Cheap Eats For Rent Week
When your budget is extra tight, these inexpensive meals are here to ensure your menu (and social life) doesn't have to suffer. Before you hop in, though, remember to check out my favorite posts on stretching your food budget like a boss:
How to Make a Food Budget That Works
- Don't Buy It, DIY It! 12 Budget-Friendly Breakfast Hacks So You Can Save $$$ and Ditch the Packaging for Good
- Dorm Survival 101: Struggle Meals & Musings For Incoming Freshmen
- How to Combat Inflation at the Grocery Store
- Surprising Secrets Revealed: 13+ Unconventional Ways & Places to Slash Your Grocery Bill
Holidays on a Budget
- Healthy Mashed Potatoes With Greek Yogurt
- Top 12 Tips For Hosting The Holidays On A Budget (Without Feeling Stressed)
- Made with Love: Thrifty & Thoughtful Homemade Gifts for Every Season
- How to Make Low-Sodium Vegetable Broth or Bone Broth for FREE
- 21+ Egg Substitutes & Egg Replacements For Cooking, Baking, Breakfast, & More!
- Potato and Caramelized Fennel Gratin with Parmesan Cheese
- Loaded Potato Bar Ideas: What To Serve With Baked Potatoes & Mashed Potatoes
- Harissa Maple Sweet Potato Tian
Budget-Friendly Ways To Stretch Your Meat
- Easy, Spicy Black Bean Chicken Chili (No Cream Cheese!)
- Spicy Potato Soft Tacos with Chorizo
- Instant Pot Split Pea and Ham Soup
- Make-Ahead Ham and Swiss Strata
- Campbell's Broccoli & Curried Chicken Divan Casserole
- Healthy Tuna Dip With White Beans (No Cream Cheese, Sour Cream, or Mayo!)
- Cheap and Easy Steak Chili
- Charred Brussels Sprouts With Bourbon Bacon Jam
Takeout at Home
Cheap Vegetarian Mains
- Easy Mushroom Tartine With Spreadable Goat Cheese
- Zucchini Linguine with Lemon, Feta, & Mint
- Caramelized Onion, Potato And Cheese Pierogi
- Mediterranean Baked Feta with Tomatoes, Onions and Chickpeas
- Chinese Scallion Pancakes
- Poutine with Sheet Pan Potato Wedges
- Easy Sheet Pan Cauliflower Tikka Masala
- Sheet Pan Aloo Gobi
- Spicy Ginger Soy Eggplant
- Vegetarian Calabacitas Pot Pie
Budget-Friendly Soup Recipes
Inexpensive Meaty Mains
Pantry Allstars
Budget-Friendly Breakfast Recipes
- Oatmeal Banana Protein Pancakes with Cottage Cheese (Gluten-Free!)
- Big-Batch Almond Vanilla Granola (Bulk Recipe)
- Egglife Copycat Egg White Wraps Recipe (All 5 Flavors!)
- High-Protein Berry Cheesecake Overnight Oats
- Easy Pumpkin Protein Pancakes (No Protein Powder!)
- Baked Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oats (One Pot Recipe!)
- Zucchini Bread Oatmeal
- Instant Pot "Sous Vide" Style Egg Bites 3 Ways
- Moist Banana & Pumpkin Muffins with Streusel Topping
- Carrot Cake Oatmeal
- Easy Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal
- Strawberry Tartine with Balsamic Reduction
Cheap Vegetarian Sides
Budget-Friendly Bakes
- Protein-Packed Pumpkin Banana Muffins (No Protein Powder!)
- Banana Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins (Vegan & GF Options!)
- Healthy Whole Wheat Banana Muffins
- Oat Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten-Free!)
- Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookie Cake with Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting
- Raspberry & White Chocolate Loaf Cake (No Eggs!)
- Healthy Whole Wheat, Blueberry & Summer Squash Muffins
- Make-Ahead Banana Nut Butter Baked Oatmeal
Quick & Easy Budget-Friendly Desserts
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats
- Fruity Pebbles Cereal Bars (a.k.a. Rainbow Rice Krispies Treats)
- Easy Chocolate Chocolate Chip Ice Cream (No Cook, No Eggs!)
- Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread With Spiced Maple Caramel
- Cream Cheese Fruit Dip (Without Marshmallow Cream)
- Mint Cookies & Cream Ice Cream
- Banana Pudding Cups with Chocolate Coffee Ganache
- Easy Strawberry Swirl Ice Cream (No Egg Recipe!)
- Strawberry Cream Cheese Icebox Cake
- Chocolate Marshmallow Ice Cream (Egg-Free)
- Halloween S'mores Board
- Breakfast Banana Split Parfaits with Cool Whip Ice Cream
- Oatmeal Creme Pie Ice Cream (No Eggs!)
Boxed Mix Baking Hacks
- Easy Caramel Apple Cobbler (Made With Cake Mix!)
- Easy Peach Cobbler With Cake Mix & Blueberries
- Easy Cherry Chocolate Brownie Recipe (With Cake Mix!)
- Easy Cheddar Jalapeño Cornbread With Jiffy Mix
- Easy Strawberry Shortcakes With Biscuit Mix
- Cake Mix Hack: Apricot Banana Upside Down Cake
- Baked Maple Walnut Banana Bread Donuts
- Healthy Pumpkin Pecan Waffles
Homemade Bread & Sourdough Recipes
Sandwiches, Wraps, & Stuff On Toast
Cheap DIY Upgrades & Extras
- Bacon Onion Jam With Bourbon & Maple Syrup
- Cinnamon Apple Preserves for Canning
- How to Make Amaretto Cherries (Lazzaroni Copycat)
- Creamy Cilantro Garlic Sauce With Jalapeños & Limes
- No-Peel Spiced Apple Butter (Instant Pot or Crock Pot)
- Easy Mushroom Gravy for Any Occasion
- Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Sauce (Sugar-Free Option!)
- No-Waste Fruit Infused Water
- How to Make Low-Sodium Vegetable Broth or Bone Broth for FREE
- Homemade Apple Chips (Instructions for Dehydrator and Oven)
- Soft Boiled Turmeric Pickled Eggs
- Spicy Mexican Mocha
