The cost of living crisis is serving up all kinds of financial chaos right now and that includes our ability to afford the simplest of things – like food. If you’re on the lookout for easy meals to make while on a budget right now, you can always rely on TikTok to provide the answer. FoodTok is obsessed with the $10 meal challenge right now, which is seeing TikTok users share their favourite dishes you can make for less than 10 bucks.
A simple search through the FookTok hashtag on the app will deliver you endless suggestions for cheap meals, but we thought we’d gather some of the top ones we’ve seen for you below.
TikTok’s $10 meal challenge: cheap recipes to try
Aussie Mum and home cook @jennnaaayy have heaps of suggestions for cheap meals, including under $10 and $20 meals and ways to do your weekly shop for less than $100. Honestly, good luck getting through all these recipes; there are so many good ones. For example, check out this video for curried pumpkin soup.
@jennnnaaayy Curried pumpkin soup! I think I’m on around 10.30am on Channel 7 ‘The Morning Show’ to show a couple under $10 meal ideas! You guys gave me the curry idea from the sweet potato soup i did a few weeks ago! #Under10DollarMealChallenge #Under10DollarMeal #EasyRecipe #Dinner #BudgetMeals #Lunch #BudgetShopping #Frugal #FrugalMeals #Spon
Speaking of soup ideas, Aussie @tweeshayz shared this $10 meal idea for lasagne soup. Yes, you read that correctly.
@tweeshayz LASAGNE SOUP IS THE BEST 😋 #lasagne #lasagna #lasagnasoup #recipe #cheap #mealprep #foodtiktok #homecooking #onepotmeals #yum
This cheap Hokkien noodle recipe, which serves 8 people for under $20, is another winner.
@tweeshayz Hokkien noodle recipe 👩🏻🍳🥦🥕 #hokkiennoodles #noodles #recipe #mealprep #cheap #cheapmeals #foodtiktok #budget #cheapeats #homecooking #yum
Nathan Lyons, aka @kookingwithakoori, has a cookbook now, and these budget recipes prove why. One of our top picks is this guide for making Mi Goreng steak noodles.
@kookingwithakoori Kooking with a koori 🖤💛❤️ mi goreng steak noodles #madfeedz #aboriginal #koori #indgenous #fyp #australia #cooking #noodles #beef #steak
Meal prep maestro @chrismertz.fit often shares easy-to-make dishes that will last you multiple days and he’s also jumped on the budget-friendly trend. For example, check out these chicken and spaghetti meatballs that won’t cost you more than $10.
@chrismertz.fit IG: Chrismertz.fit for more // Budget Meal Prep for less than $10 Spaghetti & Chicken Meatballs Calories: 694 C: 107 F: 10 P: 40 $5.50 – 500g Mince $1.00 – 500g Spaghetti $2.50 – Pasta Sauce $0.60 – 1 x Onion Total: $9.60 / $2.40 per serve #budgetmealprep #mealprepideas #budgetmeals #highproteinmeals #gymratsonly
We’re fans of the old potato here at Lifehacker so @aussiemumcook’s $10 stuffed potato recipe certainly appeals to us.
@aussiemumcooks This $10 meal couldnt be any easier, you dont need any great skills to make this, super simple but delish! Please make sure you season well !!! #10dollarchallenge #cheapmeals #dinnerideas #lunchideas #stuffedpotato #airfryerrecipes
For the ALDI fiends out there (hello, us) this $10 meal challenge from @meredithhelff for sausage pasta is a hit.
@meredithhelff Aldi is my happy place #recipe #aldirecipe #quickrecipe #10minuterecipe #10dollarmealchallenge #10minutedinner #quickdinner #easydinner #easyrecipe #easyrecipetutorials #fyp #cookwithme #MomsofTikTok #mom #mama #mealideas #momtok #sahm #sahmtok #sahmsoftiktok #sahmtok #motherhood #momcreator #momcontent #newmomadvice
Do you have any recipes or suggestions for cheap meals? Let us know in the comments so we can all get through these hard times together.
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