30 Minute Lazy Dinners That Save $$ || Budget Friendly Meals 

Two weeks ago I made Cottage Pie with hamburger and extra veggies. It made 5 portions. This week I saw an ad for a local restaurant and one offering is Cottage Pie same ingredients. $16/ serving ! ! It did not cost me anything g close to $16 to make an entire Cottage Pie

The tortellini is like a "dump and go" savory meal

That’s how I make my meatloaf but I also add an onion soup mix packet. So good!

I never thought to add stuffing mix to meatloaf. I usually use oatmeal. I'll have to try it with stuffing sometime. I bet it adds tremendously to the flavor! Great ideas in this video!

I just dumped my burritos and enchilada sauce into a dish and stuck it in the oven after a long morning of homeschool, answering client emails, and then trying to set the house to right before the husband gets home. Thank you for your meal inspiration and for bringing joy and relatable content to us mamas in the trenches each day! I look forward to when your videos drop. It's like waiting for a phone call from a cherished friend. ❤

I like to do boxed scalloped potatoes with meatloaf since oven is going 😊

I do a version of the burrito casserole using canned chili instead of enchilada sauce. So good & very filling!

Loved all your recipes have made the burrito casserole my family loves it. For the meatloaf when short on time put your meat in muffin tins and make mini meatloaves they are done in 15 minutes. Will need to try your taco bake.😋

We always did a squeeze of mustard in our meatloaf sauce! Balances out the sweetness 😊

i tried these recipes over a week or so. easy to do and all winners! cornbread stuffing meatloaf was a great idea for my cornbread-loving husband. thank you for putting the ingredients in your notes. it's so helpful. we appreciate you!!

I am going to make the meatloaf and make mashed potatoes. I lived by myself and so I can make individual plates for the rest of weeks. I love your videos and look forward to your next one

My go to is sweet and sour chicken. Cook some rice, chicken strips or nuggets, stream a bag of your choice of veggies, when it gets done add all together after cut chicken and veggies in smaller pieces - add Hoison sauce, soy sauce, and orange marinade and u have sweet and sour chicken.

You make your meatloaf exactly the way I make mine and my kiddo loves it!!! Thank you for always being so kind and sharing your ideas! ❤

Awesome video. We like meals that you don't have to do hardly anything, Keep them coming. Never to busy to eat!

I just LOVE the El Monterey beef and bean chimichangas.....

I noticed almost everything you use or have in ur kitchen is pioneer woman. ❤

You are amazing!!! Thank you sweet sis ❤️🙏 to you and your precious family!

Definitely trying all these. Ive broken my femur ( do not recommend) and while im regaining my mobility, im still limited. When hubs is home ( trucker) i still want to cook for him ( otherwise staying with parents) i can do most of these and have most of ingredients in my pantry and freezer

I love these suggestions. I also love the idea of just opening a bag of salad to have with it. So easy and we never eat enough salad.

If you add a dash of Worcestershire sauce to the catch-up and brown sugar it brings it up one notch better or maybe two notches😂

We are regularly looking for easy cooked at home meals 😆 whatever is cheaper 😉 and easier than delivery. Sending love from Ontario 🇨🇦

Great recipes. We make a simple recipe in our family. You brown hamburger meat and drain. Add salsa and couple cups of rice. We sometimes add beans and corn also have left meat out and add extra beans. My group loves to pour over cornbread. I know what I am cooking this week. Have a blessed day.

The tortilla dinner would be so awesome with a can of drained Mexico run or fiesta corn added. I’ve made this for daughter and son in love- they both asked for recipe

OMG I'm trying these out on my family this week. Thank you for ALL the inspiration with meals.

Hi, I love your recipes. These are Great and extremely frugal. Thank You for sharing these with Us. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.✝️🙏🏽👍🏼❤️👋🏼

I’m sitting at work , indoor motocross racing, bored outta my mind and here comes Brooke to save my day❤❤❤❤

Ooo I can't wait to try that Tortilla in the sauce recipe at the end! I was questioning the tortilla cut up in there and it looks amazing at the end! Yum! Definitely trying that one soon! 😋

Great super quick dinners. Thanks for the inspiration on thinking outside the box. 👍

Everything looks delicious! Thanks for sharing! 💜💜

I absolutely love all the recipes you presented today. Genius way to have shortcuts and prepare fabulous meals. Thank you

These all look great! I bought several bags of Aldi's cornbread stuffing mix and some Pepprigde Farms seasoned stuffing mix for $0.79 and $0.69 when it was marked down after the holidays. I grind it to use as seasoned bread crumbs. I just keep the unopened bags in 5 gallon buckets with lids and the ground up stuff in mason jars and refill as needed. It's a lot cheaper than buying seasoned bread crumbs. Great ideas in this video. Thanks!

