Cheap dairy-free meals
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Dinners with no milk, butter, cheese, cream or yogurt in any ingredient, at $2.50 or less a serving. The cheapest is Lentil loaf at $0.69 a serving, and the average here is $1.42.

Lentil loaf
$0.69 a serving
110 min

Slow cooker Cuban black beans
$0.87 a serving
500 min

Instant Pot charro beans
$1.00 a serving
100 min

Egg salad sandwiches
$1.03 a serving
40 min

Baked chicken drumsticks
$1.07 a serving
55 min

Sheet pan fried rice
$1.12 a serving
45 min

Veg hakka noodles
$1.12 a serving
30 min

Tuna macaroni salad
$1.12 a serving
30 min

Nigerian fried rice
$1.14 a serving
55 min

Shiro wat
$1.15 a serving
40 min

Moroccan harira
$1.15 a serving
60 min

Schezwan fried rice
$1.16 a serving
30 min

Chickpea noodle soup
$1.16 a serving
45 min

Vegan mac and cheese
$1.17 a serving
25 min

Air fryer chickpea nuggets
$1.18 a serving
35 min

Instant Pot red lentil dal
$1.18 a serving
40 min

Veggie fried rice
$1.19 a serving
65 min

Instant Pot jollof rice
$1.19 a serving
55 min

Lentil sloppy joes
$1.21 a serving
55 min

Pork yakisoba
$1.22 a serving
25 min

Kung pao chickpeas
$1.22 a serving
35 min

Microwave peanut butter ramen
$1.23 a serving
10 min

Cabbage pancakes (okonomiyaki)
$1.23 a serving
35 min

Korean steamed eggs (gyeran-jjim)
$1.26 a serving
30 min

Mexican red rice with black beans
$1.29 a serving
40 min

Air fryer chicken drumsticks
$1.29 a serving
35 min

West African–style peanut stew with sweet potatoes
$1.30 a serving
45 min

Cabbage yakisoba noodles
$1.32 a serving
25 min

Ethiopian red lentil stew (misir wot)
$1.33 a serving
55 min

Black beans and rice
$1.35 a serving
40 min

Pork adobo
$1.35 a serving
110 min

Crockpot BBQ chicken drumsticks
$1.35 a serving
320 min

Instant Pot lo mein
$1.37 a serving
25 min

Chickpea adobo
$1.39 a serving
35 min

Cajun fried rice
$1.39 a serving
30 min

Ethiopian-spiced red lentils and collard greens
$1.40 a serving
55 min

Microwave franks and beans
$1.40 a serving
8 min

Georgian kidney beans with walnuts (lobio) and cornbread cakes
$1.40 a serving
45 min

Instant Pot fried rice
$1.40 a serving
35 min

Chana masala
$1.41 a serving
45 min

Arroz con salchichas
$1.41 a serving
50 min

Microwave vegan bolognese
$1.42 a serving
20 min

Crockpot brown sugar garlic pork loin
$1.43 a serving
360 min

Sopa de fideo (Mexican noodle soup)
$1.43 a serving
25 min

Serbian baked beans with caramelized onions (prebranac)
$1.43 a serving
80 min

Ethiopian cabbage and potatoes (atakilt wat)
$1.43 a serving
50 min

Sesame garlic egg noodles with broccoli
$1.45 a serving
20 min

Korean rolled omelette (gyeran-mari) with rice
$1.46 a serving
35 min

German lentil soup with sausages
$1.46 a serving
60 min

Koshari (Egyptian lentils, rice and pasta)
$1.46 a serving
70 min

Kongnamul bap (Korean bean sprout rice)
$1.47 a serving
55 min

Alabama white sauce chicken
$1.48 a serving
60 min

Air fryer sesame chickpeas with broccoli
$1.48 a serving
35 min

Akara (black-eyed pea fritters) with pepper sauce
$1.49 a serving
40 min

Korean BBQ black bean tacos with quick slaw
$1.49 a serving
30 min

Tacu tacu (Peruvian crispy rice and bean cakes)
$1.49 a serving
45 min

Chickpea salad sandwiches
$1.50 a serving
15 min

Air fryer pork tenderloin
$1.50 a serving
35 min

Tamagodon (Japanese egg rice bowl)
$1.50 a serving
35 min

Chorizo and eggs
$1.50 a serving
20 min

Red beans and rice
$1.51 a serving
45 min

Tallarín saltado de verduras (Peruvian stir-fried noodles)
$1.51 a serving
30 min

Crispy salt and pepper chicken thighs
$1.52 a serving
55 min

Goan chorizo pulao
$1.53 a serving
60 min

Air fryer brats with peppers and onions
$1.54 a serving
25 min

Cabbage fried rice
$1.54 a serving
25 min

Thai omelette over rice (kai jeow)
$1.54 a serving
30 min

Instant Pot feijoada (Brazilian black bean stew)
$1.55 a serving
120 min

Air fryer bone-in chicken thighs
$1.55 a serving
35 min

Spam champuru (Okinawan tofu and cabbage stir-fry)
$1.56 a serving
35 min

Tortang tuna (Filipino tuna omelette)
$1.56 a serving
40 min

Sukuma wiki with ugali and eggs (Kenyan collard greens)
$1.57 a serving
40 min

Rad na (Thai gravy noodles with broccoli)
$1.57 a serving
40 min

Mushroom barley soup
$1.58 a serving
70 min

Tofu fried rice
$1.58 a serving
65 min

Egg fried rice
$1.60 a serving
25 min

Ants climbing a tree (Sichuan pork noodles)
$1.60 a serving
25 min

Peanut noodles with cucumber and carrots
$1.61 a serving
25 min

Turkish red lentil patties (mercimek köftesi)
$1.62 a serving
60 min

Slow cooker kalua pork
$1.62 a serving
585 min

Masala oats
$1.63 a serving
25 min

Slow cooker chickpea korma
$1.63 a serving
330 min

Black bean and sweet potato tacos
$1.63 a serving
45 min

Baked pork chops
$1.63 a serving
35 min

Air fryer fish nuggets
$1.63 a serving
35 min

Arroz con gandules
$1.64 a serving
55 min

Slow cooker pork vindaloo
$1.64 a serving
540 min

Chicken plov
$1.64 a serving
95 min

Honey mustard chicken thighs
$1.65 a serving
55 min

Moroccan-spiced couscous with chickpeas and carrots
$1.65 a serving
25 min

Sweet chili noodles with vegetables
$1.65 a serving
25 min

Air fryer tuna empanadas
$1.66 a serving
55 min

Tuna tomato pasta
$1.66 a serving
30 min

Mayak egg rice bowls
$1.66 a serving
160 min

Air fryer pork chops
$1.67 a serving
20 min

Sonoran hot dogs
$1.67 a serving
35 min

Arroz chaufa (Peruvian fried rice)
$1.67 a serving
30 min

Gochujang fried rice
$1.67 a serving
25 min

Ham salad sandwiches
$1.67 a serving
15 min

Puerto Rican rice and beans
$1.69 a serving
45 min
Costs and nutrition are estimates for one serving, worked out from typical US grocery prices and standard nutrition values for what each recipe uses.
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