Making plans for quick, budget-friendly yet great and healthy meals can be challenging. What your pressing schedule and all. Here are some 5 Realistic Meal Plans That Work.

Pasta
Pasta is an affordable and universal food that allows you some flexibility in the kitchen. There are several meals that you can derive from the pasta if you want. Whether it is with vegetables, sauces or various proteins. Use your imagination, and you will never go wrong with pasta.

Soup and Salads
There are tons of hearty salads and filling soups in today’s cooking world. Some of them do not need to be combined with other foods to make a meal. Depending on the weather, you can eat a salad any night (or even every other night). All you might need is a few fancy ingredients here and there to make it more interesting. You might opt for a soup instead if that is what you are up for.

Rethink Freezer Meals
Now might be the time to rework those freezer meals that you made a few months ago. Especially when it would be better not to have to worry about cooking a meal at night. Take a good look at your freezer, and you are sure to find some things that you could assembly into dinner.

Go Vegetarian
Try having a meatless dish every once in a while. Go vegetarian for a day or two for a change. Eat stuff like whole grains, quinoa and barley, vegetables, and nuts.Just come up with the most vegetarian meal possible and see how it goes.

Have a Leftover Night
It’s as simple as it sounds. It’s similar to the freezer option we just talked about. The only difference is that since the leftovers are in the fridge, you probably do not have to defrost them. Simply eat them straight or make some new dish from them.