People Are Sharing Cheap And Easy Family Meals They Make All The Time

"You need canned or pre-cooked black beans, diced and peeled sweet potato, canned tomatoes, garlic, and whatever combination of onion, bell pepper, zucchini, squash, or corn you have on hand. Sauté the vegetables until soft, add everything else, season to taste, and eat with tortilla chips. It makes a ton of food and freezes well so you can cook once and eat it for days." —u/soupsocialist

"Just grab bits of meat, chopped potatoes, any kind of veggies, and some seasoning. Fry it up and then crack some eggs over the hash, sprinkle cheese on top, and pop it in the oven. It's an easy and cheap meal for a family." —u/abe_the_babe_

"Make it with diced potato, canned chickpeas, tomatoes, and Indian spices. I like to add spinach and sometimes lentils. It's satisfying, flavorful, cheap, and very quick. It also happens to be vegan, and you can adapt the recipe to whatever is in your fridge. I make a big batch and bring it to work all week." —u/newmagoo

"Just layer tomato sauce, spices, onions, bell peppers, and cheese on a tortilla." —u/deleted

"Cheap white bread, few cents of margarine, few cents of sugar and cinnamon." —u/snausagebot

"Ground beef cooked with onion, salt, pepper, and a can of cream of mushroom soup. Put that in a casserole dish topped with tater tots, and bake until the tots are browned. Finish it with American cheese singles, and heat until melted." —u/pestilentPony

"It takes just minutes to prepare. Add cheese, hot sauce, chopped tomato, and cilantro to jazz it up, but it's also good enough as a three-ingredient meal. Serve it in a warm corn tortilla. —u/Igotolake

"We make it once a week. It's super cheap and filling." —u/daddyselfprincess

"Rub some olive oil in a microwaveable mug, crack two or three eggs into the mug, and add a bit of milk, salt, and pepper. Add whatever ingredients you have like spinach, bell peppers, onions, leftover chicken, etc... Mix it all up, mix in some shredded cheese, then microwave at 45 second intervals until the egg is cooked through."  —u/bakedbreadjen

"Slice sausage into thin medallions and fry. Chop cabbage into one-inch pieces. Add the cabbage to the pan when sausage is fully cooked. Salt and pepper to taste." —u/Elvisneedsboats3609

"Bake potatoes and scoop out the inside. Mash the potato with a can of drained tuna, chopped green onion or chives, chopped hard-boiled eggs, and some shredded cheese. Stuff it back into the potato skins, and top with more grated cheese. Bake at 350°F until hot and bubbly." —u/sweetnesssa

"This was my Grandma's recipe. All you need is one can of tomato soup, butter, macaroni shells and salt and pepper."—u/Kaylee2109

"It's so easy and cheap to make. You can bulk it up easily with vegetables like grape tomatoes or spinach, and all you need for the base recipe is olive oil, garlic, and pasta. You can also always top it with something like rotisserie chicken or a fried egg." u/sailorastarte

"It's a very simple Mexican noodle soup that's cheap to make." —u/various101

"Make it with whatever leftover meat you have in the fridge, a jar of gravy, and boil-in-bag rice or pasta. Delicious, filling, and made fabulous leftovers." —u/Soliterria

"Thinly slice canned Spam, cover both sides in mustard, pan-fry until firm and slightly crispy, and then make a sandwich on plain white bread. Delicious." —u/dackling

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"Throw boneless chicken thighs and salsa into a slow cooker and leave it all day. Serve as a taco or burrito filling or eat by itself. Super easy, cheap, and tasty." u/—u/MsFrizzle8

"Take a bunch of leftover rice, egg, and pretty much whatever ingredients you have on hand. If you season it well and cook all the ingredients separately, it's delicious, cheap, and versatile." —u/Tigertigerishungry

"One of my all-time favorites. Sliced-up sausage, a can of black beans, a can of diced tomatoes, chopped onion, chopped celery, minced garlic, chicken broth, cooked rice, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Fast and easy." —u/AssCrackandCheerios

"I'll never stop eating instant ramen! I make a mixture of with peanut butter, fish sauce, rice vinegar, soy sauce, and chili paste to make faux pad Thai." —u/nervous_lobster

"Bread, sliced tomato, mayo, and a little bit of salt. I’ve gotten weird reactions to this meal, but it’s still one of my favorites." —u/sneakstache

"Occasionally I even buy Wonder Bread for the full experience." —u/Northsidebill1