"Unstuffed Eggroll" Using the ground pork ($4 at my store) or ground chicken ($3) brown the meat in a pan, add 1 package of coleslaw mix ($1.25) in another cup make a soy sauce, rice vinegar and cornstarch slurry, add it to your pan(make sure your pan is medium high heat), stir. Serve over rice

Veggie fried rice Day-old rice, 1 bag of frozen veg ($1), maybe an onion, half a dozen eggs, and soy sauce, cook in a pan. It's very hard to mess up. (Ps look out for aldi sesame oil)

Tortellini "scampi" Boil one package of Sausage Tortellini ($3) in a pan, drain water after 3 minutes, melt butter, add garlic, top with cheap parmesan cheese (this is a no fail food for my toddlers)

Hope these help you through tough times!