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8 Budget-Friendly Meals Mom Made When She Didn’t Want to Cook

August 12, 2015 by RecipeLion

Mom is a superhero when it comes to prioritizing. She knows that making a home-cooked meal takes time that could be spent helping with homework or having fun together. It’s not always the best option to spend all evening in the kitchen – and sometimes she doesn’t want to.

Whether it’s Mom or someone else who usually makes the dinners for the household, budget-friendly meals are very important. If the family is spending too much on home-cooked meals, it can make eating out more appealing. That’s why you need to take shortcuts when you can!

A decent cheap eats is tasty enough that everyone will love it. It also needs to be a quick dinner idea with as few ingredients as possible. Some of our favorite shortcuts are recipes with 5-ingredients or less. Crescent roll recipes are another great time-saver. Best of all, cheaper ingredients like ground beef recipes make for a more budget-friendly meal.

RecipeLion.com has plenty of budget-friendly ideas to give you more time and money for family fun.

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8 Budget-Friendly Meals Mom Made When She Didn’t Want to Cook

 

  • Super Easy Chicken and Dumplings
  • Shortcut Chicken and Noodles
  • Poor Man Oven Fried Chicken
  • Crispy Honey Mustard Pretzel Chicken
  • 30-Minute Cowboy Casserole
  • Sweet Bacon Tater Tots
  • 3-Ingredient Ham and Cheese Crescent Bake
  • Cheesy Hamburger Pie

Still hungry? Don’t miss these other delicious frugal recipes!

What’s your go-to quick dinner idea?

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