15 Budget Potato Recipes To Keep Your Meals Cheap
Potatoes are a cheap and filling food, so adding a few new potato recipes into the mix is a great way to save money on meals. Plus, potatoes are very versatile, so you can really make that sack of potatoes stretch. Check out these potato recipes to see what you can cook up to fill your belly while keeping your wallet full.
1. Potato Rosti
This Swiss potato recipe is kind of like a hash brown cake. All you need is potatoes, salt, pepper, butter, and olive oil to make these shredded potato cakes. Just boil the potatoes, peel off the skins, shred, season with salt and pepper, and spoon into a frying pan containing butter and oil. When spooning the shredded seasoned potatoes into the pan, make pancake sized cakes and press into the pan. Turn once, then enjoy! These cakes can be stacked with whatever breakfast foods you like, including eggs, ham, tomato, and spinach, for a delicious and filling breakfast.
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2. Cheesy Leftover Mashed Potato Pancakes
Next time you make mashed potatoes, make a lot and use the leftovers the next night in this classic potato recipe. All you need to add is shredded cheese, an egg, flour, and, if you want, scallions. Combine these ingredients, roll into balls, press into flat discs, and cover in flour. Fry in vegetable oil until golden brown on both sides. Top off with sour cream, leave as is, or get creative with your toppings. Bacon bits would be good to throw in to these, too, for a little extra flavor boost.
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3. Potato Casserole
This layered potato recipe involves both mashed and raw potatoes. On the bottom of a baking dish, spread a layer of mashed potatoes. Next add a layer of sour cream, then a layer of sauted onion and green pepper with garlic powder, then a layer of sliced potatoes covered with melted butter, salt, pepper, and more garlic powder. Finally, cover with cheese and bake. Once cooked, you can add bacon bits on top. This cheesy potato dish will likely be a crowd favorite.
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4. Baked Potato Salad
If you are looking for a potato recipe that will last for several meals, make this dish. It is easy, and you can eat it anytime. After baking the plain potatoes for about an hour, either peel or leave the skins on if you prefer, and cut into small cubes. Mix together sour cream and mayonnaise and add to the potatoes. Finally, stir in bacon bits, onion, and cheese. Refrigerate and enjoy with meals or as a meal itself.
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5. “Nacho” Baked Potato
Baked potatoes are very versatile, and this recipe uses nacho toppings to change up your baked potato from the usual. Bake the potatoes in the oven or throw them in the microwave, whichever you like, or whichever you have time for. Then cut lengthwise down the middle, as always, and fill with toppings. This recipe recommends black beans, salsa, avocado, and lime juice for a healthier baked potato. You can also throw on nacho cheese and shredded chicken for an even more filling potato meal.
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6. Potato Bread
Potato bread is delicious, but is typically more expensive than traditional white or wheat bread. So make it yourself! All you need is potatoes, salt, plain yogurt, yeast, flour, and butter. After boiling and peeling the potatoes, mash and combine with all ingredients except the butter. Cover and refrigerate this dough for a day or two. Then knead, form smaller disks, and shortly cook in a pan until both sides have formed a crust. Then coat with melted butter and bake. Now you have homemade potato bread you can use for sandwiches, dinner rolls, or a snack on the go!
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7. Potato and Chickpea Curry
This is an easy, inexpensive, and tasty potato recipe you can enjoy alone or cook for guests. You just chop up some potatoes and boil them for a few minutes, then toss in some spinach leaves and boil a few minutes more. Drain this and add a drained can of chickpeas and some korma curry sauce. Cook for a few more minutes and stir occasionally. Serve with some bread, rice, chicken, or any combination of these things, or get creative and include your own chosen additions.
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8. Potato Stew
This is another easy potato recipe that will last you multiple meals. A few of the seasoning ingredients are a little pricy, like bay leaves, so if you do not already have these and do not want to fork out the cash for them, look up some cheaper seasoning substitutes. To make this potato recipe, simmer chopped onion, crushed garlic, chopped red bell peppers, and large potato slices in some oil. After they have stewed, cover with hot water and season with allspice, bay leaf, salt, pepper, and red pepper. Once the potatoes are soft, the stew is ready to enjoy!
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9. Alfredo Potatoes
Scalloped potatoes are an old favorite, and this potato recipe is similar, but takes center stage as a full meal. The sauce is a mixture of a jar of alfredo sauce, some whole milk, and a dash of garlic powder. After pouring some of this into a baking dish, add a layer of peeled thinly sliced potatoes and sprinkle overtop some parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper. Then you add a layer of turkey, broccoli, and shredded Swiss cheese. Repeat these layers until all ingredients are used up. Cover and bake, uncovering about half way through baking, then let cool for a few minutes.
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10. Twice Baked Potatoes
Another way to change up the typical baked potato scene, this potato recipe takes a little while to make, but is very good. After baking the potatoes like normal, cut them completely in half lengthwise and scoop out the insides, leaving a little to reinforce the potato skin walls. Mash the removed potato and combine with butter, milk, sour cream, cheese, onion powder, salt, and cayenne pepper if you want a little spice. Spoon back into potato skins and bake again until they begin to brown. Enjoy as a side or a main dish.
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11. Creamy Potato Soup
This is a more classic potato soup recipe, full of potatoes, celery, carrots, and a creamy liquid, creating a warm comfort food, and a lot of it. Begin by boiling the celery, carrots, and potatoes for a while, then strain, keeping the liquid for later. Then saute onion in butter and add flour, salt, pepper, and milk. Boil until thickened, then add the potatoes, celery, carrots, and a cup of the saved liquid. Stir and serve.
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12. French Fries
Of course you can make French fries with potatoes, and it saves you money! All you need is potatoes, salt, oil, which you probably already have. You just cut the potatoes into whatever shape and size fries you want and rinse in cool water. Then, toss in olive oil and salt, coating evenly. Bake on a cookie sheet to the desired consistency and eat up!
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13. Mashed Potato Casserole
Though traditional mashed potatoes are good, this potato recipe is downright great. Plus, it makes a lot, so it will last you multiple meals. Boil and mash your peeled potatoes, as always, then add butter, sour cream, salt, pepper, and chives. Spread into a baking pan and either refrigerate until needed or pop in the oven after topping with a crumbly mixture of butter, cheese, and bread crumbs. Bake until golden and serve.
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14. Potato Boats
This super easy and creative breakfast potato recipe is a fantastic way to change up the typical breakfast. After boiling the potatoes, shred them and mold into a muffin pan. Bake until browned, then crack an egg in each potato cup and bake until eggs are cooked to the desired level of doneness. You can also add pieces of bacon, ham, or sausage to these cups for complete breakfast cups perfect for breakfast on the run.
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15. Potato Chips
If you haven’t had homemade potato chips before, please make this potato recipe. You only need potatoes, oil, and salt. Slice the potatoes thin and let soak in cold water for about a half hour. Rinse, pat dry, lightly coat with oil on both sides, and lay flat on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. After sprinkling salt and pepper over the flat slices, bake for a few minutes, flip, and bake again until crispy. Right before serving, season however you like!
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