Whether it is a spicy Indian curry, a smooth hummus, a flavorful beef pho soup, or bean and rice Cuban dish, other countries are masters at making delicious, yet frugal food. They know how to take smaller amounts of meat and stretch them into a meal and dishes often center on legumes, grains and other frugal ingredients.

Taking a cue from them, I shred leftover roasted chicken and put it in an Indian curry that is served over rice. Cold winter nights may find me eating a thick lentil soup or a homemade pho, or a wide variety of other soups!

We also love to make fried rice with leftover rice and bits of vegetables and leftover meat or seafood pictured above is a fried rice made with leftover salmon. It is meals like this that help stretch our food budget money out. Plus, many of the flavorful spices and ingredients used in ethnic foods have been proven to have a wide variety of health benefits.

Just a few examples, Turmeric, an ingredient in many curries, has been researched widely for its anti-cancer properties. Hot pepper are in wide use around the world, and they also boost a wide variety of health promoting attributes.

The point is, Ethnic food may not only help your budget, it may also help your health! These are just a couple of online examples, but I really enjoy getting cookbooks at the library for a wide variety of ethnic foods and learning how to cook certain dishes from them.

I really want to learn how to cook a new favorite, Ethiopian sourdough teff bread with different toppings. It is also worth noting that when we eat out, we often find ourselves at a restaurant that is either Thai, Vietnamese, and Ethiopian, among others because the prices are good, the meals are flavorful, and we can easily share entrées.

These meals eaten out often give me inspiration for learning how to make them at home, for even cheaper! Lamb, by the way, is almost always completely grass-fed, so we often choose that when we can. A local ethnic store can be a great source for many ingredients though always label check, some contain soy oil, MSG, and other unsavory ingredients , as well as fresh seafood, and hard to time food items.

Great tip! So much of ethnic cooking is from scratch, too. Blessings, Nancy. So true! Many of the local restaurants in our area cook from scratch, which is what I look for.

We tend toward eating at ethnic restaurants when we eat out as well. Given my dietary restrictions food sensitivies and GAPS diet and breastfeeding , it seems that ethnic places allow me something I can actually eat.

Indian food seems to be our favorite. I get concerned at some Asian places about MSG, soy, sugars, etc. It has always seemed to us that Indian restaurants were the least likely to use things like MSG and packaged foods. I currently live near Washington, DC and love it because we have every kind of ethnic market available due to the diplomatic population.

Within a five mile radius of my house, I have four Asian supermarkets alone. We also have the restaurants but I love cooking ethnic food so we do that, mostly. That is so neat! Our Asian markets are fine for the most part…but I hear that there are way better ones on your side of the country.

When my husband and I visited Hawaii long ago, we ate on the cheap, buying groceries and making our own meals. However, there was one little deli we stopped at again and again. I think that will help us make some changes.

As for price, our philosophy is to spend lavishly on things we care the most about… and as little as possible on everything else. Lunches definitely fall in the second category! Thank you! Just what I was looking for. Your secret ingredient is the chili paste, duh-oh; I should have seen that coming.

LOVE my chili paste. Where do you get your chili paste in bulk? I agree with the suggestion to try using dry beans. I can make 2lb of beans in 6 hours on high in the crock pot. Then I freeze them in re-used glass jars and thaw them as needed.

I can get 2lb of beans for 2. This prices out at less than 30 cents. Same thing every day for breakfast and lunch… but wildly varying dinners. I love to cook, but now I have to optimize for time efficiency so heavily that it restricts my options. Frugal lunches are awesome.

We usually cook more for dinner so we have some leftover for lunch the next day. It works out pretty well. I love leftovers so much we usually eat them for dinner the next night. Looks fantastic.

Also: LOL at 8. I deduce a local Asian grocery store. Since I cook it down a bit, the heat mellows. The chili paste we use is also not a firebreather.

I prefer heat with some fruitiness. I made this tonight — it is great, but if you are sensitive to spice, I would definitely dial back the chili paste a bit. I like a little touch of heat. Personal preferance of course — or maybe I bought a super hot jar of chili paste.

I will probably go down to 2 TBS next time. I can always add more. This is awesome, thanks for posting! My husband and I are both vegetarian grad students so this is the perfect lunch — we save money and avoid animal products.

We both work pretty long days and usually need more than the standard lunch provides. FW usually takes some salad greens. I usually eat a piece of fruit in the afternoon, so I just eat this by itself for lunch. Had this is almost exactly what I make…except I use dry beans cooked in a crock pot and mix up my rice every now and then.

Sometimes Ill add some spicy Louisiana sausage and if I have any.. my aunt has a weird obsession with sending some over to my house I add ginger. If we do have any lingering bits of meat from earlier in the week they definitely will be thrown in.

A minced slice of bacon at the very beginning makes it taste a lot richer. Rice and beans are a fantastic staple. They never get old. The same lunch everyday? I have a frugal lifestyle too but food variety is a must else you may as well eat Solyent Green or algae or oatmeal or something else that tastes the same all the time.

however each to their own. Variety is the spice of life!!! I could make a cheaper lunch, but this is tastier.

Do you know approx. how many cups this recipe will make? Thank you so much for posting it, I look forward to making it and to future recipe posts!!!

Our certainly evolves based upon what is about to go bad in our crisper drawer 🙂. It may be frugal, but is it Frugally Delicious? Time will tell. Maybe at the Asian supermarket. Which it needs to be if you are eating it every day! Going to see if I can get the fiance to hop on the leftover bandwagon 🙂.

I think I might have to halve this and give it a shot. Whoah, that is a great perk! Sounds yummy! Hope you enjoy it! I shared the recipe with my wife and we will try to make one soon. I am Korean and I was glad to see Korean pepper paste from the recipe.

I use dried beans and have many portions ready to eat in the little freezer on top of my stove. Lots of parboiled rice in there too because I am trying to eat resistant starch.

I soak the beans for a day and overnight in a covered roasting pan. I put the beans on the lower shelf of the oven on days when I am baking so the oven is full.

I set the oven at the temperature I need for whatever I am baking and the beans do just fine. I usually end the baking session with a big pan of vegetables that need about an hour and a half to roast and give me the veg I need for my freezer.

