If you are looking to cook cheap, yet nutritious meals, then there are plenty of good dishes you can make that don't cost a lot of money. If you have the opportunity to plan your meals ahead and if you have some storage to keep frozen food in, then you're even better off. A little planning and some cost effective shopping will allow you to save money and still eat very well. Here are some affordable recipes from a few categories from the list over cheap ingredients. Most of these recipes cost under $2 per portion and some cost as low as $0.80 per portion.  Grains
Indian Quinoa Salad with Toasted Golden Chickpeas and Pomegranate Seeds Steel Cut Oats - Healthier Version of Oatmeal Cheese Grits Pinto Bean and Barley Stew
 PastaVegetarian Spinach and Tomato Lasagna Italian Spaghetti Pasta Carbonara
Beans and lentils  Easy Lentil Stew with brown rice French Creamy Lentil Soup Creamy Spicy Indian Lentils with Spinach and Ginger Vegetarian Spicy Chickpeas Stew North African Red Lentil Soup Smooth Garbanzo Bean Soup Smooth Black Bean Soup
 PotatoesCrispy Hash Browns with a Fried Egg Potato Pancakes - Polish Platskis - Latkes Potato and Leek Soup
 CabbageBeer Braised Cabbage Shredded Cabbage Salad (Pizza Salad) Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup
 Onions, Carrots & Celery
Carrot & Avocodo Salad Classic Carrot Soup with Ginger and Orange Curried Celery Soup with Apple
 MeatMeat Loaf Traditional Swedish Meatballs (Svenska Köttbullar) Cuban Hamburgers with Ham, Pickles and Swiss Cheese Slow Cooked Pulled Pork in Crock Pot Pan Fried Pork Medallions In a Butter Mustard Sauce
 ChickenWine Balsamic Chicken The Best Chicken Curry Salad BBQ Yogurt-Marinated Chicken Italian Chicken Cacciatore
 SausageCountry Sausage and Potato Stew A Sausage Variation on Chicken Dumpling Soup Easy Lentil Stew with brown rice
 EggsHow to Cook an Egg - Soft or Hard Boiled How To Make a Perfect Omelet Light and Tasty Egg Salad The Simple Fried Egg Sandwich
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