25 Frugal Two Ingredient Meals

Quick and easy two ingredient meals to feed your family for less. 

This post was inspired by two things that I have recently been thinking a lot about. 

Incredibly easy meals and cheap meals. Right now there is a lot of uncertainty in our day to day due to this pandemic. 

Many people are not only thinking about frugal meals due to that uncertainty but also just struggling to get certain foods at the grocery store due to people buying more than normal.

This list of two ingredient meals combine just two staple items to create a simple supper for yourself or your family. 

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25 Frugal Two Ingredient Meals 

While you only need a couple of things to make these easy two ingredient meals, you can always elevate the meal by having a few pantry and fridge staples. 

Things like oil, butter and spices/salt and pepper will help add extra flavor. 

Also, please remember that these could be meals that you use for hard times when your pantry is bare. However, if you can you will want to balance these out with veggies and fruit if you choose. 

Side salads or a bag of frozen veggies make an easy side dish that is still low cost. 

Simple & Cheap 2 Item Recipes

Chicken + Salsa
Place chicken breasts and bottle of salsa in crockpot. Cook for 8 hours on low. Eat plain or serve over rice or in a tortilla.

Baked potato + canned chili

Baked potato + chunky soup

Chicken + Buffalo sauce
Cook in crockpot for 8 hours on low. We like to eat as a quesadilla or plain with a side salad. 

Pork tenderloin + enchilada sauce
Cook in crockpot for 8 hours on low. Eat over rice or stuff into a taco shell. 

Ground beef and baked beans 

Hot dogs and crescent rolls

Can chili over spaghetti

Banana + Egg = Banana Pancakes

Cheese + Tortilla = Cheese Quesadillas

Scrambled egg sandwich

Macaroni + can of chili

Ham and northern beans

Tomato soup + noodles or tortellini

Pork chops + cream of mushroom soup
Cook on low in crockpot for 8 hours. 

Cabbage and sausage

Sausage + Fried potatoes

Chorizo and potatoes

Kielbasa and couscous

Chicken Caesar 
Place chicken breasts and one bottle of Caesar dressing in crockpot on low for 8 hours. Serve with a salad, over rice or on a bun. 

Chorizo and eggs

Chicken + gravy
Chicken breasts, chicken gravy packet and water requested in chicken gravy in crockpot for 8 hours. 

Beef tips + gravy
Same as above but sub Beef and brown gravy.

Black beans +tortillas

Fish Sticks + Tortillas = Fish Tacos!

Do you have 2 ingredient meals that you love to serve your family?  

Hoping everyone is staying healthy and safe so that we can overcome this and move on with our normal lives soon.