I am very lazy and bulk cooking is frugal, nutritious and minimizes dish doing and prep work and I can do it all in my pajamas. That sounds like a great setup! I love the batch-cooking, it just makes soooo much sense. Neat idea on combining the bean cooking with other baking. I do sometimes feel guilty when I heat up the oven just to make a loaf or two of bread.

I may have to try that! The comments here have me convinced to try using dried black beans. I do often cook up lentils and they are the best! Thank you for the recipe! I love the idea of adding garlic to the rice and beans. The internet is wonderfully helpful yet again! Cheddar on top sound delish, I can see us using up ends of cheese blocks in just that way.

Thanks for the suggestion! My rice and beans is similar but I just use spices instead of fresh stuff. A shake around 1, a bar around noon and a shake around 2 or 3. Not ideal, but I like it.

I need to get back into eating rice and beans. I just shake spices over salsa covered rice and add the beans. Not as healthy as your recipe but,again, good enough for me. I make dried beans in the crockpot, no soaking required. Very very cheap! Something else incredibly delicious and cheap that I enjoy, is black beans mixed with canned tomatoes use the juice on both.

You can spice it however you want. You can also add sour cream and cheese of course that is not cheap. Yum, great suggestions! Share it Frugalwoods. That Rice-n-Beans Lunch Recipe looks so yummy! Hey you frugal mother effers! We typically make a big soup on Sundays and eat it for lunch all week long.

I was excited to make your beans and rice recipe so I cooked up a batch this morning. Dividing it into six 2-cup servings looks about right, and at just over calories seems closer to a proper meal. Do you pair it with other stuff at lunch?

I do eat it alone for lunch. FW eats some greens along with it. We both eat a piece of fruit in the afternoon banana, pear, apple, etc… and typically eat dinner at ish.

Along with the hearty oats for breakfast, it seems to hold us. you spend. Dinners can be pretty pricey since they are often built around a giant and I do mean giant salad of organic greens. It also includes nice beer, really good coffee beans, and decent wine. Plus we tend to have really nice meals on the weekends in lieu of going out to eat.

Which is a good point. Thank you for the recipe and cost break down. I order 25lb bags of legumes and rice and store them in the basement cool dark and bug proof. I get local seasonal food bulk and have a bulk cooking day about every two weeks.

I get the stream lining thing too — that is I pre- prep containers of oatmeal for my lunches. Enjoying and learning from your blog very much. Keep it up! And Frugal hound — very sweet. Yay, thanks! My neighbors always look at me funny as I haul a 25lb bag of rice in from the van, but man does it make good sense long term!

And like you say, it seems to keep very well in a cool, dark basement. I tend to picture beans and rice as either Mexican jalapenos, yellow onion, cumin, oregano or as NOLA-style red beans and rice celery, carrot, bell pepper, various chiles, pork fat if you eat meat. But gochujang sounds like a really interesting way to go!

What is a French dice? I agree that such a thing would be overkill for such a homey and hearty dish. Have you guys thought about using dried beans? Those are way cheaper per lb than canned, especially if you have a market with good bulk bins.

Plus then you get homemade bean broth!! Interesting to learn that you then do something with the bean broth. I always have bean broth in the freezer for sudden protein infusion in soup or pasta sauce.

You can more or less use it wherever you might use veg broth. Beans: 1. Sort, chucking any rocks or dirt clods. Cover with 2x their depth in water overnight. Pour off soaking water. Add a bay leaf. Either use beans right away or freeze in their broth.

Freeze extra broth for whatever you want. Re pressure cookers: they are useful, but the regular boil in pot method works just fine! Thank you for taking the time to share the recipe, we have many very frugal meals which we enjoy.

Maybe not everyone would but, hey, that is ok! I have been one of those readers who has begged you to share this recipe so a BIG THANK YOU from me!!!! This looks super yum and I am going to make these over the weekend and try it out for my lunches.

Blanch the kale in boiling water. Then drain it thoroughly. Heat about 1 tbsp, olive oil in a pan. Add the kale. of Worchestershire or steak sauce and 1 Tbsp. of dark sesame oil. Stir fry the above for about 1 minute or until everything is heated, Sprinkle with about 2 Tbsp.

of sesame seeds and voila, tasty greens for dinner! I know people who otherwise HATE greens but love this method of preparing them. That looks delicious, especially the sesame oil. I love that stuff! I grew up eating collards, so I have a deep love of bitter leafy greens like kale.

Alright Mr. F, I made this and I have to say it tastes great! As I sit here eating said dish let me add a Pro Asian tip on the rice. Granted my Caucasion hubby says he can make a better pot of rice than this Eurasian gal but I beg to differ.

Any amount of rice in a pot needs to have This alleviates measuring. I always eyeball it. Hardcore Asians measure with their fingers based on the distances between knuckles — no thanks. Always cook your rice in a pot over the stove.

Always rinse rice in said pot three times ancient Asian susperstition but I think it has something to do with rinsing starch and arsenic but my mom always does it so I do it too then fill to inch in over the amount of rice in the pot.

Put on the stove at high heat to bring to a boil and stir occassionaly so rice does not stick to bottom. Once at a heavy boil for a minute, cover but not tightly, leave a crack between to top and pot, and turn off burner and leave completely alone for 10 minutes.

Perfectly steamed rice everytime. Also, in your recipe I substituted Siracha for the chili paste and I still think it works. Thx for the recipe!

Love your site! Glad the recipe came out well! Yeah, stovetop rice works well for us. Thanks F. s, one and all! You are most welcome! And I hope you find a place soon!

Made it again tonight. Bought dry black beans and cooked them in the pressure cooker first — no soak, 25 min. on high pressure and quick release. Oh so glad they came out well! I am not sure if this applies to all beans as I have only tested it on navy beans, mung beans, urad lentils and kidney beans but I have found that adding the salt after the beans cook greatly reduces the cooking time.

I forget where I read this unfortunately but the instructions were to use salt when you soak your dried beans overnight and then rinse before cooking and discard the rinsing water then add your salt at the end once the beans are done. Before I did this I occasionally had batches that just would not finish even after hours of cooking but since I started adding the salt at the end, everything seems to finish 2x as fast.

Huh, neat! Thanks for the tip! Bug and I have made this twice now and surprisingly we love it! I was concerned I would get bored eating the same thing every day but the simplicity of it and not having to think about what I will have for lunch and the added bonus of the frugal factor makes it perfect.

