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 August 2026), with 13 g protein per serving. All 13 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 |
| Egg Salad Sandwiches | $0.80 | 18 g | 27 min |
| Vegan Peanut Noodles | $0.80 | 24 g | 22 min |
| Egg Fried Rice | $0.81 | 15 g | 25 min |
| Red Lentil Soup | $0.87 | 17 g | 40 min |
| Black Bean Soup | $1.11 | 10 g | 40 min |
| Eggs & Crispy Potatoes Breakfast Skillet | $1.16 | 18 g | 30 min |
| Mediterranean Chickpea Salad | $1.26 | 10 g | 15 min |
| Loaded Broccoli-Cheddar Baked Potatoes | $1.30 | 16 g | 1 hr 5 min |
| Black Bean & Rice Burritos | $1.92 | 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 2026-08-12. Your store will differ — treat every figure as a planning estimate, not a quote. Nutrition is computed from USDA-typical ingredient values and rounded.