and also you’ve acquired Goulash! Goulash is a good recipe to use your leftovers in, as nicely. In case you have leftover greens that it’s essential expend, chop them up and toss them in!
Tip: I’ve a bunch of different Frugal Beef Recipes on this blog post.
I make ‘skillet tacos’:
In a big skillet, mix the next:
1 lb floor beef, cooked
3Tbs dried onions
1 can complete corn, drained
10 corn tortillas, torn in to chunk dimension items
8oz taco sauce
1 c shredded cheddar cheese
Warmth by, shred a bit extra cheese on high and warmth til melted.Patti, Little Home Residing reader
Frugal Rooster
The crock-pot is a good kitchen appliance as a result of it could possibly take all types of low-cost meals and make them yummy! I wish to bake whole chickens or cook dinner complete chickens good and gradual within the crock pot to make the meat tremendous tender.
It can save you the liquid from cooking it within the crock-pot, or save the bones and add some water and greens to a big pot to create a do-it-yourself rooster broth. Or, you possibly can merely add noodles to your crock pot, toss within the shredded rooster and the juices it cooked in, and also you’ve acquired Chicken Noodle Soup for supper!
Spaghetti with shredded rooster as a substitute of floor beef within the sauce. I all the time appear to have a jar of sauce, field of noodles, rooster, and a loaf of garlic bread within the freezer. (the place we reside, I can get boneless skinless rooster breasts for $1.49/pound or much less…less expensive than floor beef)
Melissa, Little Home Residing reader
Frugal Something
I like recipes that I can simply alter to what I’ve available. This Lasagna takes a number of elements that you just may not all the time have available, however you can also make lots with a bit of! Plus it doesn’t use all the common elements typical lasagna has, making it simpler and cheaper to place collectively.
Mine must be “Dump Soup”..at any time when the freezer will get too full, I make it within the Cockpot..all of the leftover frozen veggies, meats & do-it-yourself rooster broth..then I resolve what spices to make use of & whether or not I would like it to be both a pink based mostly soup or a white bassed one..it all the time seems scrumptious!
Mel, Little Home Residing reader
Frugal Desserts
There are means too many frugal desserts for me to record right here, so if it’s essential fill your candy tooth on a finances, take a look at my publish on these 7 Frugal Desserts.
I hope that a few of these recipes and concepts offer you inspiration on find out how to put collectively your individual frugal “go-to” record for whenever you want it.
I really feel like we live proof that one thing can all the time be made out of nothing. It may not all the time be the prettiest meal, however it could possibly refill your loved ones and get them fed!
Extra Frugal Recipes
What are your Frugal Go-To Recipes?
Merissa Alink
Merissa has been running a blog about and living the simple life since 2009 and has internationally printed 2 books on the subject. You possibly can examine Merissa’s journey from penniless to freedom on the About Page. You possibly can ship her a message any time from the Contact Page.
This record of Frugal Go-To Recipes was initially posted on Little Home Residing in March 2012. It has been up to date as of February 2024.
