Saving money on your grocery bill is just half the battle. You can cut that down even more with budget meals. If you are like me you probably already have a good collection of cookbooks but adding some books with budget-friendly meals is a must! These 10 cookbooks I either have in my collection or on Kindle!

10 Best Cookbooks for Budget Meals

1. Family Feasts for $75 a Week: A Penny-wise Mom Shares Her Recipe for Cutting Hundreds from Your Monthly Food Bill by Mary Ostyn – This was one of my first budget cookbooks. The first part of the book is her shopping strategies and how she feeds her family for $75 a week and the 2nd part is all her recipes. Some are now family favorites!
2. The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook: 200 Recipes for Quick, Delicious, and Nourishing Meals That Are Easy on the Budget and a Snap to Prepare by Erin Chase – We all know $5 mom and she has several cookbooks out now this was the first and one I used quite often!
3. The $7 a Meal Slow Cooker Cookbook: 301 Delicious, Nutritious Recipes the Whole Family Will Love! by Linda Larsen – This one was a gift to me, I love my slow cooker, it's perfect for the lazy days where I don't want to cook and being able to do it for $7 or under? I'm there!
4. Fix-It and Forget-It Big Cookbook: 1400 Best Slow Cooker Recipes! by Phyllis Good – This isn't labeled a budget cookbook but many of the recipes are just a few ingredients and, as the title says, fix it and forget it!
5. Taste of Home: Dinner on a Dime: 403 Budget-Friendly Family Recipes by Taste Of Home – I Love recipes from Taste of Home and they put together a book of their best budget-friendly ones. 
6. $3 Slow-Cooked Meals: Delicious, Low-Cost Dishes from Both Your Slow Cooker and Stove by Ellen Brown – After I raved about the $7 or under slow cooker meals I was given this book. While I don't think many of them are really $3 or less anymore they are still very cheap and yummy!
7. Money Saving Meals and Round 2 Recipes by Sandra Lee – We know Sandra from The Food Network and her food is easy and yummy. This is her 2nd recipe for budget-friendly recipes. 
8. Ten Dollar Dinners: 140 Recipes & Tips to Elevate Simple, Fresh Meals Any Night of the Week by Melissa d'Arabian – Another Chef we know from The Food Network and she is known for her $10 dinners and this cookbook brings the best from her show!
9. Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should and Shouldn't Cook from Scratch–Over 120 Recipes for the Best Homemade Foods by Jennifer Reese – This one is a great resource on what is actually cheaper to make your self vs buying. She explains why and how and gives recipes to save you money. 
10. Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half with America's Cheapest Family: Includes So Many Innovative Strategies You Won't Have to Cut Coupons by Steve Economides and Annette Economides – While not a traditional cookbook this book is a must or anyone looking to save money on the groceries. They give some great cooking ideas and recipes too!

What are you must have cookbooks for budget meals?