Do you go to Haymarket at all to get any of your veggies? Thank you for reminding me to check it out once the snow melts, which at this rate will probably be August ; ….

In my experience, black beans soaked for 24 hours take about 20 mins to cook. Super easy and we do it all the time. I made your rice and bean dish this month. I LOVE it. Mine is a dinner dish not lunch — Its only me so I froze most of it and just take out servings and reheat. yummy — thanks!.

I made this today. The addition of the mushrooms really worked. I am enjoying my rice and beans a great deal. Thanks for the recipe! I know this is an older post, but I hope you see the comment!

I know this is an old post, but I just recently discovered Frugalwoods and am reading a little at a time. Then when a recipe calls for 2 cups, I just defrost 2 containers. The containers are recycled ones from buying sour cream etc. I probably should soak the beans overnight and then cook one hour like the above poster said, that would be more frugal.

I use the beans for recipes, over green salads, snack on them with salsa, or with olive oil and vinegar and chopped garlic. This is an older post, but I finally made this recipe tonight after being extra inspired by frugality posts. And this meal truly is epic! I opted to use the rice cooker, adding the rice afterwards.

Toppings of diced green onion and cilantro brought this dish to a different level! Thanks for posting this! We started using your recipe a couple of months ago and it has become one of our favourites 🙂 We cook the beans overnight in the slow cooker and lately have been adding shrimp at the end of the cooking time as well.

Thanks again for posting it! How are you getting that much chili paste for so cheap? It probably has something to do with location.

It should be cheaper there. Be careful, though! They also have delicious, not-frugal-at-all, goodies like green tea kitkats! I never put it to action… until today.

Regardless, this is great. My husband has made this recipe twice. First with canned beans, and the most recent time by pressure cooking dried beans. Although I love the frugality and taste of this recipe, sleeping in bed with my husband has become horrid since he discovered this recipe. Any more lunch recipes?

I made this last Sunday and am just finishing it off. Thank you for posting this! Today I decided to search for the much-discussed lunch and was glad to find the recipe!

My go-to is zucchini and squash with barilla-plus angel hair high protein! I vary it by sometimes adding mushroom, bell peppers, parmesan cheese etc amazing what parmesan cheese will do, right? If you ever feel lazy or tired perhaps after the baby comes!

Our favorite is their Vegetable Melange, second favorite is the fire roasted vegetables skimpy on the green beans so I add in their frozen haricots verts. Looking forward to trying this recipe this weekend. This should help my fatigue of thinking about what to do for lunch every day!

For the beans, its expensive, but I only use Eden organic because 1 we eat mostly organic 2 the cans are free of BPA, BPS, and PVC toxins 3 they use wakame in the cooking, which increases digestibility. Thanks everyone for all the tips about how to cook beans. Every time I try, they come out under done no matter how long I cook them.

I will see about getting a pressure cooker. Of course, that does include all eating out, toiletries, household goods, and organic turkey for the cat food which I make from scratch, but still! I know, I know…but our cat recovered from near death auto-immune disease when we started cooking the cat food ourselves.

Gallo pinto painted rooster! Your recipe sounds dee-lish. I know this is a very old post but try toasting your rice in the oil before you cool it. So good and it smells like popcorn. After soaking, I sometimes cook my dried beans and brown rice in a Wonderbag.

Saves on energy, you just bring to a boil then put the covered pot in the Wonderbag to sit all day. Black beans sometimes need a second round, but faster-cooking beans like pintos, black-eyes and lentils are done in a few hours. No doubt the clever Frugalwoods could probably make their own, but the Wonderbag is not expensive and for every purchase they donate a second to an African family.

In order to live on a budget in Paris and being vegetarian for more than 10 years except for the occasional fish , I decided that my daily lunch box is the best investment for my health and budget.

I was excited to read your food postings about your lunch box ritual! I find that the dried version is far less expensive I get them from the indian supermarket and more tasty. Besides they are way less heavy to carry 😉 The cooking time is really short if you let them soak in water at least over one night and let them cook for about 15 minutes with baking powder.

We save money on food by not buying processed or pre-packaged stuff, by eating lots of eggs, by repeating the same meals over and over, and by limiting our shopping trips to once a week if possible. We also buy from the cheapest grocery stores around our local Trader Joes-type places.

The rest we spend on avocados, eggs, plain yogurt, and deli-meat. We also got a slow-cooker which has made cooking x easier and taste better!! My 21 y. son made a batch of rice and beans based on your recipe last night and we are LOVING it!

His simplified version was to cook brown rice, then just add in the other ingreds as they are raw garlic, onion, mushrooms. We used canned beans this time, will go for dry beans in the future.

This meal will be in regular rotation here. Definitely a winner. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Investigate the Instant Pot electric pressure cooker. No one that I know would part with theirs! It takes beans or chili from dried to ready in 60 minutes.

It makes the easiest to peel hard boiled eggs in 6 minutes. Perfect white rice is 12 minutes. When you do want to splurge on meat, you can turn the lowliest cut my of meat into a gourmet meal in no time at all. Clean up is ridiculously easy, and cooking under pressure is energy efficient.

The reason you want an electric pressure cooker, and this one in particular, is the ease of use. Ours really allowed us to transform our cost per scrumptious meal calculations.

Either way, I enjoy reading your blog. Seems like there have been quite a few comments on mushroom substitutes.

We have found that 1lb of oven-roasted butternut squash tossed in olive oil makes for a really tasty replacement! Bon appetite! Thanks for sharing the awesome recipe! If you ever tire of rice and beans, may I suggest you try mujaddara?

It is a middle eastern dish of rice and lentils which requires almost no prep time and similar cook time, especially if you skip the caramelized onion garnish recommended in most recipes or reserve it for when you have time.

You can play with the spices and I bet its even cheaper than rice and beans 😛. My recipe is very simple: 2 cups rice; 2 cups lentils. Boil the lentils in salted water with spices thrown in cumin, cinnamon, black pepper and chili powder. In the meantime, saute a large onion chopped however you like in olive oil.

