A healthy blend of brown butter soaked oats, toasted almonds, white chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and one super secret ingredient!

How to cook dried beans and freeze them for later – beans taste fresher and it’s so much more economical than buying canned.

Good-bye $3 drinks from the coffe shop. Hello, dairy-free delicious-ness that can be made at home in minutes (& for a fraction of the cost).

A crowd-pleasing and super-easy homemade beefaroni recipe that is tasty and frugal. Ready under 30 minutes!

South Tyrolean bread dumplings with stinging nettles

A savory bean sauce over rice, with garlicy red sauce and pickled vegetables.

Homemade Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup: How many times have you tried to make a recipe and you realize you don’t have any cans?

Baked Potatoes with Broccoli & Buffalo Cheese Sauce are the perfect meatless dinner. Creamy buffalo cheese sauce with broccoli.

Easy Refried Bean & Cheese Burritos (with optional chicken for meat-eaters). Budget-friendly and perfect for the freezer!

A delicious and frugal supper of potatoes, onion and sage.

Stop buying enchilada sauce and make it at home for a fraction of the cost with a huge boost in flavor.

Beef & Bean Quesadillas – Quick, frugal and delicious, what could be better for a week night?

Too broke to buy pine nuts and 5 lbs of fresh basil? Never fear, make this Frugal Kale Pesto Pasta instead! I’ll never go back!

Turkey chili with 3 different beans, fresh Anaheim peppers, and a secret spice!

Lentils & Rice from the Middle East, seasoned with cumin and topped with onions, a classic vegetarian/vegan Arabic dish, healthy & tasty

This recipe for Spicy Stir-Fried Broccoli Stems is the perfect way to use all the broccoli!

With the goal of eating well and spending less, I share my food shopping routine and money saving tips.

Lentil Shepherd’s Pie with Sweet Potato Mash and my Top 5 Frugal Meals.

Homemade DIY Dry Pantry Staples & the Eat Well, Spend Less blogger series. How do you eat well while spending less?

Eat Well, Spend Less: Homemade Substitutes for Grocery Staples.

National Wheatmeal Loaf

Incredibly simple and fabulously frugal, you’ll be making your own Budget Spiced Chips in no time.