Dinner Fails or Kid Favorites? Here are 48 Cheap & Easy Meal Ideas We Loved as Kids and Still Make Now

What Mom thought was making-do turned out to be some of our most memorable meals as kids.

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Money was tight when I was growing up.

As a result, Mom had to get a little creative with cheap meals that would feed…