Cheap Family Dinners
Filling, flavour-packed dinners that keep the food bill down. These lean on cheap storecupboard staples — mince, lentils, tinned tomatoes and rice — and most stretch easily to feed the whole family.
Kitchen-reviewed Updated Jun 2026 Written from established cooking principles and checked for sense and safety. Not independently lab-tested.
How we chose these: Chosen for low cost per portion, everyday ingredients, and being easy to scale up or batch-cook for leftovers.