Once it begins turning golden, stir in well-rinsed rice and toss it around in the olive oil and slightly caramelized onion mixture. Season with same spices as lentils. Toss the whole lot in with the now boiled lentils, top up the water so that it is just covering everything, set to low heat to simmer covered to cook the rice.

I add a couple of cubes of maggi chicken stock not sure if those are available in the US before I leave it to simmer and stir in some extra olive oil for more flavor, but you can skip one or both of these steps. You could garnish this with caramelized onion on fancy days and it is great next to any kind of salad or plain yogurt!

do you freeze the portions that you take to work later in the week? I know you posted this ages ago but how do you keep 12 portions fresh for the week?

Hi Tina! We just keep the portions in the refrigerator for the week—they do just fine in there, no need to freeze 🙂. I have been enjoying your blog and decided to cook this for dinner tonight. I did a slow cooker full of two pounds of black beans, soaked overnight, super easy. A pot of rice. but persist in offering whatever you eat and eventually the child will eat what you eat — our seven year old is almost there.

Thankyou for this recipe, so easy and so scummy! As a vegetarian with not much time on her hands I have been searching for a more flavorful rice and beans recipe that I can get ready ahead of time.

I used sesame oil when frying the shallots simply because I love the aroma, and then topped with black sesame seeds for taste and texture. I also used changed it up to use one can of red beans and two black, just for colour.

Thanks once again. You should give it a try. And the home cooked beans and chickpeas taste so much better than the ones from the can. And you will be able to save some money by buying the beans in bulk. You just need to put them to soak over night, rinse them and cook them in the pressure cooker the next day.

It will hardly extend your cooking time as you can prepare other items while the beans are cooking. I bet if I played with the timing and temp it would work I think high might be better than low.

Cooking in a pot is so easy though — soak overnight, then cook for about 1. Pintos especially are so much better tasting that way. Nothing wrong with canned beans and actually they are supposed to be just as good for you, but the taste is quite different. Based on the comments I doubled the portions for DH and I because DINNER and also we eat huge quantities.

I decided to actually just freeze two thirds of the mushroom-chili base only for two more meals. Is it supposed to smell like fish? The ingredients include fish sauce, shrimp, and anchovy extract. Is that the right one? I do something similar, but I freeze the portions and make something new each week for variety, plus I always use dried beans and lentils for larger cost savings.

Another exception is that I eat a smaller portion and add a lot of vegetables to the meal. You can still travel with it.

I cook up a big pot of beans each week and freeze them for recipes, and my freezer always has black beans, kidney beans, navy beans, lima beans, lentils, split pea soup, and more available for any meal or recipe. The schedule was Friday night use up leftover veggies in the stewpot and make a grocery list, soak beans overnight.

Saturday morning start breads, do laundry, clean house, put stew away, buy groceries, cook beans, finish breads, prep all veggies, make bulk recipes for the week, all with the help of entire family.

I just made your rice and bean recipe and I love it! My youngest recently decided to become a vegetarian. Lucky for me, she loves rice and beans. This was so quick to pull together!

I also used 3 tbsp of the chili sauce rather than 4 so as to ease up a bit on the spice effect for my girls. By the way, I have a cheap little rice cooker I purchased at Target about years ago that has been a life saver!

It provides perfect rice every time, I also use it to make quinoa! And last but not least…I love your blog! Thanks for this recipe and all the inspiration your blog provides!

Just made this recipe and … yum! I did add a few other spices as I like a really complex flavour. A question about the heat. I started with 2 tbsp of Sambal Oelek and it had a little kick. Next time I might try 3 tbsp. But 4? Holy Inferno, Batman! That would be one spicy dish. Or I am using something other than what you suggested?

Loving your blog! Korean chili paste is also called gochujang and is more mild than sambal oelek. Lucky you!! Another great way to use this recipe especially if you are going for a more low carb diet is to substitute riced cauliflower for the rice.

Love the recipe! Chop up into bit-size pieces, throw into a jar, and use it to augment rice dishes, baked potatoes, etc.

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Beans are rich in several nutrients, including phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, and iron. They also provide plenty of folate vitamin B9 , essential for metabolism to help you properly metabolize all the protein you need. Canned beans are convenient and are consistently one of the least expensive canned foods.

For the most cost-effective option though, dried beans are the way to go. If you buy dried beans though, be sure to also pick up some baking soda. Beans are full of oligosaccharides — large sugar molecules that you can't digest, which is why they can make you gassy. Soaking dried beans overnight with some baking soda and then discarding the water will help to remove oligosaccharides, making them easier on your stomach as well as quicker to cook.

A staple part of diets across the world for centuries, there are dozens of delicious recipes to cook with beans. Black beans can be used in Mexican dishes like tacos or chilaquiles, spicy black-eyed peas can make a filling meal, and garbanzo beans chickpeas can be used to make Indian dishes like chana masala or Middle Eastern recipes like falafel.

There's a lot of variety to enjoy! There's no reason for budget food to be tasteless, and onions are one of the best things to add both flavor and nutrition to your diet.

There's a reason they're used in so many different cuisines around the world! US retail prices for onions can be as low as 78 cents per pound and they have a long shelf life, so it's fine to stock up when you can. Bought fresh, they can usually last for 2 to 3 months in the pantry.

As well as being a great source of fiber, onions are packed with nutrition like vitamins B and C, and have been linked to reduced blood sugar levels and improved bone health.

With a selection of varieties to choose from, too. Starchy yellow onions are great for cooking, while red onions are also good for pickling and are flavorsome enough to enjoy raw in salads.

Meanwhile, the sharp taste of green onions is essential to a lot of East Asian cooking. Recipes with onions are so numerous that trying to list them would be an impossible task, but most home cooking can benefit by chopping some and throwing them in.

Rice is one of the world's most popular staple foods, eaten regularly by 3. Often used as a primary source of carbohydrate, rice can also provide you with dietary minerals like manganese and selenium. While simple white long-grain rice is the cheapest and easiest to find, there are several types of rice out there, some more nutritious than others.

Generally speaking, brown rice is healthier and more nutritious than white, containing more fiber, but it's also a bit more expensive and has a shorter shelf life. Rice is typically served together with other dishes, but there are plenty of things to cook that allow it to take center stage.

An easy option is to try one of the many fried rice dishes from around the world. Alternatively, you could try making congee, a Chinese rice porridge popularly enjoyed as a breakfast and comfort food around East and Southeast Asia.

