Cheap vegan meals

19 recipes

Vegan dinners at $2.50 or less a serving, with no meat, fish, dairy, eggs or honey in any ingredient. Beans, lentils, rice, pasta and vegetables make them filling. The cheapest is Lentil sloppy joes at $1.21 a serving, and the average here is $1.74.

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  Lentil sloppy joes

  $1.21 a serving

  55 min

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  Kung pao chickpeas

  $1.22 a serving

  35 min

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  Mexican red rice with black beans

  $1.29 a serving

  40 min

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  West African–style peanut stew with sweet potatoes

  $1.30 a serving

  45 min

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  Cabbage yakisoba noodles

  $1.32 a serving

  25 min

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  Sopa de fideo (Mexican noodle soup)

  $1.43 a serving

  25 min

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  Red beans and rice

  $1.51 a serving

  45 min

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  Peanut noodles with cucumber and carrots

  $1.61 a serving

  25 min

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  Black bean and sweet potato tacos

  $1.63 a serving

  45 min

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  Moroccan-spiced couscous with chickpeas and carrots

  $1.65 a serving

  25 min

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  Red lentil soup with lemon

  $1.70 a serving

  45 min

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  Garlicky white bean and spinach pasta

  $1.81 a serving

  30 min

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  Loaded sweet potatoes with chili-lime black beans

  $1.91 a serving

  70 min

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  Vegetable lo mein

  $2.02 a serving

  35 min

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  Roasted cauliflower tacos with lime slaw

  $2.16 a serving

  45 min

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  Smoky black bean soup

  $2.20 a serving

  40 min

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  Sizzling veggie fajitas

  $2.28 a serving

  35 min

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  One-pot tomato basil pasta

  $2.36 a serving

  30 min

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  Easy three-bean chili

  $2.45 a serving

  55 min

Costs and nutrition are estimates for one serving, worked out from typical US grocery prices and standard nutrition values for what each recipe uses.

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