Great job as always Brooke! Quick meatloaf trick.if you make a trench around you meatloaf in the pan it gives the extra grease a place to go away from your meal. Also if you are on a low carb diet you can use crushed pork rinds in the place of the bread crumbs or stuffing.

I've been making meatloaf with stuffing mix for years! When my kids were little they decided to call it "meatbrick" 😆 it's a family fav.

My mom used to do the burritos like that with a jar of salsa and they were so good. I’ve tried the dinner you made at the end but I fry the tortilla strips like chips before I add them to the salsa mix, it’s also good with shredded chicken in place of ground beef if you have any left over rotisserie chicken.

Awesome video! I was watching some of your older videos this morning and want to say it's amazing how much you have grown with your videos already so quickly! Killin it.

🤗🤭😂 I have done this meal for years for my family after a long day of work. We call it lazy man enchiladas. You can add olives, green chilis anything. My children make it for their children now

Thank you ! ! You are my favorite cooking channel.... I really enjoy your personality :) great food ideas as well ! !

Loving your content. Such great ideas. Emily and the girls were great too on your other video.

Great recipes,so real!

On your struggle meals here was ours. Carrot sticks sanwich with mayo. Tomato sandwich with mayo Radish sandwich with mayo We all had fruit trees so we would go to each other's house and collect the ripe fruit we chose for the day. Apples, cherries, pears, peaches, strawberries, black berries, raspberries, mulberries We had peanut butter and Mulberry sandwiches or blackberry sandwich We ate alot out of the garden. Green beans and plastic cheese microwaved Puree baked beans with Tortilla chips and plastic cheese nachos microwaved Macaroni and cut up cooked garden tomatoes and bell peppers and onions. Bake sweetened condensed milk on 200 degrees Fahrenheit unopened for 6 to 8 hous in the oven and pour over cut up apples, add Chopped nuts if you have them We loved peanuts in a pepsi bottle. We ate and drank pure deliciousness Rhubarb dunked in cool aid with a lot of sugar Popcorn and apples Popcorn and cheese Popcorn drizzled with heated up vanilla or chocolate frosting. Oatmeal with a teaspoon of peanut butter and maple syrup with cinnamon and sugar and butter toast. Scrambled eggs with Peas and tomatoes and cheese Would love for you to try my child hood favorites

I make a similar dish to the last one but I use tortilla chips and leave them a little crunchy, it adds so much texture. Yum

That baked tortellini looks extra good, made my list this week!

Love all of these!!!

Wow! That is making me so hungry! Love your channel and family. Hugs

I'm loving these meatless meals 💜 I also love using some short cuts ✂️ Thanks 😊

❤ you Brooke! Thanks for the easy-peasy dinner ideas 😁

Tried the tortellini and enchiladas. They were great! Genius recipes, Brooke. Thank you.

Brooke, I love your square pan, hunl

I watch all your $5 dinners. If you switched out the beef for chicken or pork the meatloaf could be one of your $5 dinners! I always use two pieces of bread that I wet under water. Makes the moistest meatloaf.

I loved all of these recipes! I barely got through the first recipe before I added it to my menu for this week. And then adding stuffing mix to meatloaf is genius. I always have so much of those boxes left over after the holidays and that’s a great way to use them up. That meatloaf is tonight’s dinner. I always love your ideas, it works for me and my family because I don’t follow recipes much either or measure when I’m cooking. Thanks Brooke!

Easy and delicious awesome!!!

Wow! Really great ideas ! They all look really yummy.

Everything looks Yummy 😋! Great ideas Brooke!💖

Love ALL ur videos !!! I watched 1 now I’m hooked 🙏🏻

Great idea for the enchiladas! I am definitely going to have to try these.

Great ideas and your plates are so pretty.

Everything looks delicious!!!

Wonderful ideas! I love that brand of pasta.

I loved this whole episode!❤

I Love these easy and quick meals! Thanks so much!