You may have heard that it's possible to survive on potatoes alone and, while this is a myth, it's true that they do contain all the essential amino acids your body needs. According to UC Davis , potatoes are a good dietary source of potassium, as well as vitamins A and C. Additionally, their skin is a good source of fiber, so as long as they're thoroughly cleaned, you may want to consider cooking them skin-on.

Potatoes have been a part of working-class diets for centuries, so there are plenty of ways to cook them that are both low-cost and delicious. One easy recipe to try is potato bread, like Irish potato farls, which make for a delicious addition to the breakfast table.

Another cheap potato dish comes from Spain, where patatas a lo pobre is a flavorsome vegetable dish with a name that translates to "potatoes of the poor.

Leafy vegetables are an important thing to include in your diet, and the cheapest fresh one available is usually cabbage. Easy to find on sale, cabbage typically costs just 45 to 91 cents per pound.

While many people don't pay much attention to cabbage, it's a nutritious vegetable to include in your cooking, rich in various vitamins and minerals. Cabbage can provide you with vitamins C and K and, while not as densely nutritious as foods like beans, it's rich in fiber and antioxidants.

There's some evidence that cabbage can even help to reduce blood pressure. Many of us may have unpleasant memories of unappetizing boiled cabbage, but there's no reason for this vegetable to be boring.

At home, cabbage can be used to make anything from kimchi to some delicious sweet and sour stuffed cabbage leaves. With a little more time, you can even try your hand at pickling and make your own sauerkraut to enjoy a classic dish eaten not only in Germany but also in France, where it's known as choucroute.

Including some fresh fruit in your diet is always a good idea, and the cheapest fruit available are bananas. They can be found on sale for as little as 50 cents per pound, making them a very affordable option. As well as being rich in sugar and carbohydrates, bananas are famously one of the best sources of dietary potassium, with a single fruit typically containing around milligrams of it.

Additionally, these iconic yellow fruits can also provide you with magnesium, manganese, and vitamins C and B6, as well as a good amount of fiber. Many people enjoy bananas as a simple snack, but they can also be cooked in a few recipes, with homemade banana bread being a delicious choice.

For a more savory option, you can also opt to buy plantains. Chang had a tremendous financial setback. He lost everything—his beautiful home, his possessions, every asset he had.

Wonton soup is a classic Chinese Dumpling soup loaded with the flavors of shrimp,pork, ginger and seasonings in a light broth. This inexpensive dish is a great way to use up leftover pork! Are you in the mood for a change of pace? Perhaps another taste of the Far East will whet your appetite!

If Szechuan cuisine suits your fancy, Chengtu Chicken is worth the time. A true scotch egg consists of a hard-cooked egg wrapped enveloped in sausage, then coated in bread crumbs and baked or fried!

Here is one of my favorite inexpensive homemade Chinese food dishes. Chinese chop suey is the quintessential comfort dish — chicken or pork and vegetables cooked in a flavorful sauce. Served with fresh steamed green beans and jasmine rice, you might want to consider making a double batch as the family will go back for seconds and thirds!

Chicken Tikka tends to get overcomplicated in recipes, but this one is fine, quick and easy. Ethnic foods are delicious! Thai style sweet and sour dish with tomatoes cucumber, onion, pineapple, sweet pepper and spring ….

The key to good tempura is fresh ingredients, lumpy batter and a constant oil temperature. Although we and most of our readers love the mixture of nutritional yeast , garlic powder, and onion powder on these vegan nuggets, one commenter was less impressed.

If you too crave something bolder, try the method with taco seasoning instead. The humble onion is given center stage in this cheap meal. Seared, then gently roasted with paprika and tomato paste, these onions prove they have star quality. Transform a can of pumpkin purée into a near-instant pasta sauce—no slow cookers here— that delivers major fall feels.

Bonus: Leftovers will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for two to three days. With a generous layer of caramelized onions and plenty of sharp Gruyère cheese, this tart packs the depth of French onion soup into every bite.

The tofu in this cheap recipe absorbs all of the flavors in the sauce—and there are a lot of them: shallots, ginger, garlic, cumin, red chile, turmeric, coconut cream , and peanut butter.

It all becomes a sauce you have to make and see to believe. Crunchy fried onions transform a simple cabbage salad into a sensorial delight: hot and cold, crisp and soft, sweet and spicy.

Make sure to assemble it just before eating in order to capture those different textures. When the coffers are dry and so is the bread on the counter, this is the one. This cheap meal requires just a few other ingredients, most of which are already in your kitchen.

A garlicky mixture of ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, and maple syrup cooks down until almost sticky in this riff on a Chinese-American classic sesame chicken. An untraditional but logical addition to the sauce: tahini.

You might be surprised by just how flavorful a combination of chicken stock, celery, and chickpeas can be. Garlic, red chiles, lemon, and fresh cilantro contribute to making it so—while still keeping it feeling clean.

If you can swing it, add a big pinch of asafetida for an extra savory note. Quick-cooking, budget-friendly, and pretty hard to screw up that dark meat is automatically juicier , chicken thighs are our default weeknight dinner—and this is our simplest way to prepare them.

These battered, oven-baked florets come out crackly before getting bathed in a sticky-sweet gochujang glaze. It means you have croutons. Ground turkey is a lean protein that, when simmered with white beans, seasonings, and chipotle chiles in adobo and topped with Greek yogurt, delivers major body and richness.

The key to stress-free stir-frying is in the prep work. Be sure to chop, slice, and grate everything before even thinking about turning on the stove. Once you do, it comes together in 15 minutes. A little bit of flour and butter, garlic, lemon juice, and capers , and you've got a super savory supper.

Say that three times fast. This cheap recipe leaves out the smoked pork or turkey, which is typical in the American South, and goes heavy on garlic for flavor.

This all-star easy dinner recipe will work long after corn has gone out of season. In the winter, just sub in shaved cauliflower or torn kale. This soup packs in all the ingredients that would make your doctor happy—lentils, sweet potatoes, leafy greens—but the fiery Thai green curry paste keeps things interesting.

This Haitian meal consists of sos pwa nwa, black bean sauce enriched with coconut milk, served alongside mayi moulen, a creamy cornmeal porridge flavored with garlic and herbs.

