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Main Courses

Frugal main courses to fill your stomach without draining your bank account.

Five-Ingredient Meals

Make a complete meal with five ingredients or less.

Soup Recipes

Warm up your insides with a frugal and flavorful bowl of soup

6-Can Beef Stew

A dump-and-go crockpot recipe for beef stew.

Vegan Emerald Fire Potato Soup

A four-ingredient recipe for spicy potato soup.

Leftover Delight Soup

Put your leftovers to use in this quick-cook soup recipe.

Split Pea Soup

Looking for another cheap and tasty soup to add to your dinner line up? Give Barbara T's recipe for split pea soup a try.

Hoover Stew

Stretch your budget with a depression-era recipe for Hoover Stew.

Chicken Noodle Soup

Transform last night's chicken into a delicious pot of chicken noodle soup.

Beef Cabbage Soup

Warm yourself up with a cheap and easy pot of beef and cabbage soup.

Butternut Squash & Corn Soup

Transform one butternut squash and a cup of corn into a delicious dinner for four.

Creamy Pumpkin Soup

A cheap and easy recipe for homemade pumpkin soup.

Crockpot Chili

A four-ingredient slow cook chili recipe.

Potato Soup from a Leftover Baked Potato

Turn a leftover baked potato into a delicious and filling potato soup for two.

Scrap Soup

Transform your meal scraps into a tasty soup.

Stuffed Peppers

Go meatless and save.

Frugal Frittata

Recycle your leftovers into something exciting and new.

Low-Cost Vegetarian Chili

Discover a frugal and healthy recipe for chili.

Ham and Cheese Calzone

Make and enjoy calzone at home.

Vegetarian Calzone

Calzones are easy and cheap to make at home.

How to Make Homemade Pasta

A video tutorial on making fresh homemade pasta. Yum!

Pasta with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

A five-ingredient pasta dish featuring pasta, sausage, broccoli rabe, olive oil and garlic.

Four-Ingredient Macaroni and Cheese

Like the convenience and price of boxed mac and cheese, but prefer the taste of homemade? Then, try this recipe.

Chicken Ranch Pizza

Tired of spending too much on take out pizza? Then, try this simple recipe for chicken ranch pizza.

Shepherd's Pie

Looking for more cheap recipes to add to your rotation? Shepherd's pie is a winner.

Ham and Potato Soup

It only takes four ingredients to make Lisa G.'s recipe for ham and potato soup.

Garlic Ginger Tomato Chicken

A five-ingredient chicken recipe that whips up in 30 minutes.

Speedy Goulash

A three-ingredient recipe for goulash. Makes enough to feed a crowd.

Sausage Casserole Recipe

It only takes 25 minutes and four ingredients to make a tasty sausage casserole.

Chicken Ramen Goulash

A chicken goulash recipe that starts with Ramen noodles.

Breakfast Casserole

CandidCrystal shares a recipe for a simple, five-ingredient breakfast casserole.

Salsa Sausage Recipe

Create a delicious dinner entree with just two ingredients.

Crustless Quiche

Trying to eat gluten-free on the cheap? Give this recipe for crustless quiche a go.

Stovetop Soybean Saute

Start with beans and veggies, and end with a cheap and tasty meal.

Aloha Chicken

A three-ingredient recipe for Hawaiian chicken.

Tuna Casserole Recipe

Whip up a tuna casserole from a few fridge and pantry staples.

Zucchini Oatmeal Soup

Overwhelmed with zucchini? Try Suki Johnson's recipe for zucchini oatmeal soup.

Five-Ingredient Chili

Keep five ingredients on hand, and you'll always have the makings for a pot of Michelle's chili.

Dijon Chicken and Rice

A four-ingredient crockpot recipe for dijon chicken.

One-Pot Quinoa Vegetable Dish

Whip up a low-cost meal from quinoa and whatever vegetables you happen to have on hand.

Zucchini Casserole

Put your zucchini excess to good use in this reader-submitted casserole recipe.

Five-Ingredient Potato Soup

Potato soup makes a frugal meal whether you're serving one or 101. This recipe, submitted by Roberta, is easy to adapt to any size crowd:

Lentil Soup

Keep a bag of lentils on hand, and you'll always have the makings for a cheap and tasty pot of lentil soup.

Cold Beet Soup

Cool off with this simple, four-ingredient recipe for cold beet soup.

Fried Cabbage with Pasta

Put cabbage and leftover pasta to use in this easy dinner recipe.

Salmon Burgers

Turn a single can of salmon into delicious salmon burgers for four. Here's a recipe submitted by Annabel Robertson:

Everything Summer Salad

Looking for a low-cost dinner to serve during the dog days of summer? This summer salad is a definite winner.

Italian Escarole

Three ingredients is all it takes to make this Italian Escarole recipe. Give it a try:

Homemade Pizza

Learn how to make delicious homemade pizza. This picture tutorial will show you how.

Roasted Tomato Soup

Forget about canned tomato soup. This homemade tomato soup is where it's at.

Chicken Curry Casserole

Make this cheap and easy chicken curry casserole one of your go-to weeknight meals.

Gorge

Dinner doesn't have to be complicated to be tasty. Try this three-ingredient recipe for gorge, and you'll agree.

Crockpot Beef Tips

Throw two ingredients in your crockpot in the morning, and let dinner take care of itself.

Crockpot Recipes

Save time and money by adding more crockpot recipes to your dinner rotation.

Taste of Eastern Europe Crockpot Dinner

Toss five inexpensive ingredients in your crockpot, and enjoy an East European feast.

Italian Beef Roast

Buy a beef roast and three other ingredients, and you have everything you need to make Italian Beef Roast in the crockpot.

Meatless Meals

Add a few meatless meals to your dinner line up, and save big. Here are some tasty meatless recipes to try.

Hodgepodge Soup

Pull all those leftovers out of the fridge and use them to make a big pot of hodgepodge soup. Delish!

Video: How to Make Fresh Pasta

Enjoy fresh pasta without paying extra for it. This video shows you how to make your own.

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