AFFORDABLE DINNER RECIPES | $25 GROCERY BUDGET | QUICK & EASY CHEAP $5 MEAL IDEAS | LET’S GET COOKING! Welcome back to my kitchen! When you’re at the end of your grocery budget, and don’t have much left, it might be overwhelming to try to make a lot of meals out of a few inexpensive ingredients. I know, I’ve been there! At the end of one of my recent videos, I shared that this is actually why I started my cooking channel. Here are 5 of my FAVORITE cheaper meals ideas that cost around $5. So that when you’re overwhelmed, wondering what in the world your family is going to eat, you can make delicious, nutritious meals for cheap! As always, I encourage you to adapt these meals to fit your specific dietary needs!I hope you find a little cooking inspiration. Thank you for being here today 💚
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[Music] every time I’m at the grocery store I just can’t believe the prices of everything so today I will be sharing five new dinners with you that cost only about $5 each these dinners are very affordable but they do not taste cheap at all these dinners are full of flavor and nutrients let’s get to my kitchen and let’s get started here’s some of the items that I buying today to stay on budget I was going to grab this bag of nor taco rice but I saw this bag of like Great Value Spanish rice next to it it has the same amount in it for a lower price so I’m going to try this bag out today I’m excited about it while I’m on the rice aisle I am going to be picking up two bags of regular long grain white rice I’ve been loving cheese a lot recently so I am going to be adding two 8 oz blocks to my cart I wasn’t originally going to grab this sausage because it would have put me over budget but I was just walking down the aisle and I saw this great value chicken sausage for a dollar less than that turkey sausage which is a big money saving so I am going to be trying this out I have a delicious pasta recipe in mind for this bag of penet pasta and while I’m down the pasta aisle I am going to be putting a box of regular macaroni and cheese in my cart the regular box has more macaroni and cheese in it per ounce than the spiral so that is why I went with just the regular box today now a simple can of chicken will really stretch so I’m going to be grabbing this there’s quite a bit of bacon in this little 2 and 1/2 o bag and I did see that they have a reduced sodium one so I’m going to be trying the reduced sodium one this week as you see the regular can of Rotel is $1.36 per can which is kind of a lot of money but the store name brand is under a dollar a lot of the time you will save so much money by by simply going with like this store name brand like Kroger for example or great value or anywhere else you shop at now to start our recipes out the first one we are making this week is the smoked sausage macaroni and cheese so I’m beginning by slicing my sausage into half Moons over to this pot of boiling water on my stove I’m adding in the macaroni and I’ll cook it according to the package instructions now over to this large pan on my stove I’m adding a tablespoon of olive oil in there once my oil was hot I added the sausage in and cook your sausage for about 4 minutes on each side or until it is like golden brown on the outside that will give the sausage so much added Flavor now I’m adding in my 12 oz bag of frozen broccoli along with my seasonings just a teaspoon of salt pepper onion powder garlic powder and paprika but you could use any seasonings that you have on hand or that you love give this a stir and you are going to let this simmer on a Loa heat covered for about 10 minutes stirring it occasionally until the broccoli is tender now over to the Macaroni now that it is cooked through I am just going to strain it and this has been my favorite strainer recently it just Clips onto the side of the pot and it is so easy to use it’s also super easy to clean but now I’m going to add in the cheese packet that came with the macaroni along with a little bit of milk and butter if you don’t have milk or butter on hand you could definitely skip the milk and butter and this will still turn out now add that macaroni into the broccoli and the sausage give it a good stir and then you could serve it [Music] up this is such a great easy affordable filling meal that basically comes together in just one pan almost and the chicken sausage was absolutely delicious it is definitely worth the money savings the broth adds nutrients and my family just really enjoyed this it was so good now we’re making this taco rice so to my instant pow I’m adding in my one lb bag of uncooked white rice just add it into your instant pow along with some water if you don’t want to cook your rice in the instant pot you could always cook your rice just in a large pot on the stove that will work super well but while my rice is cooking weight in my instant pot I am going to shred my 8 oz block of cheddar cheese just shred it up now that my rice is tender over to a large pow on the stove I’m adding that Rice right in there next you’re going to add in one drained and rinsed can of black beans then add in your can of diced tomatoes with green chilies followed by a diced yellow onion then add in about 2 tablespoon of taco seasoning