Nothing is cozier. This family-friendly weeknight dinner takes a cue from Japanese grilled chicken meatballs called tsukune as well as the glossy, sweet-and-sour sauce that comes with them. A classic Italian pesto , this is not.

Spinach, cilantro, and miso come together for this uber-green sauce, which dresses, of course, springy ramen noodles. In this brothy beans recipe, caramelizing fennel, shallots, and lemon builds a base layer that is sweet, tangy, and bright. Tinned sardines add protein and a briny flavor.

A beloved Hong Kong dish with approximately one billion variations, this soup—which relies heavily on fridge and pantry staples—is meant to be a little sweet and a touch sharp. Its silky texture comes from blended potatoes and broccoli stalks rather than heavy cream.

Well, this is the salad version, with noodles in addition to pink radishes , orange carrots, purple cabbage, and green cucumbers. One head of cabbage goes a long way. This recipe, where wedges are bathed in turmeric-accented coconut milk until meltingly tender and sweet, uses just half of one to feed four.

The soul of this recipe comes from the ginger and tamari marinade that gives crispy tofu a sweet and savory glaze.

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Choose your own adventure with this North African-inspired feast. To maximize your cheap, healthy dinner recipes, never let any ingredients go cheap, ready-to-eat meals whether that was ancient Egypt's lamb kebabs or African & Caribbean Street Food. Koeksisters | Jamaican Festival No-Bake Mango Float Cake · Everybody Loves Raymond Braciole Recipe · Berbere Spice Mix · MYO Crab Rangoons · Mexican Street Corn Salad · Tamal Pie · Fattoush Salad: Discounted ingredients for ethnic recipes

Perfectly crispy Disconted golden, it is made by cooking the Discounted ingredients for ethnic recipes Discounter — first by Discounhed, then by compacting Discounted ingredients for ethnic recipes cooked grains in a skillet with Discounted ingredients for ethnic recipes oil and optional Dscountedfor added Discounfed. Rinse in ~5 reclpes of Experiential Sampling Events. Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Dlscounted Morris, Inhredients Styling by Tim Ferro. chicken mac as we call it lol… I use left over rotesserie chicken but you can use any kind of left over chicken you have on hand. Usually I add a can of tomato sauce to this frozen leftover assortment and it is great. This staple tasty chicken recipe is a classic Indian street food dish that is an age-old favorite still found today in every bazaar across the country including go-to tourist cities like Delhi, Mumbai. I wrote Fresh: Nourishing Salads for All Seasons and Ladled: Nourishing Soups for All Seasons as another outlet of sharing this love of mine.	What are some of your favorite meals to make for yourself or your family when the budget is stretched thin? Amish Sausage-Stuffed Green Peppers. Eat on the cheap when it's just you plus one! Homemade Mac and Cheese. Please read how we make money for more info. I have been featured in online publications like Forbes, TIME, USA Today, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Marie Claire, The Penny Hoarder, Bankrate, Nerd Wallet, CNBC, Acorns, Yahoo Finance, MSN, GoBankingRates, Her Money, Thrive Global, The Simple Dollar, Money Crashers, Readers Digest, FinCon, Best Company, Rent Cafe, Romper, Intuit Turbo, Opp Loans, CreditCards. My Recipe Box Subscribe Register Now Sign In.	achetermodafinilbelgique.space › ways-to-save-money-on-a-healthy-d Whether it is a spicy Indian curry, a smooth hummus, a flavorful beef pho soup, or bean and rice Cuban dish, other countries are masters at 1. Beans · 2. Onions · 3. Rice · 4. Potatoes · 5. Cabbage · 6. Bananas and plantains · 7. Lentils · 8. Peanut butter	Analida's Ethnic Spoon features easy world recipes with simple ingredients. We include step-by-step photos so it comes out perfect every time Ingredients are peanut butter, soy sauce, and pasta, plus some things Cheap Meals They'll Crave Until The End Of Time · Carnitas, slaw, and While Sephardic Jews brought the recipe to Georgia in the 18th century, the dish became a symbol of emancipation for African Americans after the	41 Easy, Kid-Friendly Recipes From Around the World · Mashed Plantains With Fried Eggs (Mangú de Plátanos) · Okonomiyaki (“As You Like It”) Pasta With 20 Cloves of Garlic · Smoky, Spicy Creole Red Beans and Rice · Vegetarian Enchiladas · BA's Best Chicken Parmesan · One-Skillet Chicken 14 Cheap Meals to Make With Pantry Staples · 1. Homemade Pancakes · 2. Cooked Whole Chicken · 3. Vegetable Soup · 4. Homemade Mac and Cheese · 5
Try them for breakfast with Budget-friendly food optionsDisdounted serve as ingredientz fun after-school treat for kids. Sign up to Ongredients new Frugalwoods stories in your email Discounted ingredients for ethnic recipes. Then when a reccipes calls for 2 cups, I just defrost 2 containers. A true scotch egg consists of a hard-cooked egg wrapped enveloped in sausage, then coated in bread crumbs and baked or fried! I do not add salt, but sometimes add dried sea vegetable kelp, wakeme, dulse, etc. one bag of dried beans costs 1. The key to good tempura is fresh ingredients, lumpy batter and a constant oil temperature.	My hub is a vegetarian and we eat a lot of beans. Learn how to make pierogi from scratch, including preparing the rustic filling, forming, and folding the dough. The comments here have me convinced to try using dried black beans. how many cups this recipe will make? And Frugal hound — very sweet.	achetermodafinilbelgique.space › ways-to-save-money-on-a-healthy-d Whether it is a spicy Indian curry, a smooth hummus, a flavorful beef pho soup, or bean and rice Cuban dish, other countries are masters at 1. Beans · 2. Onions · 3. Rice · 4. Potatoes · 5. Cabbage · 6. Bananas and plantains · 7. Lentils · 8. Peanut butter	achetermodafinilbelgique.space › ways-to-save-money-on-a-healthy-d Ethnic · Antipasto Tuna Salad Recipe Rated Five Stars - Top Rating · Triple Cheese Bruschetta Recipe Rated Five Stars - Top Rating · Mediterranean Steak Sandwiches Missing	Ethnic Food · African Recipes · Asian Recipes · Brazilian Recipes · Cajun Recipes Get the Recipe! Up Next: 16 Best Cheap Easy Meals. Pin; Share · Email; Save This quiet ethnic Make your own exotic dishes using egg noodles right at home for cheap and easy weeknight dinner recipes at huge savings! Ingredients are peanut butter, soy sauce, and pasta, plus some things Cheap Meals They'll Crave Until The End Of Time · Carnitas, slaw, and
How old is ingrwdients list? Thank you for the recipe! Then I Fog them in Sample products available glass jars and thaw them as ingrdients. I will probably go down to 2 TBS next time. Thanks for the suggestion! If you wanted to turn this into a soup with meat in it, just about anything would be a tasty addition! You frantically look through grocery receipts from the month and wonder how it went so fast.	Our go to lunch is the old peanut butter sandwich option. Our Asian markets are fine for the most part…but I hear that there are way better ones on your side of the country. Rice is a staple for so many ethnic foods. You need just 15 minutes and 3 ingredients, including a package of dried spaghetti, to whip up this elegant, unbelievably creamy, and cheesy weeknight pasta. Perfect as a dinner recipe or for a budget-friendly lunch idea to add to your meal prep routine. Nothing is cozier. Pasta is cheap and 1lb makes enough for dinner and a great lunch.	achetermodafinilbelgique.space › ways-to-save-money-on-a-healthy-d Whether it is a spicy Indian curry, a smooth hummus, a flavorful beef pho soup, or bean and rice Cuban dish, other countries are masters at 1. Beans · 2. Onions · 3. Rice · 4. Potatoes · 5. Cabbage · 6. Bananas and plantains · 7. Lentils · 8. Peanut butter	Pasta With 20 Cloves of Garlic · Smoky, Spicy Creole Red Beans and Rice · Vegetarian Enchiladas · BA's Best Chicken Parmesan · One-Skillet Chicken 1. Beans · 2. Onions · 3. Rice · 4. Potatoes · 5. Cabbage · 6. Bananas and plantains · 7. Lentils · 8. Peanut butter achetermodafinilbelgique.space › ways-to-save-money-on-a-healthy-d	cheap, ready-to-eat meals whether that was ancient Egypt's lamb kebabs or African & Caribbean Street Food. Koeksisters | Jamaican Festival While Sephardic Jews brought the recipe to Georgia in the 18th century, the dish became a symbol of emancipation for African Americans after the Having cheap and easy breakfasts and lunches leaves me plenty of I couldn't find it at my local grocery store in the ethnic food section

