DollopCheap dairy-free meals
36 recipes
Dinners with no milk, butter, cheese, cream or yogurt in any ingredient, at $2.50 or less a serving. The cheapest is Veggie fried rice at $1.19 a serving, and the average here is $1.85.
Veggie fried rice
$1.19 a serving
65 min
Lentil sloppy joes
$1.21 a serving
55 min
Kung pao chickpeas
$1.22 a serving
35 min
Cabbage pancakes (okonomiyaki)
$1.23 a serving
35 min
Mexican red rice with black beans
$1.29 a serving
40 min
West African–style peanut stew with sweet potatoes
$1.30 a serving
45 min
Cabbage yakisoba noodles
$1.32 a serving
25 min
Sopa de fideo (Mexican noodle soup)
$1.43 a serving
25 min
Red beans and rice
$1.51 a serving
45 min
Crispy salt and pepper chicken thighs
$1.52 a serving
55 min
Peanut noodles with cucumber and carrots
$1.61 a serving
25 min
Black bean and sweet potato tacos
$1.63 a serving
45 min
Moroccan-spiced couscous with chickpeas and carrots
$1.65 a serving
25 min
Omurice (ketchup rice under an omelette)
$1.70 a serving
50 min
Red lentil soup with lemon
$1.70 a serving
45 min
Egg curry with rice
$1.72 a serving
50 min
Tuna kedgeree (curried rice with eggs)
$1.79 a serving
40 min
Garlicky white bean and spinach pasta
$1.81 a serving
30 min
Lemon garlic chicken thighs
$1.83 a serving
35 min
Loaded sweet potatoes with chili-lime black beans
$1.91 a serving
70 min
Juicy seasoned turkey burgers
$2.01 a serving
20 min
Vegetable lo mein
$2.02 a serving
35 min
Egg roll in a bowl
$2.07 a serving
25 min
Garlicky rice porridge with jammy eggs
$2.12 a serving
60 min
Spanish potato omelette
$2.12 a serving
60 min
Roasted cauliflower tacos with lime slaw
$2.16 a serving
45 min
Smoky black bean soup
$2.20 a serving
40 min
Honey mustard pork tenderloin with sweet potatoes
$2.25 a serving
45 min
Sizzling veggie fajitas
$2.28 a serving
35 min
Smoky chicken and sweet potato sheet pan
$2.31 a serving
50 min
Tomato and egg over rice
$2.33 a serving
35 min
One-pot tomato basil pasta
$2.36 a serving
30 min
Easy three-bean chili
$2.45 a serving
55 min
Bacon and crispy fried eggs
$2.48 a serving
25 min
Better instant ramen with a soft egg
$2.48 a serving
15 min
Lemony tuna pasta with capers
$2.49 a serving
30 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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