Instant, easy to prepare, and/or easy-to-cook budget friendly recipe ideas you can serve either at breakfast, lunch or dinner. Perfect during this CoVID crisis.
70+ recipe ideas worth 100 pesos or less
Over a month now, a young mom asked me for dishes she can cook for her budget of P60 per meal for a small family with two kids. I gave her some of my suggestions and promised her that I’ll send more to her or blog some recipes she can use so that other moms could also benefit.
As a wife for almost 25 years now and a mom of two grown up children, I learned a lot of recipes from scratch. Because, frankly, I don’t know how to cook until I got married so thanks to my understanding husband for bearing with me and gave me lots of chances to learn ha-ha. I can’t forget those overcooked vegetables and foods that were supposed to have broth but became fried and sautéed dishes who later turned into a soup type of dish hahah.
So, over the years, there are budget friendly recipes that I have been preparing for my family. These may be easy-to-cook or easy recipes that you can also try. I am sharing with you the list of more than 70 dishes worth P50 to P100 and/or up that you can serve as heavy breakfast, hearty lunch or light dinner.
Amid the CoVID-19 crisis now, these recipes will be useful as well to maximize your budget and ideal for a one to two months lockdown. I have provided the recipe and cooking instructions on some of those dishes on different blog posts and you must click the name of the dish to view it, others I’ll try to include in this blog post (I will keep on refreshing this post from time to time for the recipes and additional ideas)
Keep in mind that it depends on how many of the household will be consuming each dish, but let’s assume that each meal will be good for a family of 3-4.
Here’s a list of 70+ recipe ideas worth 100 pesos or less
Corned Tuna Omelette
Tuna Afritada Omelette
Cheese and Mushroom Omelette
Malunggay Tortilla (Tortang Malunggay)
Malunggay Tortilla (Tortang Malunggay)
Spanish Tortilla
Ampalaya Omelette
Eggplant Omelette
Squash Fritters
Tortang Alamang
Meatloaf Omelette
Hotdog Tortilla
Vienna Sausage Omelette
Guisadong Ampalaya
Tofu with Petchay
Stir-fry Kangkong in Oyster Sauce
Sauteed Cabbage
Adobong Sitaw
Lumpiang Toge
Sauteed Sayote
Pinakbet
Pinakbet
Bulanglang
Ginisang Monggo
Tofu Sitaw
Sauteed String Beans
Sauteed Patola
All-Veggie Chopsuey
Ginataang Sitaw, Kalabasa with Malunggai
All-Veggie Kare-Kare
All-Veggie Kare-Kare
Kilawing Labanos
Boiled Eggs con Miswa
Fried Eggs con Miswa
Corned Beef with Potatoes
Corned Beef with Cabbage
Sauteed Sardines
Pork and Beans
Hotdog and Beans
Burger Steak
Sauteed Onion and Hotdog with Ketchup
Sauteed Onion and Hotdog with Ketchup
Sweet and Sour Fish Fillet
Fish Spring Roll
Ground Pork con Hotdog and Potato
Ground Pork and String Beans
Ground Pork with Sayote
Meatballs and Misua
Sinarsahang Meatballs
Picadillo
Pork Binagoongan
Pork Chop Suey
Pork Chop Suey
Chicken Chop Suey
Dulong
Tortang Dilis
Fish Menudo
Stuffed Bangus
Ground Pork in Sayote
Turmeric Burger
Ground pork in Misua with Patola
Laing
Paksiw na Galunggong
Salted Fresh Eggs in Hot Steaming Rice
Chicken Adobo
Meatloaf in Miswa
Dimsum in Miswa
Tinumis
Tinadtad
Okoy na Dilis
Bangus Sisig
Bangus Sisig
Shrimp Okoy
Daing in Upo
Pork Teriyaki with Toge
Fish Tinola
Fish Afritada
Sotanghon with Chicken
Sinuam sa miswa
Pinangat na Sapsap
Paksiw na Bisugo
Danggit with tomatoes
Dried Dulong in Tomatoes
Tinapang Bangus
Tinapang Lapad in Calamansi and Soy Sauce Dip
Quekiam
Dried Tuyong Lapad in Spicy Vinegar
Tinapang Galunggong
NOTE:
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Thank you for indulging!
