39 Cheap Meatless Meals & Vegetarian Recipes

Enjoy budget-friendly meatless meals that are not only delicious but also help save money with affordable ingredients and satisfying flavors.

 There are a lot of reasons to serve meatless meals. For one, they will help you save money, since meat is more expensive than most vegetarian ingredients.

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These easy meatless recipes are great meals to make on a budget. And going meatless, even just now and again or for Meatless Mondays, can also be good for your health.

Whatever your reason, these affordable meatless meals and sides are satisfying, hearty and delicious. They’re packed full of filling ingredients from you won’t miss the meat.

Note that while this isn’t a specifically vegan list of recipes, many of the recipes state that they’re vegan. Some are also gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, etc. There’s hopefully something here for everybody.

By the way, there’s a whole other list of meatless chickpea recipes because chickpea is such a popular meat replacement ingredient. It’s so filling and full of protein and other goodies.

Budget-Friendly Easy Meatless Meals

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January 8, 2025

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