Love your recipes. You’re a great cook. Love you.

Channel is taking off - Yay for kindness and good cooking- I know dusty is proud of you

Hello, beautiful friend. Thanks for the delicious ideas!

Such a perfect and easy idea. You go girl.

You have inspired me to slice lavash and try making some faux pasta in a dish like the last dish with the cut up tortillas. I am low carb because of alarmingly high cholesterol numbers and really just trying to cut back. I love your improvising style: use what you have! Thank you so much for everything you do

Looks awesome and restaurant presentable burritos!

I rely on my canned meals when I really don't want to cook most of the time. I've been going through them a lot lately. Your meals are so doable, thanks for posting!

Mmmmmmmm....I'll be looking for those frozen bean and cheese enchiladas! That recipe is right up my alley! Yum!❤️💕😘

I used to make the burritos with the enchilada sauce all the time for dinner and my husband would take the leftovers to work the next day! They are super yummy and so easy!

You have the best ideas for easy dinners! I love the variety.

You were cracking me up when you said I'm putting a pinch of salt hopefully even on top of the cheese tortellini lol. You were flinging it lol. You are too funny homie!!!!

Just excellent! Lots of great ideas.

Very nice n easy recipes thanks for sharing ☺️ blessings to you and yours 🎉💐🎇

Always look forward to your videos. Enjoy the rest of you day

I have an idea for your challenges you have been doing lately. Besides drawing dollar amount and store. Have another bowl with additives that can be used. Example: vanilla extract, hot sauce, dry onion soup mix, velveeta cheese pouch, roasted red peppers (at Dollar Tree). This might highlight how a little extra can elevate meals

Good morning Brooke, thank you for the wonderful recipes that you share with us I can't wait to try them

Some quick snd tasty economical meals Brooke! Yummy God bless ❤️🙏🙋🏻

You did good per usual! Everything looked delicious! Thanks for sharing!

Never would of thought. Your so awesome. Ty

you are an excellent mom and wife and a super cook, people who judge you and their mean comments make me sad. I hope you ignore those people, i love your stuff, keep it going, greetings from Ontario, Canada.

Thank you for these awesome recipes! I’m making the tortellini bake tonight :)

Another great video Brooke! Enchiladas are my absolute favorite food! Need to try this one!!

Loved this video. Quick simple food is so nice to have on hand. I don’t care for enchilada sauce, especially the red sauce. One of you Video Queens, it could have been you, Brooke, taught me to use thinned out refried beans instead of enchilada sauce. Delicious. For a quick meatloaf, I form mine into a ring and cook on a cookie rack with pan underneath to catch the grease. Throw in some potatoes to bake. Easy peasy. Just back from visiting my kids and grandkids in Portland, OR, for 3 weeks. Cooked all their favorite foods. So much fun. Debi in Vicksburg, MS. 🥰🥰

Great meal ideas thanks so much!! Blessings sweet lady!!

I just want to say I love you so much 🥰 you never run out of different foods to make I'm sure your family is always happy 😊😊

Sweeeeeeetttt Lady, these meals look amazing! I can’t wait to try all of them! 😋 Yummy Yummy Yum!!!!❤❤❤

Thankyou. All of these look so good. I needed the inspiration!

I enjoyed these recipes they looked yummy!

What great, easy ideas! These recipes remind me of the cooking show "Semi-homemade" where she would use some "shortcuts" and convenience items to create a meal. You're clever, my dear. :o)

Love the idea of adding stuffing to the meatloaf. Will be trying.

Luv your easy dinners videos 🙂

"Using what I have" that's my mantra these days! 😂

Thanks for the recipes! Looks yummy I'm trying them out.

I will be trying these! Yummy!! I also tried your cheap chicken casserole with the stuffing mix. I added carrots to it and it's a HUGE hit!! Thanks for all you do.💕

Love it! As usual :)

I do a version of the meatloaf but I use ground turkey and add mustard powder or cranberry sauce to the topper.

I'm definitely going to try this meatloaf recipe this week! The stuffing mix is genius and I've never tried the brown sugar and ketchup topping! I can't wait, I'm so excited!

You are a life saver!!!!

My family and I sat down to have lunch and I put on your video. My family goes that is how you make enchiladas. It is really good. I have even poured a jar of salsa on top of I was out of enchilada sauce.

These look delicious. Good morning