and 1 teaspoon of chili powder give this a really good stir and let everything cook together for about 5 minutes stirring occas [Music] L now stir in the cheese and once the cheese gets melty you could serve this up you could serve it however you choose to do so we topped ours with some toppings that I had on hand we topped it with a little bit of salsa sour cream guacamole and a little bit more cheese this is so so good I actually made so much of it that we had it for leftovers the next day and it tasted just as good the next day you could also freeze this too if you’d like to now we’re making these red chili enchiladas so to get them started to this paw on my stove I’m adding in my packet of Spanish rice just to cook it according to the package instructions on the stove so add in your water and let it simmer once the rice is cooked through you are going to add in one can of reff fried beans I’m using the lowfat reffed beans but you could use any type of reff fried beans that you like then I’m adding in my seasoning so I’m adding in a teaspoon of chili powder and a teaspoon of cumin give this a really good stir and stir the ingredients to combine over to my 9×13 baking dish I’m spraying it with non-stick spray then fill each tortilla with the rice and bean mixture then roll it up I made a total of seven enchiladas [Music] nobody wants to eat a soggy tortilla so I’m going to be spraying the top of my tortillas with a little bit more oil spray then I’ll bake this in a preheated oven to 350° for about 20 minutes this will make it so the tortillas don’t just like absorb the enchilada sauce and get super soggy but now I’m pouring a 10 oz can of red enchilada sauce over the top pop I’m just brushing the enchilada sauce on the tortillas so the tortillas get coated bake this for 10 more minutes and then you could serve it up here’s what they look like out of the oven and here’s my plate of food we topped ours with a little bit of cheese and sour cream my husband seriously had thirds of these enchiladas they were that good super delicious the tortillas were not soggy they held their structure and the filling inside was surprisingly Absolut absolutely amazing you need to try these they’re budget friendly and so good now we’re making this tomato bacon pasta so to get it started I have my one zucchini right here I just cut it into half Moons over to this pot of boiling water I’m adding in my pasta I’ll cook it according to the package instructions while my pasta is cooking away over to this pan on my stove I’m adding in a tablespoon of olive oil then I’m adding in my zucchini that I cut up I’ll let this cook on my stove for about 5 to 7 minutes or until the zucchini is golden brown on the outside this will give the zucchini added Flavor now I’m adding in a teaspoon of salt a teaspoon of pepper then a teaspoon of onion powder and garlic powder next add in a 208 Oz can of petite diced tomatoes the petite diced tomatoes are my favorite compared to like the regular diced tomatoes now I just added in my 2 and 1/2 oz bag of bacon bits give this a really good stir then I remembered I forgot to add in 2 teaspoons of Italian seasoning so I just added that in let this simmer on your stove coverage for about 5 to 10 minutes then stir in the cooked pasta now you could serve it [Music] up this pasta seriously tastes like a million dollars it does not taste like it is super budget friendly and affordable it is so so good the flavors are like like out of this world the zucchini adds like a nice crunch the bacon adds like a rich flavor it really is so wonderful now we are making this cheesy chicken broccoli and rice so to my instant pot I’m adding in my one lb bag of white rice I’m also adding in water and I’m going to just cook this rice in my instant pot but as usual if you don’t want to use your instant pot to cook your rice you could cook it in a large pot on the stove now that my rice is tender I am going to set it to the side over to my large pot on the stove I added in a tablespoon of olive oil once my oil was hot I added in my drained can of chicken cook the chicken in your pot for about 3 minutes this will give the chicken added Flavor now I’m adding in a 12 oz Frozen bag of broccoli along with a 10 oz can of cream of chicken soup for the seasonings I’m adding in a teaspoon of pepper a teaspoon of salt a teaspoon of onion powder garlic powder then 2 teaspoons of pepper paprika and 2 teaspoons of oregano but you could always use different seasonings if you would like give this a stir and let this simmer on your stove covered for about 7 to 10 minutes stirring it [Music] occasionally now that my broccoli is tender I’m adding the cooked rice right into my pot next you’re going to add in 8 oz of shredded cheddar cheese give this a stir let the cheese melt let everything get well combined together and then you could serve this dinner up I topped mine with a little bit more cheese and pepper this is such a flavorful easy dinner to throw together it has simple ingredients a lot of these ingredients are like considered to be like Pantry Staples but this is a really delicious affordable dinner I have so many more videos like this on my channel so make sure you’re subscribed and I’ll see you in the next one bye friend now my friend