FOOD

5 Easy and Affordable Dinner Recipes

May 5, 2022

Check out these FIVE recipes below that caught my eye! I chose these recipes because they’re affordable and seems easy to make! Definitely my kind of recipes…WIN, WIN!

I did an approximate cost summary for each recipe. I hope it’s helpful since sometimes you can go to a store with a recipe and have no idea how much it will be until you get to the register. There are probably some ingredients in each recipe that you already have, but I added them just in case. What I didn’t include are some ingredients that most people have in their home already such as pepper and margarine. 😉

I made one of them already, but can’t wait to make the others!

1. Baked Rigatoni from Semi Homemade Recipes – I ended up making this, and it was a hit with the kids! YASSS!! Super easy to make, and a couple of the kids had 3 helpings! Even Mariah who is a picky eater had 2 helpings.

I did make this dish using 2 boxes of rigatoni because the kids were going to eat this after practice. They’re always really hungry when they get home. I was right because there was only one scoop left at cleanup!

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2. Chicken Chimichanga

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3. Taco Pasta Recipe – If I made this, I’ll probably separate portions of it with 1 with beans and 1 without. I know the kids will complain if they saw beans…lol.