L.M.
Check out Kraft Foods website for great family-friendly recipes. I have recently started using it and have had great luck! For some of the recipes, they use Kraft products, making prep easy and cheap! It can be very inexpensive if you can use coupons from coupons.com.
For example, I made Speedy Chicken Stir-Fry for about $5 for four people. The dressing was approx $.50 after sale price and a coupon, chicken was on sale for $3.50 and added some fresh veggies.
There is also a section for budget cooking: http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/Budget/dinner/BudgetRecipes....
Good luck!