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    Budget Dinners

    A collection of easy budget family dinners that are simple, all under $5.00 (AUS) | £3.00 (GBP) per serve and enjoyed by the whole family. From easy pasta dinners like One Pot Tomato Pasta to curry’s like Leftover Chicken Curry, all have been kid approved!

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    • A bowl of satay and pumpkin curry served with rice.
      Chickpea and Pumpkin Curry
    • A bowl of chilli sin carne served with rice and corn chips.
      Chilli sin carne (Vegetarian Chilli)
    • A bowl of Greek orzo in tomato sauce with a spoon in the bowl ready to eat.
      Manestra (Greek orzo with tomato sauce)
    • leftover chicken curry in a bowl with rice.
      Leftover Chicken Curry
    • bowl of slow cooker pumpkin soup topped with coconut milk and fresh parsley.
      Slow Cooker Pumpkin Soup
    • cooked sausage casserole in the slow cooker pan.
      Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole
    • Devilled sausages served with pasta.
      One Pot Devilled Sausages
    • baked tuna pasta with a portion removed.
      Tuna Pasta Bake
    • A stack of British pancakes on a plate on wooden board.
      English Pancakes
    • close up of baked mac and cheese in baking dish with a portion taken out.
      Baked Corn Mac and Cheese
    • close up of sausage curry served with rice in a blue bowl
      Sausage Curry
    • baked chicken pie in a dish with a portion of puff pastry taken out to show the creamy chicken sweetcorn filling
      Leftover Chicken and Sweetcorn Pie
    • a bowl of lasagna soup topped with grated cheese and served with garlic bread.
      One Pot Lasagna Soup
    • a bowl of greek lamb shanks and orzo sprinkled with feta and fresh herbs ready to eat
      Slow Cooker Greek Lamb Shanks
    • close up of Mexican spiced beef mine in a blue pan
      Mexican Beef Mince
    • close up of finished chicken salad on naan bread
      Easy Chicken Naan
    • bowl of Thai cashew chicken served with rice
      Gai Pad Med Mamuang (Thai Cashew Chicken)
    • a white bowl of pasanda chicken sprinkled with flaked almonds and fresh coriander
      Chicken Pasanda
    • Overhead photo of tuna pesto pasta in a bowl.
      Tuna Pesto Pasta
    • overhead photo of 4 seasons pizza sprinkled with fresh basil, forks ready to eat and some Autumn/fall mushrooms and summer pink roses just visible
      Four Seasons Pizza (Pizza quattro stagioni)
    • overhead photo of a white bowlful of penne pomodoro with a fork, ready to eat
      Penne Pomodoro
    • angled photo of cooked nachos showing golden melted cheese, extra toppings dotted around the edge of the image
      Tuna Nachos
    • overhead photo of Indian chickpea tomato curry in a bowl served with rice and sprinkled with fresh coriander
      Easy Chickpea Tomato Curry (Chana Masala)
    • overhead shot of chicken basquaise in its cooking dish sprinkled with parsley
      Chicken Basquaise (poulet basquaise)
    • two balls of pizza dough on wooden board dusted with flour ready to be rolled
      Easy Homemade Pizza Dough
    • 45 degree angled shot of two bowls of chickpea tagine ready to eat with couscous and harissa yogurt
      Chickpea Tagine
    • Spanish chickpea and chorizo stew sprinkled with parsley with fresh bread in the background
      Spanish Chickpea and Chorizo Stew
    • overhead photo of pesto lasagne in cooking dish on wire cooling rack
      Pesto Lasagna (Lasagna Genovese)
    • vegetarian nachos on white serving platter with pumpkin seeds scattered over the nachos and table
      15 Minute Vegetarian Nachos
    • blue baking dish of gigantes plaki topped with feta cheese and fresh herbs
      Easy Gigantes Plaki (Greek Baked Beans)
    • lentil bolognese on spaghetti in blue plate topped with fresh basil
      Veggie Packed Lentil Bolognese
    • cauliflower and tuna pasta bake freshly baked in baking dish
      Cauliflower Tuna Pasta Bake

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    Robyn Jones, Recipe Developer & Food Photographer

    Robyn Jones

    Recipe Developer | Food Photographer | Writer

    Hi! I'm Robyn, a toddler mum with a passion for all things food! Having moved internationally 7 times in the past 12 years I have developed a love of making international recipes into family friendly ones you can make in your own home, with local ingredients; wherever you live!

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    • overhead photo of yasai gyoza on a plate, chopsticks on the side ready to eat. Two gyoza are turned upside down to show their golden and crispy bases
      Yasai Gyoza (Veggie Gyoza)
    • overhead photo of sumac marinated red onions in a white bowl, with fresh parsley leaves to the side
      Turkish Sumac Onions
    • close up overhead photo of Lebanese slaw, Malfouf salad, in a pale pink bowl served with lemon wedges and fresh mint leaves
      Malfouf Salad
    • Haydari in a serving bowl topped with fresh mint, fresh dill and olive oil, pink garlic cloves and fresh basil just visible
      Haydari (Turkish Yogurt Sauce)
    • overhead photo of Mizeria in a pale pink bowl, sprinkled with chopped fresh dill
      Polish Cucumber Salad (mizeria)
    • white bean caprese salad served on two plates, one with a fork being eaten, fresh basil scattered over them both
      White Bean Caprese Salad

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    • A serving plate of crunchy parmentier roast potatoes.
      Parmentier Potatoes (Garlic and Herb Roasted Potatoes)
    • Bourbon Biscuit Recipe
    • Savoury mince in a pan, with fresh herbs just visible.
      Savoury Mince
    • cooked chapatis on blue plate with wooden board covered with flour and chapati dough ready to be rolled in the background
      Easy Indian Chapati Recipe
    • Rocket and pomegranate salad in a serving bowl, plates of the rocket salad just visible
      Rocket Pomegranate Salad
    • overhead photo of golden pastry topped ham and chicken pie, with freshly picked fresh thyme scattered around and some plates ready to serve
      Chicken and Ham Pie

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