15 Cheap Healthy Dinner Ideas You Can Make in 15 Minutes

15 Cheap Healthy Dinner Ideas You Can Make in 15 Minutes

HomeCooking Tips, Recipes15 Cheap Healthy Dinner Ideas You Can Make in 15 Minutes

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These 15-Minute Dinners Will Change Your Life

Need a cheap healthy meal that comes together quickly? We’ve rounded up 15 of our favorite recipes to help you save time and money. These easy meals use healthy inexpensive staples like beans pasta and frozen veggies and they’re all ready in 15 minutes or less. As always feel free to make substitutions with whatever veggies and proteins you have on hand to make these recipes even more affordable and convenient.

These recipes are designed with lots of clever shortcuts to make meals quick and keep kitchen cleanup to a minimum. Many of the recipes call for bagged salads and coleslaws boxed soups canned beans pre-made sauces and other ready-to-eat staples. Try our five-star favorites: Peanut Zoodles with Edamame a no-cook veggie bowl that’s ready in five minutes. Also try our 3-Ingredient Green Goddess White Bean Salad a kale and broccoli salad tossed with a can of white beans. Some of these recipes serve two but can easily be doubled or tripled to feed your family.

You won’t believe how quick and easy it is to make this healthy pizza. Thanks to a two-ingredient dough that combines self-rising flour and Greek yogurt there’s no rising time required. Simply roll up the top and bake for a delicious quick dinner.