Short on funds this week? These are some budget-friendly recipes that can help you stretch your grocery dollars through lean times. It’s also nice to just be conscious of what you’re spending, but still put healthful, homemade food on the table every night.
These recipes are definitely family favorites, so try them even if you’re not pinching a few pennies!
I’m a big fan of shortcuts. I cook extra and freeze, or throw a big package of chicken breasts in the crockpot and cook them until they shred. Freeze this crockpot shredded chicken and you can pull out portions for burritos, soup, quesadillas, skillet meals – pretty much anything that you need chicken for. I’m […]
My husband is a HUGE fan of this sandwich. My kids are less than tolerant because of the beans – but if your family loves beans – then this one is a home run. The best part is the 1/2 lb of hamburger – that means 2 meals from 1lb of hamburger. You could use […]
I don’t think it’s ever been a secret that I love Asian food. I also don’t think it’s ever been a secret that Todd hates it. How do you not love soy sauce? It’s not normal. I love salt, so anything with Soy Sauce is a-ok with me! I sort of hacked a few recipes […]
This vegetable tortellini soup was an easy to throw together dinner that was meat-free – but not vegetarian – because I used chicken stock. you could VERY easily use water or vegetable stock if you like to make it a vegetarian meal. Cooking the tortellini in the soup gave it that creamy tomato soup look, […]
I’m a big fan of repurposing leftovers. In fact this christmas I made a Prime Rib and we made 4 meals from the leftovers, including Christmas dinner. It made the $60 price tag feel not so painful. The night after Christmas we had leftovers. I cut some of the meat off the bones and made […]
I’m a big fan of soups in the winter. Soups that I can make in the crockpot are even better. This is a pretty flexible recipe, use what you have. I used frozen green chiles, but you could absolutely use canned. This is a really good way to use up leftover rotisserie chicken as well […]