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Enjoy The Budget Diet’s Recipe Index – it’s your source for frugalicious and fast recipes! These cheap and easy recipes are neatly categorized, so you can find exactly what you’re looking for. If you see an asterisk (*), these are my most popular recipes according to Google and Pinterest. Please take the time to rate any recipes you try…thanks and happy cooking!
A quick and easy 4-ingredient main dish that is company worthy and way less work than lasagna. Whenever my son comes home from college with his roommates, they request “the ravioli thing”! This is a frugal recipe IF you use frozen ravioli or tortellini. You can use any flavor of ravioli or tortellini, so experiment! … Read more
Do you plant an herb garden each spring, but by early summer your plants are happy, happy, happy and producing way more than you can possibly use? A frugal foodie will never let food go to waste especially those expensive herbs. So, what do you do when your garden is overrun with herbs? You could … Read more
It’s Friday, and it’s Lent, so how about an easy meatless egg casserole for dinner? This easy meatless egg casserole always cooks up perfectly, and it’s a step-up from serving scrambled eggs. Round out your meal with a colorful fruit salad. Breakfast for dinner anyone?
We all love to be pampered and to feel like we’re doing great things for our skin and our beauty routine. However, the supplies we need to accomplish this are often quite expensive. These super fast and cheap beauty recipes will help you save money without sacrificing your beauty routine! 1. Brown Sugar Body Scrub … Read more
If you want to kick your basic box brownie mix up a notch, this Hershey’s Symphony Candy Bar Brownie Recipe is for you! Don’t get me wrong, I love a basic brownie, but I love Hershey’s Symphony Candy Bar Brownies even more. Until you taste these brownies, it’s hard to imagine that simply adding candy … Read more
Craving a quick, homemade chocolate treat? These delicious cookies have been my go-to recipe since I learned to make them in Girl Scouts. The ingredients are all items most people have on hand, so you don’t even need to make a trip to the store. 10 minutes and they’re done! My teenage daughter seems to … Read more
According to Rachael Ray, going veggie just one night a week can save you over $1000 a year, and Lent is the perfect time to add some meat free meals to your menu! If you’re giving up meat for Lent or just on Fridays, The Budget Diet girl is a vegetarian, so I have plenty … Read more
Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday, a.k.a Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday. It always falls on the day before Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent. So, why do we eat pancakes on Fat Tuesday? Lent is a 40 day period of self-denial, and during Lent many Christians abstain from eating meat on Fridays. In the … Read more
I’ve always loved the flavor of Good Seasons Italian dressing, but at nearly $1 a packet it’s hard to love. Good news for frugal fans of Good Seasons…you can make your own homemade Good Seasons Italian Dressing Mix! Open up your spice drawer and in less than 5 minutes you’ll have the equivalent of 3 … Read more
Somebody who loves me gave me a Cheesecake Factory gift card, and Saturday night I was craving a huge slice of Chris’ Outrageous Cheesecake. If you’re not familiar with this amazing dessert, let me tempt your taste buds with the layers of chocolate cake, caramel coconut pecan frosting, cheesecake and chocolate frosting…oh my! Chris’ Outrageous … Read more