$5 Crockpot Dinners: Easy & Delicious Extreme Budget Meals

These extreme budget meals might by cheap, but they deliver on flavor! Check out these $5 crockpot dinners that are easy to make and delicious to eat. Perfect for families on a budget!

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[MrsAlmaTrumble]

You can't go wrong with budget meals nowadays. Our favorite is French onion chicken. It's just French onion soup and chicken. We serve it over mashed potatoes, but you could serve it over rice or egg noodles if you don't have mashed potatoes.

[daniellellie]

Love this! Not $5/serving.... $5 total!! Please keep these coming! Food eats up so much of our budget. (Pun intended. 😉)

[jamiecrowe]

A little tip for the corn starch slurry. Mix in a bowl with cold water and then you take some of the hot broth and add the to the slurry before dumping in. It incorporates quickly. My mom taught me.😊

[Lacesoflove]

Your favorite salsa over chicken breasts in the crockpot. Put over rice when its done. Fast to put together before you go to work.

[Fdt]

Whenever you are using smoked sausage, you need to brown it on the stove first it will add so much flavor to the soup

[bonnieballew]

To thicken the potato soup you can also smash some of the potatoes or add a little potato flakes.

[marilynboles]

I made the white bean and sausage dish tonight!! My crockpot cooked a little slower, however it was a BIG hit with the family! I made some simple cornbread on the side too.

[LeahCary]

Tuna and noodles
1 bag pasta 1.45$
1 can tuna .98c
Half cup peas @ .25c
I can cream of mushroom soup
Little S&P
All USD AND GREAT VALUE
TOTAL 3.70$

[zuzanna]

I appreciate it so much, that you always say the same thing. That this is not meant to be a regular meal plan. Of course, we can survive one day for 2$ only on instant ramen, but that is not sustainable for a human body and noone deserves to live like this. It is so kind of you to encourage people to seek support when they go through tough times, and to give support, when they have resources to share. 💕
PS: I love the slow cooker recipes, great video!

[motivatedmindful]

Variety helps. My mom was a child of the depression. Bread and butter with jelly along with a side of apple sauce and carrot sticks with the crock pot meal. There is a reason that was done. It increases calorie intake along with nutrients. It also pleases the palate.

[RebeccaChekeleleeBrambila]

Clicked so fast on this 😂 Cheap+crock pot = yes PLEASE!

[janicemunro]

seems to be sustainable enough to me. nothing wrong with cheap eating. most of your recipes are pretty good for a lot of people. .

[heatherd]

Thank you MindyMom! I was literally NEEDING cheap crockpot meal recipes! Crockpot is life with littles.

[lindycarpenter]

I cook these recipes for my family all the time. I make the bolognese more traditional with ground beef. And use dried kidney beans for the beans and rice with creole seasoning and Worcestershire sauce. It is so delicious, healthy, and filling.

[brendahall]

I discovered that the honey baked ham store near me will have their ham bones for sale, sometime BOGO. They are very meaty and really make your beans taste so good. It's nice to have in the freezer.

[itsjustme.]

I love beans and rice with smoked sausage. Cornbread to go with it is the best.

[yvonnepalmquist]

Other ways to thicken potato soup: potato flakes; puree some of the soup, as you did earlier with the beans; or add some pureed white beans for some extra protein.

[christinah]

Perfect timing. I was just searching for crockpot recipes because I’m always pressed for time lately.

[mdoe]

These videos are so timely, Mindy! As a single person, I don't have the struggle for cheap meals. Its very helpful to have videos like these to reference when I am chatting with folks that mention things are getting tight. I wouldn't call these meals basic. You take time to make them appealing both visually and with flavor.

Thanks for all you so!

[ireneroy]

Great recipes! I always try to stick to $5 meals for my husband and I, have to get practically everything on sale.
White beans, I sauté onions, green peppers and 3 or 4 slices of bacon, or leftover ham from holidays in bacon grease and, add chicken broth and Tony seasoning. Then add beans
Serve with
Rice and a cornbread
1/2 of cornbread is saved for the next days meal.