You need to make sure to follow a grocery budget, but how do you find low-priced meals for your family? We all want something healthy, as well as be able to stick to a budget.

Budget-friendly family meals

Tuna Casseroles make great meals

Many overlook tuna casseroles. In reality, tuna casseroles have healthy qualities, and inexpensive prices. Besides tuna and noodles, adding vegetables to the mixture, such as peas, carrots and beans, increases the health factor. Need a little extra something for a larger family: have bread, or rolls, and butter. After this type of meal, consider fruit cocktail for dessert. You can get this whole meal for a cheap price, and it’ll feed a lot of people. Keep your eyes out for great coupons to lower costs immensely for this type of meal. You can easily get your whole family eating healthy on a budget.

A salad and a soup are great

A salad and soup make for a fine combination for a wonderful meal. Make sure to pack the salad full of lettuce, carrots, celery, peppers and other great vegetables your family loves. For the soup, you can use a beef, or maybe a chicken, broth to start. Add potatoes, vegetables and chicken to round out the soup. Have rolls with this meal, it’ll fill your family up. They’ll have no room for dessert. Look into two-for-one deals stores offer from time to time. They are money savers for you.

Spaghetti is a favorite

Traditionally people like to make their spaghetti by hand. Nowadays, there are cans of spaghetti that you can eat that only cost a dollar. Get as many cans that you will need to feed your family. Make sure that you also provide a salad, which is very healthy and cheap. A salad doesn’t have to be the same thing every time. It can be what you have left in the refrigerator. Keep that in mind when you are making a salad. A piece of bread with butter on it is also a good idea. For a dessert, try using applesauce. It is better everyone in the family and it is less expensive than cakes and pastries. Skipping on desserts saves on a lot of money for any meal. It is a good idea to do so unless it is a special occasion or holidays of some sort.

Macaroni and cheese and a meat serving

When you want a genuinely crowd-pleasing meal, try macaroni and cheese. However, don’t stop there. Add a type of meat to it! The meat can be ground meat, hotdogs, tuna fish or another type of meat to give your family something to talk about. The cost for this type of meal is inexpensive. A healthy salad, or applesauce, can be served with the meal. They’ll want to fill up on it so a dessert won’t be necessary.

If available, make sure you use your local grocery store’s savings card when you’re shopping. It’s a great way to save on gas, or other perks. As a matter of fact, go wild and sign up for every local store’s savings cards! It’ll add up to a significant savings over time. If you have a credit card offering points, or cash back, for purchases, be sure to use that. too.

Sticking to your budget is doable, and you can feed your family well. You’ll get the needed vitamins, as well as minerals, in what you make. Be sure to make your grocery list out before you go to the store so you don’t over purchase. And never shop on an empty stomach, unless you want to be the proud owner of every bad carb available for purchase.

Author bio: Hannah Whittenly is a freelance writer and mother of two from Sacramento, CA. She enjoys kayaking and reading books by the lake.