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Budget bangers: 50 thrifty recipes for tight times

Family-friendly and affordable midweek meals to keep you eating well for less.

50 recipes
Budget-friendly and filling fried rice.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ beef mince fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
This sausage sizzle stew is perfect children and their parents to make together.
EASY

Sausage sizzle stew

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Spice up your soup and sandwich combo with kimchi and gochujang.
EASY

Tomato and kimchi soup with chilli cheese toasties

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Serve this curry with naan and rice.

Chicken in spinach and green pea curry

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw’s Shepherds’ pie.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s ultimate shepherd’s pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Danish-style meatloaf wrapped in bacon.
EASY

Danish-style meatloaf wrapped in bacon

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Miso eggplant noodles with crunchy chilli oil.
EASY

Miso eggplant noodles with crispy chilli oil

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Budget-friendly and comforting carrot and lentil soup.
EASY

Spiced carrot and lentil soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Stir-fried glass noodles with egg ribbons.
EASY

RecipeTin’s Thai noodles with egg ribbons

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
RecipeTin Eats’ Golden coconut pumpkin curry.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ golden coconut, chickpea and pumpkin curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
Fast four-ingredient pizza with sopressa and tomato.
EASY

Fast four-ingredient pizza with sopressa and tomato

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
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EASY

Scrambled curried tofu with spinach and peas

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Spicy butter beans with cool yoghurt.
EASY

Harissa-fried butter beans, yoghurt and herbs

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
An edible hug: Ricotta gnocchi with creamy tomato sauce.

Ricotta gnocchi with creamy tomato sugo

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
RecipeTin Eats’ baked chicken and broccoli macaroni cheese.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ mac and cheese with hidden vegies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
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A speedy tomatoey stew inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi.
EASY

Tomato risoni with silverbeet, feta, walnuts and honey

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Chickpea and potato curry.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ chana aloo (chickpea and potato curry)

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
Beef soboro don.
EASY

Beef soboro don

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Helen Goh's roasted broccoli, chilli and ricotta cake.

Roasted broccoli, chilli and ricotta cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
RecipeTin Eats’ spicy tuna sushi roll bowls.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ spicy tuna sushi rolls meet poke bowls

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
Adam Liaw’s mac 𝄒n𝄒 peas.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s mac and peas

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
These shawarma wraps swap in chickpeas for chicken.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ crispy chickpea shawarma wraps

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
Danielle Alvarez’s pumpkin, pancetta and barley soup.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez’s pumpkin, pancetta, kale and barley soup-meets-stew

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
RecipeTin Eats’ Crispy pork chow mein.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ pork belly chow mein with crispy fried noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
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Kylie Kwong's cheap and cheerful chicken wings.
EASY

Honey and ginger chicken wings

  • < 30 mins
  • Kylie Kwong
Six-ish ingredient Greek lamb meatloaf.
EASY

Six-ingredient Greek lamb meatloaf

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw’s baked chicken and tomato risotto.
EASY

Baked chicken and tomato risotto

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Briefly steaming the charred broccoli helps retain its green colour.
EASY

Charred broccoli pesto

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Danielle Alvarez’s Italian wedding soup.
EASY

Italian wedding soup with pasta and mini meatballs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Roast chicken fried rice.
EASY

Roast chicken fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Hearty ham, bean and red capsicum soup.
EASY

Ham, bean and capsicum soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Duncan Welgemoed
One-pot chicken, spinach and orzo stew.

Danielle Alvarez's lemony chicken and orzo stew

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Cheesy one-pan eggplant bake with 'nduja.
EASY

Fast skillet eggplant and spicy salami bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Joe Jones' cacio e pepe gnocchi.

Cacio e pepe gnocchi

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Joe Jones
RecipeTin Eats’ Greek chicken and potato tray bake.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ Greek chicken and potato tray bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
A humble bag of frozen peas adds freshness to this pantry braise.
EASY

Hetty McKinnon's spicy tomato and coconut braised peas

  • < 30 mins
  • Hetty McKinnon
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