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Cheap dinners. Real ones.
Pantry-leaning meals built around rice, beans, pasta, eggs, lentils, and the cuts of chicken that don’t cost twelve dollars a pound. Real recipes for real budgets.
This collection contains 60 recipes, averaging 45 minutes total time. Every recipe is free, with a one-tap Instacart grocery list.
Cheap Dinner Ideas recipes
Baked Ziti
45 minamerican
Breakfast Burrito
45 minmexican
Pesto Pasta
45 minitalian
Chick'n Pal
45 minfusion
Mexican Pi
45 minfusion
Mexican Pizza
45 minfusion
Korean-Mexican Tacos
45 minfusion
Chicken Pak
45 minfusion
Tofu, greens & cashew stir-fry
40 minvietnamese
Rice paper dumplings
40 minvietnamese
Tangy cabbage slaw
40 mingerman
Tangy carrot, cabbage & onion salad
40 minvietnamese
Vietnamese lamb shanks with sweet potatoes
40 minvietnamese
Turkish rice (vermicelli rice)
40 minturkish
Rosemary braised red cabbage with kabanos
40 mingerman
Sweet potato salad
40 minturkish
Thai rice noodle salad
40 minthai
Spanish seafood rice
40 minspanish
Syrian Spaghetti
40 minfusion
Spanish-style slow-cooked lamb shoulder & beans
40 minspanish
Seafood rice
40 minspanish
Syrian Rice with Meat
40 minfusion
Fasoliyyeh Bi Z-Zayt (Syrian Green Beans with Olive Oil)
40 minfusion
Spanish rice & prawn one-pot
40 minspanish
Spanish beans with chicken & chorizo
40 minspanish
Thai fried rice with prawns & peas
40 minthai
Chorizo, potato & cheese omelette
40 minspanish
Arroz al horno (baked rice)
40 minspanish
Potato Salad (Olivier Salad)
55 mingerman
Cabbage Soup (Shchi)
55 mingerman
Chicken & chorizo rice pot
40 minspanish
Norwegian Potato Lefse
75 minfusion
Braised stuffed cabbage
40 mingerman
Beetroot & red cabbage sauerkraut
40 mingerman
Raspeballer (Norwegian Potato Dumplings)
75 minfusion
Golabki (cabbage roll)
55 mingerman
Stuffed Bell Peppers with Quinoa and Black Beans
55 minmexican
Tahini Lentils
40 minmoroccan
Jamaican Steamed Cabbage
40 mincaribbean
Jamaican Sweet Potato Pudding
40 mincaribbean
Spicy North African Potato Salad
55 minmoroccan
Oxtail with broad beans
40 mincaribbean
Jamaican Instant Pot Rice and Beans
75 mincaribbean
Jamaican Rice and Peas
40 mincaribbean
Japanese gohan rice
40 minjapanese
Jerk chicken with rice & peas
40 mincaribbean
Lasagne
40 minitalian
Corned Beef and Cabbage
40 minbritish
Chilli prawn linguine
40 minitalian
Venetian Duck Ragu
40 minitalian
Corned Beef and Cabbage – Jamaican Style
40 mincaribbean
Potato Gratin with Chicken
40 minitalian
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
55 minitalian
Spaghetti alla Carbonara
75 minitalian
Pilchard puttanesca
40 minitalian
Fettuccine Alfredo
40 minitalian
Fettucine alfredo
40 minitalian
French Lentils With Garlic and Thyme
40 minfrench
Boulangère Potatoes
40 minfrench
Sichuan Style Stir-Fried Chinese Long Beans
40 minchinese