Hello, everyone--

It's only every once in a while that I find or conceive of a truly good budget recipe. It's very disheartening to see "economical" recipes with ingredients (say, meat) that already cost good money or are just variations on rice and beans. But just yesterday such a recipe occurred to me ( Read more... )

Dear Purveyors of Poverty Management --

I am in search of recipes to re-create that of insta-meals/"box" suppers -- a la Hillbilly Housewife's Humble Helper.

Here's the deal: Much to my chagrin, I have a picky-eater boyfriend who enjoys trashy/comfort food, especially Campbell's Supper Bakes. I'll admit, they're nice to have on hand when I don't ( Read more... )

i LOVE hamburger helpers. any ideas for cheaper, homemade versions? i buy them when they're on sale for like $2/each or possibly less, but if i can make it on my own for less, i'll buy everything in bulk (since i'm an avid costco shopper anyway)!

I've seen a few posts about that recently and thought I'd share my links.

These are some menus from a lady in ... TN, I think? Her whole website is great, but I found these really interesting. I don't eat a lot of the foods on here but by making reasonable substitutions, I'm able to get my food bill under $30/week for three people.

$45 a week ( Read more... )