Slash Your Food Bill and Still Eat Well
Do you need to slash your food bill? I've been there, more than once. I've had to track every penny and experiment with cheap cuts of meat I didn't know how to cook and new vegetables I hadn't eaten before. So I started keeping notes on our favorites recipes. I also started writing articles on various money-saving tips and techniques. Some things you can learn here:
- How to save money grocery shopping
- Read here for some basic strategies for cooking on a budget
- Calculate the cost per serving
- Save money by packing lunches for school and work
- Learn about home food storage so you don't have food go to waste
- Learn how to cook dried beans
- Get some ideas on how to grill your vegetables for a simple healthy side dish
- Make your own meatballs and get creative about ways to serve them
Check out our Featured Cheap and Easy Recipes
- Pasta with Bacon and Tomatoes
- Baked Potato Soup
- Rosti with Baked Eggs
- Italian Rice and Chicken
- Frittata
- Tandoori Rubbed Salmon
- Garlic and Nutmeg Rice
- Rice Salad with Chicken, Black Beans and Feta Cheese
- Joe's Special - ground beef, spinach and eggs
- Chicken Soup with Rice
- Warm Spiced Chicken Salad
- Roast Butterflied Chicken
- Buttermilk Onion Rings on Burgers
- Fried Chicken
- Chicken Sauteed with Vinegar
- Spicy Rub for Flank Steak
- Sugar Snap Pea and Radish Salad
- Bulk Sausage and Potato Skillet Dinner
- Grilled Ham and Cheese Roman Style
- Chicken Enchiladas Verde
More cheap and easy recipes >>>
Shop Wisely and Plan Your Menus
It takes more than cheap recipes, of course, although I've got plenty of those. You'll want to start planning your menus, learn better ways to shop, keep track of grocery prices, and learn how to use up what you've got--but don't call them leftovers!
Read my quick start article and get some ideas on how to use leftovers in creative ways.
Learn to Cook and Save Money with these Easy Recipes
Here's a list of easy recipes for you. You can also:
- Use this simple menu planner
Sit down with your grocery flyers and use this cost per serving calculator to figure out the lowest cost meat- Make cheap cuts of meat taste great with a Crockpot Slow Cooker
- Learn to make soup from leftovers
- Learn some kitchen basics
My Own E-Books - Now on Amazon
I've decided to lower the price of my e-books and publish them on the Kindle. I'm hoping that makes it very affordable for more of you. Yes, you can just also just explore the site and print out and read those things of particular interest to you. But purchasing an eBook helps support the site (a tiny bit!) and will save on paper as you won't have to print everything to have them handy offline. If you don't have a Kindle, you can download a free Kindle reader to various devices and access the books that way.
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