Cheap Meatless Meals
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Do you love doing meatless meals for your health or the environment? But sometimes it can be expensive. Check out these cheap meatless meals you can make tonight.
Cheap vegetarian meals
One of our favorite cheap meatless meals is this delicious taco soup. I make it for my daycare kids and they beg for it well into their teens when I see them around town. My daughter is all about it too and makes it on her own now.
I love doing meatless meals because I feel like it’s a healthier option for our bodies. I also love the savings when you eliminate meat. And I know I’m not eating an animal that was treated inhumanely in the growing or butchering process. I do love meat, and we eat it, but we do it sparingly.
Eggs are an animal product, but not meat itself. I prefer to enjoy free-range farm-fresh eggs, cheeses, and yogurt to get some of my protein. There are some wonderful egg-based vegetarian meals you can make for just a few dollars.
Use up your leftover cooked rice and turn it into tasty egg-fried rice. Dinner is ready in 15 minutes!
Easy to make this Budget-friendly, filling, and flavorful Lentil Curry with simple, long shelf life pantry ingredients!
What about a big ole plate of cheesy scrambled eggs? Or an egg casserole without meat? Even my kids love to make that.
When I’m trying to eat cheap meatless meals, I will opt for a veggie-only meal like a big sheet pan of these air-fried vegetables.
This crunchy veggie rainbow salad recipe with an Asian salad dressing is simple to make but full of vibrant colors and great flavors. This easy chopped salad is the perfect meal for any occasion.
This Easy Ginger Spinach Soup (and Instant Pot Spinach Soup) is made with coconut milk for a creamy yet light meal you can serve all year round. You just need 5 minutes of prep time and 7 ingredients to make this easy and delicious zucchini spinach soup.
These stir-fried vegetables are bursting with teriyaki flavor! This is an easy, healthy, and delicious meatless meal.
Zesty zucchini stir fry well seasoned with spices. This makes a lovely one pot dinner meal.
This quick and easy vegan butter cauliflower is comforting, fragrant, and delicious!
Zucchini Noodles Recipe With Tomatoes is bursting with summer flavors. Tomatoes, basil and Parmesan combine with spiralized zucchini in a buttery white wine sauce and cook up in just minutes.
Easy to make this Creamy Tomato Basil Soup with simple, healthy, budget-friendly ingredients.
Vegetarian meals on a budget
Beans are another wonderful source of vegetarian protein. Check out all these wonderful bean-based meals.
Smoky & spicy lentils are at the flavorful heart of these affordable Vegetarian Chipotle Lentil Tacos. You can change things up with a meatless filling, while still preserving all of that taco flavor!
One of the quickest, easiest, and most delicious and nutritious meals you’ll ever make. Pasta and beans takes only three ingredients and under 20 minutes!
Rich, delicious and full of flavor, this vegan lentil bolognese is made with roasted vegetables for a hearty and filling meat-free recipe. Simple to make, it’s perfect for meal prep and freezer meals.
Make this easy kidney bean curry with very inexpensive ingredients such as canned kidney beans, and a few other pantry staples. It’s creamy, a little sweet, and spiced (not hot!)
Potatoes are a wonderful, inexpensive vegetable that are full of vitamins too.
Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes is the ultimate easy comfort food. Making this delicious cheesy potato dish in your slow cooker is incredibly easy – just dump, set, and forget!
These Sweet Potato Tacos are healthy and easy to make! This vegan recipe is made with roasted sweet potatoes, black beans, and avocadoes.
Potatoes Tacos Dorados are crunchy and slightly addictive. It’s an extremely affordable meal for the whole family.
Vegetarian Mexican Stuffed Peppers are stuffed with a medley of vegetables (and no rice), including riced cauliflower and sweet potato, roasted broccoli, black beans, and corn, with enchilada sauce and Mexican seasonings.
Cheap veggie meals
Grains like pasta, rice, and quinoa are another way to make wonderful healthy cheap meatless meals for your family.
This delicious soup is packed with vegetables and cheesy tortellini. It’s so quick to make and will be ready in about 25 minutes! It’s light and healthy, comforting, and it’s so hard to eat just one bowl!
It is so easy that you don’t need to be an expert in cooking to get the kudos you deserve. Do you ever have one of those nights where you want just want everyone to sit at the table and happily eat dinner, no complaining? This Instant Pot Vegetable Chow Mein recipe is my go-to recipe for that night. When I make these noodles everyone gobbles them up.
A budget-friendly family favorite, Cheesy Enchiladas are the best, authentic style cheese enchiladas.
This Quinoa Power Bowl is full of nourishing ingredients like quinoa, chickpeas, spinach, and mushrooms! Instant pot quinoa makes this an easy favorite vegan buddha bowl recipe!
Our roasted vegetable pasta is super easy to make and you can mix and match the vegetables depending on what’s in season or even just what needs using up in the fridge. Delicious Mediterranean flavors and just so good to eat
These stir fry vegetables are cooked in a delicious savory and slightly sweet sauce and are perfect served over rice or noodles!
This Vegetarian Enchilada Casserole is like a Mexican Lasagna or Tortilla Casserole that is packed with vegetables, Mexican flavors, and melted cheese!
Creamy and flavorful Instant Pot Risotto recipe. It’s a fail-proof weeknight dinner that requires no continuous stirring or babysitting the pot.
