Cheap Vegetarian Meals
The cheapest vegetarian meal on MealSpend is Stovetop Oats with Peanut Butter & Banana at $0.48 per serving (U.S. grocery prices reviewed September 2026), with 13 g protein per serving. All 18 recipes below are ranked from one shared price table, so they're directly comparable.
Every vegetarian recipe on MealSpend, ranked by computed cost per serving. Same price table across all of them, so a cheaper rank means genuinely cheaper — not a different author guessing differently.
| Recipe | Per serving | Protein | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stovetop Oats with Peanut Butter & Banana | $0.48 | 13 g | 13 min |
| Peanut Butter Banana Overnight Oats | $0.69 | 23 g | 10 min |
| Vegan Peanut Noodles | $0.80 | 24 g | 22 min |
| Egg Salad Sandwiches | $0.81 | 18 g | 27 min |
| Egg Fried Rice | $0.82 | 15 g | 25 min |
| Red Lentil Soup | $0.87 | 17 g | 40 min |
| Lentil Sloppy Joes | $0.93 | 19 g | 40 min |
| Keto Egg Salad Bowl | $1.05 | 18 g | 27 min |
| Black Bean Soup | $1.11 | 10 g | 40 min |
| Freezer Egg & Potato Burritos | $1.15 | 20 g | 45 min |
| Eggs & Crispy Potatoes Breakfast Skillet | $1.17 | 18 g | 30 min |
| Sweet Potato & Egg Hash | $1.18 | 17 g | 32 min |
| Smashed Chickpea Sandwiches | $1.19 | 15 g | 10 min |
| Mediterranean Chickpea Salad | $1.26 | 10 g | 15 min |
| Loaded Broccoli-Cheddar Baked Potatoes | $1.31 | 16 g | 1 hr 5 min |
| Black Bean & Rice Burritos | $1.94 | 28 g | 30 min |
| Greek Yogurt Power Bowl | $1.98 | 34 g | 5 min |
| Chickpea Coconut Curry | $2.09 | 20 g | 35 min |
Ranked by cost per serving. Every figure is computed from the same ingredient price table — see how we price.
9 of 49 ingredient prices come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average price data; the remaining 40 are estimates. Last reviewed 2026-09-12. Your store will differ — treat every figure as a planning estimate, not a quote. Nutrition is computed from USDA-typical ingredient values and rounded.