Budget-Friendly Recipes

Air Fryer Tortilla Chips – Budget Bytes

Raise your hand if you always fill up on chips and salsa at the Mexican restaurant before your entrée arrives. Guilty as charged! But no matter how many bags of store-bought chips I’ve bought to recreate that vibe at home, they never hit the same and always feel like a splurge. So that’s why these

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Sourdough Chocolate Chip Scones – Budget Bytes

I recently posted my recipe for sourdough starter here on the blog, so I couldn’t leave y’all hanging! Once you get the hang of maintaining your starter, you can start getting into super easy sourdough discard recipes—like this one! I find it hard to let any of my discard go to waste, considering how much

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Easy Homemade Enchilada Sauce – Budget Bytes

Enchilada sauce is one of my very favorite things, ever. I love when it soaks into tortillas while baking and makes everything all tangy, spicy, and good. Mmmmm. 🤤 But when the selection at my local grocery store was less than impressive, I decided it was high time to try making some myself. This Easy

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Homemade Banana Bread – Budget Bytes

One day, a friend was telling me about how she used to be so in love with the Starbucks banana bread, and all I could think about was how the price for one slice is probably more than it costs to make a whole loaf, so I had to work on a dupe. It took

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Broccoli Cheddar Orzo – Budget Bytes

I am absolutely in love with this one pot Broccoli Cheddar Orzo. It includes a good amount of fresh chopped broccoli, freshly grated cheddar cheese, and, of course, orzo pasta. It’s creamy, cozy, and comes together with minimal fuss—perfect for when you want something comforting and nourishing without a pile of dishes. You can easily

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Classic Italian Rich Bolognese Sauce

There’s something incredibly satisfying about letting Bolognese, the famous Italian meat sauce, simmer on the stove for hours, perfuming your whole house with its meaty aromas. Sigh! While this sauce is usually served with hearty pasta, you can also work it into baked potatoes, bell peppers, or nachos! I loved this easy Bolognese recipe so

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Strawberry Mango Smoothie – Budget Bytes

If you love smoothies as much as I do, then you’re going to love this Strawberry Mango Smoothie! It’s made with frozen fruit, Greek yogurt, and I purposely didn’t include any banana in this one. A little bit of honey and vanilla adds the perfect amount of sweetness and extra flavor. This delicious treat ends

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Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili

This Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili is the perfect example of why I love slow cookers so much. You literally just dump everything in the slow cooker, give it a quick stir, then turn it on and walk away. When you come back, you have a hearty slow-cooked white bean chicken chili that’s ready for

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Sugar Cookie Bars – Budget Bytes

When you can’t decide if you want a cookie or cake for your birthday (or, honestly, any day of the week), I have the solution for you; this Sugar Cookie Bars recipe is the budget-friendly best of both worlds! You get the soft, buttery flavor of a sugar cookie with the ease of baking it

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Cornbread Cake with Honey Buttercream

Fragrant vanilla cake, buttery cornbread, and sweet honey have joined forces to bring you your new favorite dessert of the spring and summer; this Cornbread Cake with Honey Buttercream Frosting! Let me tell you, it’s the dessert equivalent of Sunday porch sittin’ on a warm, sunny afternoon. It’s more moist than your typical cornbread but

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