How to Make Cheap Food Recipes (2024)

If you are learning how to make cheap food recipes, just because they are economical in price they do not need to lack inflavor. The best tasting recipes are made with a few basic ingredients.Great menus can be prepared with cheaper cuts of meat like ground beef,round steak or even the legs and thighs of chicken. Most of the timethese cheaper meats offer a much better flavor to dishes when otheringredients are added.

The following homemade salami recipe has been one of my favorite recipesfor years. I made it quite often when my children were at home. Ipurchased sub rolls from the local “day old” bread bakery to make subsandwiches. I would put these in the freezer and they came in very handywhen the kids came in hungry or when there was not time to prepare ameal. They are delicious! Try more great recipes like these and discover how to eat better on less money.

HOW TO MAKE CHEAP FOOD RECIPES like
HOMEMADE SALAMI

• 5 Pounds ground beef (better to use cheaper quality)
• 3 Teaspoons garlic salt
• 3 Teaspoons mustard seed
• 5 Teaspoons Morton Tender Quick Meat Cure
• 3 Teaspoons cracked pepper
• 2 ½ Teaspoons hickory Smoked salt

Preheatoven to 250 degrees. Mix all ingredients thoroughly together.Refrigerate for 3 days, mixing and kneading one time each day. After day3, form meat into a roll and bake in oven for 8 hours on a rack so fatcan drip off meat roll.

This salami, thinly sliced, makesgreat sub sandwiches. Good sub rolls can be purchased at the day oldbakery stores for very good prices. Spread both sides of sub roll withpizza sauce. Then put about 4 ounces thin sliced salami on the bottomhalf. Top salami with sliced onion and sliced banana peppers. Top withgrated mozzarella cheese.

These can be made ahead, wrappedin plastic wrap and stored in 2 gallon freezer bags in the freezer.When ready to eat, remove from freezer, open sub sandwich in half, laysub on an ovenproof tray and place in a hot oven until sandwich is hot.Can also be heated in a microwave. Open sub in half and lay on amicrowave plate and heat 2 to 3 minutes. Microwave is not quite as tastyas conventional oven.

HOW TO COOK DRIED BEANS

Learnhow to cook dried beans to make many cheap food recipes. Soak 2 pounds ofdried beans like kidney beans, Northern beans, black beans or pintobeans in water overnight. Bring beans to a boil, reduce heat and simmeruntil tender. I measure 1 to 2 cups and put them in small freezer bags;after flattening out the bags, I stack them in the freezer. These beansmake delicious meals by adding other ingredients or are great additionsfor extenders in many family dishes.

RICE RECIPES

Rice recipeshave been used for years around the world as an economical food source.Rice makes many cheap dishes. Cook a large pot of whole grain rice asdirected on the package. Divide into servings and freeze in smallfreezer bags (I use 1 cup).

BEANS AND RICE RECIPE is a popular cheap food recipe

When I was learning how to make cheap food recipes, this beans and rice recipe became my favorite. It is also high in fiber and very healthy and filling.

• 1 Teaspoon olive oil
• ¼ Cup green pepper, diced
• ¼ Cup onion, diced
• 2 Cloves minced garlic
• 1 Tablespoon chopped cilantro
• 2 Medium tomatoes, chopped
• 1 Cup cooked beans
• 1 Cup whole grain rice, cooked
• Pinch hot pepper flakes (optional)
• 2 Teaspoons chili powder
• Salt/pepper

Sautéthe green peppers, onion and garlic in the olive oil. Add the choppedtomatoes, cilantro, chili powder, pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Add inthe cooked beans and the rice. Stir over heat until hot and blended.

SALSBURY STEAKS RECIPE

Ifirst tasted Salisbury steak when I was still in school. They servedthem in the cafeteria and I loved the flavor. For some reason we neverhad this Salisbury steak recipe at home. When I was learning how to make cheap food recipes, I was bent on finding put how to make them remembering the taste from my childhood.

• 1 ½ Pounds ground beef
• ½ Cup fine bread crumbs
• 1 Can onion soup, divided
• 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 Tablespoon flour
• ¼ Teaspoon ground sage
• 1 Egg
• ¼ Cup catsup
• ½ Tablespoon mustard

Mixground beef, 1/3 can onion soup, bread crumbs, sage, salt and pepperall together. Form into 6 oval patties. Brown in skillet until done.

Mixtogether the flour, catsup, Worcestershire sauce and mustard. Stir tomake a smooth paste. Gradually add remaining onion soup, stirring untilsmooth. Pour over burgers and simmer for 20 minutes.

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS RECIPE

Ofall the cheap food recipes to make, chicken and dumplings recipe has to bethe favorite recipe all over the United States. Although it iscertainly not low in calories and I would not call it healthy simplybecause when you start eating you cannot stop. This delicious dish isespecially a favorite among children.

• 4 Chicken legs with thighs attached
• 1 Stalk celery, chopped
• 1 Medium onion, chopped
• 1 Carrot, chopped
• Salt/Pepper

DUMPLINGS

• 2 Cups flour
• 1 Tablespoon solid shortening
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 3 Eggs, beaten
• ½ Cup milk

Coverchicken with water in a heavy pan. Add chopped onion, celery andcarrot. Bring to boil, reduce heat and cook until chicken is verytender. Remove the chicken from the broth. When the chicken is coolenough to handle, remove the meat from the bones and set aside.

In a bowl, mix together flour, shortening, salt, eggs and milk. Turndough out on a floured surface. Knead until smooth. Divide into 4 parts.Roll each dough part out to about ¼ inch thick. Cut into 1 x 1 inchpieces.

Bring broth to a rolling boil and add the dumplings, a fewat a time. Cook the dumplings until they are no longer doughy. Returnthe chicken meat to the pan with the dumplings and season to taste.

HAMBURGER CASSEROLE RECIPE

Thereare many cheap food recipes suitable for taking to church suppers and othercarry in dinners. This hamburger casserole recipe is always a hitbecause of the delicious flavor but is a cheap recipe.

• 1 Pound ground beef
• 1 Can cream mushroom soup
• 1 Small bag tater tots
• 1 Small diced onion
• Grated cheddar cheese

Preheatoven to 350 degrees. Brown hamburger and onion. Salt and pepper totaste. Stir hamburger and onion into the tater tots. Stir in the soup.Dump into a greased casserole dish. Top with the grated cheese. Bake for35 minutes.