Food looks delicious. They are really great meal.
There are a lot of unique dishes here. I would love to try a few of these, and of course it is a bonus that they are inexpensive.
All of these sound amazing. I see some that I’m going to have to make. I love trying out different recipes.
Everything looks so delicious. I’m getting more explorative with my recipes by focusing on zero waste.
Yum! These recipes are all mouthwatering. I tried some of these but some are unfamiliar. I am so excited to try them all.
This so cool! Very cheap food meal ideas to cook! Will definitely be checking out your recipe links! Thank a lot for this!
Thanks for the ideas. Foods nowadays are so expensive, glad to read tipid tips like this.
The food sounds and looks amazing. What a great list!
I love that all of these recipes are affordable, thanks for creating this list.
Wow. This is a huge list. There are some great recipes in here.
These are lovely tips, I can completely see myself using these tips over and over again.
Bookmarking this post. Meal planning can be such a stressful task, but you did make it easier with all these meal suggestions – and they are all pretty economical too. I love it. Thank you so much.
A cheese and mushroom omelette sounds amazing right now. My husband always teases me that I want to add mushrooms to everything lol. Thanks for the ideas!
You had me at budget friendly recipes. There are so many Mmmm to choose from. My calendar will be filled for the next 4 months trying all these tasty receipes.
I love making omelettes. They are easy to make and they can contain at least three food groups!
Yay nakakagutom Momshie! Yan ang nami-miss ko dito our local Filipino foods!
mmm pork chop suey! that sounds and looks amazing… I’ll definitely try to make this, one of these days ; )
These look like amazing recipes. You are very creative with your selections. Thank you!!!
I love saving money, I’ll try some of these.
This recipes look so nice!i will be trying some of them 😃😃
Great recipes! Now I need to eat something!
These look gorgeous! I’d love to try making some of these during lockdown!
These look fresh and wholesome. I would love to try some of them! I will definitely be looking for different things to try.
Looks amazing! Definitely looking forward to the recipe.
Well, luckily I have all the time in the world to try these out during quarantine!
These are perfect recipes to help us get the most out of our strained budgets during COVID-19. What I love is that many of these foods are unfamiliar to me so you’ve given me lots of ideas to try. Thank you!
I do like saving money. These are recipes that I need to try
This is a huge list of cheap recipes. They are so welcomed, especially in difficult financial times as the ones we live in at the moment.
All of these look so amazing! I will have to try some recipes out for sure. I’m always looking for new things to make.
Since the lockdown started, I have been cooking the same things all over again! These are great ideas and will add variety to my meals!
I love your idea of frugal healthy delicious meals. I am looking forward to the photos and recipes.
I was just telling my husband that I feel like I’m in a food rut. This will totally help, thanks!
Ooh, now I’m hungry. Thanks for sharing the ideas—and the food pics!
There are so many recipes that you have shared! This will be useful to anyone who is stuck with what to make on a daily basis. Thanks for sharing!
So many great recipes included here! Thanks for sharing!
I love your ideas. I am going to try a few of these soon. Thanks for sharing
I look forward to reading the rest of the recipes. I really like your list of menu.
Pinoy foods! I miss my home in Gensan. I can’t go home due to lockdown. I miss eating in our dining table with my family. </3
Thank you for all these great recipes! I’m going to have to try some of them
It’s mighty kind of you to compile the budget menus especially in this time of emergency. Many will find it useful.
With eating more at the house, we have been reusing recipes and some are getting boring. This is a great list of new recipes to try while remaining at home.
You have given so many delicious and easy ideas what type for a month I have to experiment!
My mouth is watering.These are all perfect for the quarantine period!