healthy meals on a budget

Healthy meals on a budget

A good meal should have three qualities in it. It should be tasty, healthy and in expensive as well. Cooking delicious food in a low budget is really difficult sometimes especially main course dishes. A trick to make healthy and tasty meals in a tight budget is to use budget friendly ingredients. You can make delicious cuisines by keeping them cost friendly. Especially when you have a big family and every weekend there is a big family feast for all family members and relatives, it can be a bit difficult when you have a tight budget.  

Now there is no need to waste all of your monthly salary just in buying good ingredients for your kitchen cabinets so that you can cook tasty and healthy as well because there are some amazing recipes that will guide you how to cook healthy meals on a budget.

Steamed Chicken with potatoes:

This recipe is really simple and needs budget friendly ingredients. All you need will be 3 to 4 medium sized potatoes, one chicken breast, salt, black pepper, minced garlic, and butter. 3 persons can be served in this single dish with any type of rice or pasta. Heat a frying pan with few drops of olive or simple vegetable oil. Add butter and minced garlic. Cook until the color of garlic turns golden; now add potatoes, salt and black pepper. Toss and add the striped chicken breast. Cover with a lid until the vegetable and meat gets tender.

Shrimp pasta in tomato sauce:

This recipe is the most tempting one. Shrimps are healthy and tasty. They can make good and healthy meals on a budget. You can make a tomato sauce with canned tomatoes, dices onions, oregano leaves, basil, lemon juice and tomato paste. In a separate pan stir fry shrimp with light seasoning. Mix with the tomato sauce and serve with any type of pasta you like.

Grilled cheese and mushroom sandwiches:

These sandwiches are best for serving with tea and are equally liked by children. You can put them in their lunchboxes for school. You will need some white cheddar cheese, red onions, minced garlic, sliced mushroom and sandwich bread. The recipe is simple. Shred the cheddar and mix garlic, sliced mushroom and red onions in it. Stuff the mixture in bread and grill them.  

Beef lasagna:

This recipe will serve 4-5 people and requires less effort to make. Ingredients are simple and cost friendly. All you need is minced beef, salt, black pepper, cheddar cheese, butter, lasagna stripes, mushrooms and oregano leaves and 2% milk. Boil the lasagna stripes and drain the excess water. Now prepare a sauce with minced beef, butter, milk, cheddar and mushrooms. Add salt, black pepper, white pepper and oregano as seasonings. Set a dish with a layer of lasagna stripes and white sauce and put it in a preheated oven for 5 minutes.

You can enjoy healthy meals on a budget with the help of these above mentioned recipes for a better and healthy lifestyle.