DollopWhat to make with frozen vegetables: 44 easy dinners
Every dinner here is built on frozen vegetables, easiest first. The quickest is Microwave chicken pot pie in a mug, on the table in 12 minutes, and the cheapest is Sheet pan fried rice at $1.12 a serving. 22 of them are simple enough for a first try.
Microwave chicken pot pie in a mug
$1.82 a serving
12 min
Microwave elote chicken rice bowl
$2.46 a serving
12 min
Better instant ramen with a soft egg
$2.48 a serving
15 min
Ramen noodles with ground beef
$2.61 a serving
15 min
Black bean and corn tacos
$2.35 a serving
20 min
Garlicky spaghetti with peas and parmesan
$2.19 a serving
20 min
Easy beef stir-fry
$3.88 a serving
25 min
Instant Pot lo mein
$1.37 a serving
25 min
Shrimp succotash
$3.37 a serving
25 min
Sweet chili noodles with vegetables
$1.65 a serving
25 min
Tofu cauliflower fried rice
$3.24 a serving
25 min
Canned chicken and rice soup
$2.17 a serving
30 min
Easy chicken stir-fry
$2.36 a serving
30 min
Frozen vegetable stir-fry with eggs
$3.47 a serving
30 min
Mexican street corn chicken
$2.40 a serving
30 min
Chicken fajita pasta
$2.66 a serving
35 min
Ground beef and frozen vegetable stir-fry
$2.43 a serving
35 min
Air fryer hot honey chicken bites
$2.39 a serving
40 min
Chicken fajita soup
$2.34 a serving
40 min
Salmon fried rice
$3.39 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan fried rice
$1.12 a serving
45 min
Slow cooker chicken fajitas
$2.52 a serving
260 min
Ginger egg drop soup with corn and spinach
$3.32 a serving
15 min
Microwave Japanese chicken curry
$2.63 a serving
18 min
Miso butter udon with corn and spinach
$3.03 a serving
20 min
Creamy corn pasta
$2.16 a serving
30 min
Mexican street corn orzo
$1.20 a serving
30 min
Microwave sweet chili chicken rice bowl
$1.86 a serving
30 min
Upma
$2.20 a serving
30 min
Cachapas (Venezuelan corn pancakes with cheese)
$2.04 a serving
35 min
Edamame stir-fry
$2.39 a serving
35 min
Maque choux with cheesy grits
$2.34 a serving
35 min
Salmon patties
$3.20 a serving
35 min
Southern succotash with butter beans over rice
$2.55 a serving
35 min
Thai peanut chickpeas with vegetables
$2.25 a serving
35 min
Cajun chicken thighs with corn maque choux
$3.13 a serving
40 min
Mexican street corn rice bowls
$2.17 a serving
45 min
Tuna pot pie
$1.84 a serving
45 min
Chicken corn chowder
$3.42 a serving
50 min
Tuna fried rice
$2.05 a serving
50 min
Roasted poblano corn chowder
$2.49 a serving
55 min
Pastel de choclo (Chilean beef and corn pie)
$2.21 a serving
80 min
Cajun shrimp and corn soup
$4.18 a serving
55 min
Glamorgan sausages (Welsh cheese and leek)
$1.80 a serving
55 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.
Dinners from what you already have
Dollop looks at what’s in your fridge and cupboards, plans a week of dinners around it, and writes a grocery list with only what you still need.