Cheap dinners
Cheap slow cooker meals
Put it in before work. Every dinner here is made in a slow cooker and under $3.00 a serving.
Showing 24 of 148 dinners
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$1.00/serving $4.02 for 4 -
$1.02/serving $4.07 for 4 -
$1.07/serving $4.28 for 4 -
$1.10/serving $4.41 for 4 -
$1.11/serving $4.44 for 4 -
$1.15/serving $4.60 for 4 -
$1.17/serving $4.67 for 4 -
$1.22/serving $4.88 for 4 -
$1.24/serving $4.95 for 4 -
$1.24/serving $4.97 for 4 -
$1.26/serving $5.02 for 4 -
$1.26/serving $5.05 for 4 -
$1.26/serving $5.06 for 4 -
$1.29/serving $5.18 for 4 -
$1.31/serving $5.26 for 4 -
$1.33/serving $5.33 for 4 -
$1.34/serving $5.34 for 4 -
$1.36/serving $5.45 for 4 -
$1.38/serving $5.50 for 4 -
$1.39/serving $5.55 for 4 -
$1.42/serving $5.67 for 4 -
$1.45/serving $5.81 for 4 -
$1.45/serving $5.81 for 4 -
$1.46/serving $5.84 for 4
No dinners match all of those.
Cost uses typical prices, dated October 28, 2026. Photos come from the recipe source; open a dinner to see the credit.
What these dinners are built from
The cheap ingredients that show up most across all 180 recipes on this list. Buy these and you can make a lot of them.
Share of the 180 recipes that use the ingredient.
How the cost is worked out
Each recipe lists how much of every ingredient it uses. We multiply each amount by a typical everyday US price and divide by servings. Oil, salt and spices are left out. Stores run sales, so your real cost can be lower. Dated October 28, 2026.
This list is made in a slow cooker and under $3.00 a serving. 148 of 180 recipes have a real photo and amounts big enough to price; only those are shown here.
Common questions
How do you decide a meal is "cheap slow cooker meals"?
A recipe is on this page if it is made in a slow cooker and under $3.00 a serving. Cost is the price of the ingredient quantities the recipe uses, at Salefork's typical everyday prices, divided by servings. Oil, salt and spices are not priced.
Will the cost match my store?
It is a typical price, not your store's. Stores run sales, so the same meal can cost less. Pick your city on this page to see which of these use items on sale this week, or open Build my week to price five dinners with your store's ad.
How many cheap slow cooker meals are there?
180 recipes in the library meet the rule, and 148 of them have a real photo and amounts we can price. The cheapest is $1.00 a serving, and the middle one is $2.02 a serving.
Turn these sales into dinners
Pick how many people are eating and how many dinners you want. We choose dinners that use what is on sale, show the cost, and make your shopping list by aisle.
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