There are certain ingredients that are always available at home, they can be combined to make a dish fast and cheap.
Chicken and eggs
The trick is to buy chicken with bones and skin this is cost effective. To get more juicy meat buy thighs. You can make several dishes at home using chicken. The bones that came along can be utilized in making stock. This bone soup can be had with the chicken dish you will prepare or you can make it any time later. The marrow in the bones has a great nutritional value.
Eggs are easy to make and cheap enough. A boiled egg has Selenium, vitamin A, B2, B5, B12, folate, phosphorus, and some amounts of Vitamins D, E and K. Surprised? They even contain proteins and healthy fats, 6 grams and 5 grams per boiled egg respectively. So, you can eat boiled eggs, fried eggs, scrambled eggs, use them in sandwiches.
Baked salmon with asparagus
The first thing that you do is check if there is a sale going on, so that you can get salmon cheap there. Alternately, you can buy any other fish that you like. Buy fresh vegetables to accompany the dish. The best part is that to make this dish you need minimal ingredients and only fifteen minutes of cooking time.
Grilled vegetable kabobs, barbecued beans, and rice
A fully vegan meal is nutritious and inexpensive. Vegetable kabobs can be made using just about any veggies, which may be available at a low price or a sale. As an example, you can get onions, cherry tomatoes, corn, bell peppers, mushrooms, zucchini, cauliflower or broccoli. The baked beans and rice can be a side dish or anything else that you prefer. You can buy vegetables or ingredients for a side dish as per the sale at the store there is no compulsion.
Tuna melts
This is a quick meal and requires very less things to prepare. Tuna, mayonnaise, cheese, pickles, buns and tomatoes are the only ingredients that you require for the dish. Canned tuna is not expensive and available perpetually. You can serve sweet potatoes fries and a salad as a side dish along with it. This will give your stomach satisfaction and will be affordable too.
A combo meal at home can be made easily using the common ingredients that are not expensive, the meal is tasty and filling too.