Re: Cheap, Healthy, Filling lunches for a large family?
We do pasta and meat sauce (pound of browned ground beef and a package of pasta, jar of tomato sauce, tomato sauce had of water, high pressure in the instant pot for 5munutes, 10minute NR). You could do a side salad or bread and butter as a filler.
I buy giant bags of kettle potato chips and sweet potato chips and hummus at Costco and they have that with carrots and chips and fruit for lunch. I
I make a big pot of rice and 3cans of beans with adobo or taco seasoning and they have that topped with salsa and sometimes avocado or guacamole (we are dairy free but sour cream and cheese would work too).
pb&j, peanut butter toast and fruit smoothies,
Snacks lunch, veggies, picklew, hummus and a roast chicken (I throw it in the IP in the summer and in the oven in the winter)
tuna sandwiches is another favorite Costco sells an albacore with zero fillers (no soy) which is great for us.
We can't do this but English muffin mini pizzas. Take an English muffin and opening and out them in a cookie sheet covered with sauce and cheese and bake at 425 until cheese is melted.
quesadillas is another easy favorite with salsa
Macaroni and cheese from scratch is fairly affordable and filling. Really yummy with a side of baked beans or with a few hot dogs sliced into it.
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