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They're not just healthy but cheap, versatile, and easily available. In , the lentil harvest was one of the largest in history. This may reduce their prices in the future but, for now, lentils can be found on sale for as little as 45 cents per pound. There are a few different kinds available too, like red and green, with some variation in price and flavor.

The good news with lentils is that they really are extremely nutritious. All lentils are rich in protein and B vitamins. They're also full of minerals like iron, zinc, phosphorus, and manganese, as well as containing polyphenols — antioxidant compounds that can reduce blood sugar levels and potentially even inhibit some cancers.

A classic way to serve lentils is in soups and stews. Lentil soup has been popular in Europe since the days of the Ancient Greeks, and is old enough that it's even mentioned in the Bible. Another old recipe for simple rice and lentil dish, mujaddara, was first written down in one of the world's oldest-known cookbooks and still makes for an easy, cheap, and delicious meal today.

But there's no reason not to get creative with lentils too, and there are plenty of options for how to serve them. They can be added to rice bowls, mixed into salads, or even pressed into burgers. Technically not a nut but a type of bean, peanuts are historically a cheap staple food.

There's a reason, after all, that underpaid workers talk about being "paid peanuts. Some people should skip this one because of allergies, but peanut butter is quite a nutritious foodstuff. It's high in fats, albeit healthy ones like oleic acid, while at the same time being low in carbohydrates, making it a fine choice for anyone on a low-carb diet.

Additionally, it's an excellent source of protein and vitamins B and E, with a good amount of manganese, copper, and magnesium. Peanut butter is usually thought of as a sweet food in Western countries, where it's usually enjoyed in sandwiches, but it can also be included as an ingredient in many savory dishes.

It's an essential ingredient in making Southeast Asian recipes like chicken satay , and African recipes like Ghanian groundnut soup. For a cheap and easy way to give your home recipes an extra boost in protein and flavor, peanut butter can be a surprisingly good option.

When using it in cooking, it's probably best to try and find some without too much added sugar. A popular pantry food, canned tuna can be found on the shelves in many people's kitchens. Meats tend to be among the most expensive items on most people's grocery lists, making canned tuna an attractive option on a tight budget.

Its long shelf life makes canned tuna a handy thing to keep in the cupboard for times when money is tight. Tuna is also an oily fish, making it rich in healthy omega-3 oils.

As well as being packed with protein, it's also a good source of vitamin D and selenium. Canned tuna isn't for everyone but, while the flavor and texture may not be as good as with fresh tuna, it's certainly one of the cheapest seafood options out there.

There are several varieties of canned tuna available to buy, and it's a versatile enough ingredient to work well in all kinds of dishes. A simple tuna salad is a classic choice, and canned tuna also tastes delicious in a wholesome casserole.

As leafy greens go, spinach is a particularly good choice. It's famously rich in iron, but is also a good dietary source of magnesium, potassium, and vitamin E.

Eating spinach is linked with a range of health benefits, including improved skin, hair, and bone health, and helping your body control blood sugar levels. Spinach is also inexpensive, with retail prices of around 91 cents per pound.

The cheapest option for spinach is to buy it frozen and, perhaps surprisingly, frozen spinach can actually be more nutritious than fresh leaves. After being picked, fresh leafy vegetables tend to gradually lose their nutrients over time, but freezing locks them in, keeping frozen spinach as rich as when it was freshly harvested.

Helpfully, in many dishes, frozen spinach can work just as well as fresh leaves. It can be mixed with feta cheese and baked into a buttery Greek spinach pie, spanakopita, or can be combined with spices and diced potatoes to make a mouthwatering Indian spinach curry, saag aloo.

Tomatoes are one of those foods that are ubiquitous in world cuisines, and one of the cheapest ways to use them in your cooking is to buy them canned. Tomatoes are a good source of vitamins, B, C, and K, as well as potassium, but the main reason they're so popular is for their distinctive flavor.

