100 Meals Under $5: Cheap, Easy & Surprisingly Good Meals for When Every Dollar Counts

By Jeremy Kelly

100 complete meals for $5 or less-for the entire recipe, not per serving.

When every dollar counts, dinner still needs to be filling, practical, and worth eating. 100 Meals Under $5 gives you a clear system for making satisfying food from affordable grocery basics without pretending meaningful ingredients are free.

Inside you'll find: 100 distinct breakfasts, ramen bowls, rice meals, pastas, potato dishes, bean and lentil meals, chicken dinners, ground-meat meals, canned-food meals, and "nothing in the house" savesAn estimated total cost and cost per serving for every recipeCHEAP SWAP, USE WHAT YOU HAVE, and LEFTOVER MOVE ideas on every recipeA master ingredient price table so the math is transparentA 7-day ultra-budget meal plan, substitution guide, pantry builder, and quick-reference cooking chartsWHAT DO I HAVE? reverse lookup pages plus recipe and ingredient indexesCosts are estimates based on disclosed U.S. discount-grocery assumptions. Actual prices vary by location, retailer, package size, sales, and time.

Open the pantry, find what you have, and make a genuinely useful meal without blowing the budget.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HKDWC72R
• ISBN13: 9798175618939
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"