Budget friendly, cheap and delicious recipes please!

Anything with eggs as the main protein is very budget friendly! Think quiche, frittata, omelettes. These are all great ways to use up all your leftover bits of meat, veggies and cheeses. They are great for breakfast but I think even better for dinner with a nice salad or some fruit!

Spinach Lasagna Rolls
Servings: 9 • Serving Size: 1 roll
Calories: 224.9 • Fat: 5.1 g • Fiber: 3.4 g • Protein: 13.0 g • Carbs: 31.5

Ingredients:
9 lasagna noodles, cooked
10 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained
15 oz fat free ricotta cheese (I like Polly-o)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
salt and fresh pepper
32 oz tomato sauce
9 tbsp (about 3 oz) part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Combine spinach, ricotta, Parmesan, egg, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Ladle about 1 cup sauce on the bottom of a 9 x 12 baking dish.

Place a piece of wax paper on the counter and lay out lasagna noodles. Make sure noodles are dry. Take 1/3 cup of ricotta mixture and spread evenly over noodle. Roll carefully and place seam side down onto the baking dish. Repeat with remaining noodles.

Ladle sauce over the noodles in the baking dish and top each one with 1 tbsp mozzarella cheese. Put foil over baking dish and bake for 40 minutes, or until cheese melts. Makes 9 rolls.

To serve, ladle a little sauce on the plate and top with lasagna roll.

Link: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/02/spinach-lasagna-rolls.html

Budget Bytes has lots of great recipes. I like the Hearty Black Bean Quesadillas and use the sauce from Honey Srirancha chicken thighs as a stir fry sauce a lot.

Speaking of chicken thighs. The calorie difference between them and breasts is minimal and thighs are a lot cheaper. If you get the bone in skin on ones they're sometimes less than a dollar a pound and really easy to pull the skin off and take out the one bone. If you don't mind separating the leg and thigh (YouTube has how to's) you can get 10lbs of chicks leg quarters for between $6 and $7 around here. Plus, I think thighs are easier to cook and have a nicer texture.

I like to make Chili by the seasoning packet. WalMart brand works great for all ingredients. However, I add extra can of beans and put lowfat cheese on top. I freeze the rest into portions. Don't forget to use blue painters tape for date and contents.

I second the link to BudgetBytes - it's a great website - not only is the food delicious, but it imparts some good tips on budget eating.
poorgirleatswell.com also has some good recipes.

I have a Taste of Home healthy recipe book that I highly recommend. The recipes are simple, many of them are "fast fixes", and I haven't made a bad meal yet.

Alaskan canned salmon is healthy and inexpensive. I use it to make salmon cakes.
http://www.rachaelray.com/recipes/salmon-cakes

Minestroni soup. Very simple, cheap and healthy (not to mention yummy!) Spring mix, broiled salmon with italian dressing. Chili is a good choice. Low carb spaghetti, turkey meatballs and marinara

Flat bread pizzas are amazing! They are fast, easy, cheap and its a great way to get your vegetables in for the day as well as there are so many options it is hard to get bored. Buffalo chicken, spicy bbq chicken and margherita are some of my favorites. Last night I made a veggie pizza that had 6 servings
of vegetables! It was so good!

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I'm cooking stuffed cabbage rolls in the slow cooker. I added quinoa, but you could include rice instead. The recipe is Pioneering Today Slow Cooker Cabbage Rolls. I'm sure there are some recipes you can find that can be baked in the oven in case you don't have a slow cooker.