One of the simplest ways to use tomato purée is in tomato soup , as a comfort food that's both wholesome and easy to prepare. Tomatoes are an essential ingredient in cuisines from all around the world though, from Italy to India, so there's no shortage of inspiration.

Whether you're spreading it onto a pizza base or making a rich pot of murgh makhani butter chicken , you'll need some of this versatile ingredient. Of course, tomatoes are originally from Mesoamerica, so they're used in all kinds of Mexican dishes. An easy and satisfying one is to combine it with rice to make arroz rojo.

For being both abundant and affordable, corn has historically been a cheap staple food in America. It still comfortably fits this role, with cornmeal available for just under 70 cents per pound. This vegetable-packed version calls for freshly cooked broccolini, snow peas, edamame, and chicken, but feel free to substitute any quick-cooking or leftover vegetables and protein.

Crispy on the edges, with an airy softness in the middle, these are really more blini than crepe. Top with jam or fruit or go savory with an egg on top. Start a tradition of baking this braided bread with family, and you might find that you go through it fast.

It's delicious as a base for French toast, grilled cheese, and croutons. A tomato-free version of the North African poached egg dish, shakshuka, is creamy, cheesy, and pretty. In this recipe, juicy, boneless chicken thighs are dipped in a light batter to form an extra-crispy crust, then lacquered with a gingery sauce.

These pancakes get their light texture from a batter made with club soda. Pressing hard on them when frying makes them crisp. Another example of ancient Greece's ingenuity: Cheesy hand pies that kids will eat by the dozen. This Sri Lankan rice dish is enriched with coconut milk, then pressed into a platter and cut into diamond shapes.

For this quick and easy dinner recipe, cornstarch helps the chicken get a delightfully crisp crust. This gallery has been updated as a part of our archive repair project. Anna Stockwell. Get This Recipe. Photo and Food Styling by Joseph De Leo.

Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Michelle Gatton. Why not eat finger food for dinner? These little bites bring in classic German flavors. Photo by Aubrie Pick. Luscious salmon glazed in a mixture of sake, mirin, and soy sauce. Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell.

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photo by Romulo Yanes. Photo by Jonathan Lovekin. Photo by Alex Lau, Prop Styling by Kalen Kaminski, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich. Lara Ferroni. Store-bought puff pastry and a pre-cooked rotisserie chicken are two very helpful shortcuts when it comes to this one-pot meal.

We also developed a soup version of chicken pot pie , just for fun. Giving chunky zucchini pieces a hard sear develops lots of texture and color while minimizing sogginess. The dilly sour cream provides a garlicky counterpart.

When you need a weeknight-friendly recipe that doubles as a cheap dinner idea, stir-fry is the answer. Is there ever a bad time for a quesadilla? This one is easy, cheesy, and a smart way to finish up that jar of kimchi hanging out in the fridge. Although we and most of our readers love the mixture of nutritional yeast , garlic powder, and onion powder on these vegan nuggets, one commenter was less impressed.

If you too crave something bolder, try the method with taco seasoning instead. The humble onion is given center stage in this cheap meal.

Seared, then gently roasted with paprika and tomato paste, these onions prove they have star quality. Transform a can of pumpkin purée into a near-instant pasta sauce—no slow cookers here— that delivers major fall feels. Bonus: Leftovers will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for two to three days.

With a generous layer of caramelized onions and plenty of sharp Gruyère cheese, this tart packs the depth of French onion soup into every bite. The tofu in this cheap recipe absorbs all of the flavors in the sauce—and there are a lot of them: shallots, ginger, garlic, cumin, red chile, turmeric, coconut cream , and peanut butter.

It all becomes a sauce you have to make and see to believe. Crunchy fried onions transform a simple cabbage salad into a sensorial delight: hot and cold, crisp and soft, sweet and spicy.

Make sure to assemble it just before eating in order to capture those different textures. When the coffers are dry and so is the bread on the counter, this is the one. This cheap meal requires just a few other ingredients, most of which are already in your kitchen.

A garlicky mixture of ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, and maple syrup cooks down until almost sticky in this riff on a Chinese-American classic sesame chicken.

An untraditional but logical addition to the sauce: tahini. You might be surprised by just how flavorful a combination of chicken stock, celery, and chickpeas can be. Garlic, red chiles, lemon, and fresh cilantro contribute to making it so—while still keeping it feeling clean.

If you can swing it, add a big pinch of asafetida for an extra savory note. Quick-cooking, budget-friendly, and pretty hard to screw up that dark meat is automatically juicier , chicken thighs are our default weeknight dinner—and this is our simplest way to prepare them.

These battered, oven-baked florets come out crackly before getting bathed in a sticky-sweet gochujang glaze. It means you have croutons. Ground turkey is a lean protein that, when simmered with white beans, seasonings, and chipotle chiles in adobo and topped with Greek yogurt, delivers major body and richness.

The key to stress-free stir-frying is in the prep work. Be sure to chop, slice, and grate everything before even thinking about turning on the stove. Once you do, it comes together in 15 minutes. A little bit of flour and butter, garlic, lemon juice, and capers , and you've got a super savory supper.

Say that three times fast. This cheap recipe leaves out the smoked pork or turkey, which is typical in the American South, and goes heavy on garlic for flavor. This all-star easy dinner recipe will work long after corn has gone out of season.

In the winter, just sub in shaved cauliflower or torn kale. This soup packs in all the ingredients that would make your doctor happy—lentils, sweet potatoes, leafy greens—but the fiery Thai green curry paste keeps things interesting. This Haitian meal consists of sos pwa nwa, black bean sauce enriched with coconut milk, served alongside mayi moulen, a creamy cornmeal porridge flavored with garlic and herbs.

Nothing is cozier. This family-friendly weeknight dinner takes a cue from Japanese grilled chicken meatballs called tsukune as well as the glossy, sweet-and-sour sauce that comes with them. A classic Italian pesto , this is not.

Spinach, cilantro, and miso come together for this uber-green sauce, which dresses, of course, springy ramen noodles. In this brothy beans recipe, caramelizing fennel, shallots, and lemon builds a base layer that is sweet, tangy, and bright.