Budget-Friendly Recipes

Quick & Easy Garlic Noodles – Sweet, Savory, Addictive!

These sweet, salty, and downright addictive Garlic Noodles have been a staple in my kitchen for years—literally! This is one of my OG recipes, first published nearly 16 years ago, and to this day, it’s still one of my favorites. I mean, the reviews speak for themselves! With a short and simple ingredient list full

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Budget-Friendly Recipes

Easy Orange Chicken Recipe – Budget Bytes

OMG. This Easy Orange Chicken recipe is, without a doubt, STILL one of my all-time favorite take-out fake-out recipes I’ve ever shared on the blog! (I’m so happy I finally gave this recipe a try all the way back in 2017 😉 I’ve never looked back since!) The chicken pieces are tender, juicy, and lightly breaded,

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Budget-Friendly Recipes

Easy Homemade Sesame Chicken – Budgetbytes.com

This Easy Sesame Chicken recipe is so easy that you’ll be tempted to toss those take-out menus (seriously, I can’t remember the last time I ordered sesame chicken since I first posted this recipe nearly 12 years ago!!) The deliciously sweet and savory sauce takes only a few ingredients, all of which you can keep

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Budget-Friendly Recipes

Easy Vegetable Beef Soup – Budget Bytes

One of the first things I learned when I embarked on my budget-food journey is just how easy, filling, and inexpensive soup is. Homemade soups are a breeze to throw together and they’re always so much tastier than store-bought canned soup. This Vegetable Beef Soup is a great example. It’s chock-full of colorful veggies, filling

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Budget-Friendly Recipes

Easy Marinara Sauce – Budget Bytes

I know it’s super easy just to open up a jar of store-bought Marinara Sauce and pour it over your pasta, and sometimes that’s all the energy we have (no shame), but hear me out. This easy marinara sauce recipe is surprisingly simple, super inexpensive, and you get to control the ingredients (great for those

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Breakfast

Easy Homemade Biscuits Recipe – Love and Lemons

This biscuit recipe is easy to make with 6 simple ingredients. It yields the BEST homemade biscuits—they’re flaky, buttery, and delicious! Did you know that homemade biscuits are easy to make? Well, they are! If the thought of making flaky, buttery biscuits from scratch feels impossible or intimidating to you, I hope you’ll try this easy

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Budget-Friendly Recipes

Easy Homemade Meatballs Recipe with Video

I love meatballs and have several recipes for fun meatball recipe variations on the website already, but I wanted to have one good basic and easy homemade meatball recipe that could be used in several different meals. That way you can keep a batch of these tasty meatballs in your freezer and use them in

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Budget-Friendly Recipes

Easy Spaghetti Carbonara – Budget Bytes

I’m on a mission to prove to everyone just how easy Spaghetti Carbonara is to make. Even though I first published this recipe 14 years(!) ago, it’s still a favorite, and it’s never failed me yet. It’s the ultimate comfort food, with a bare-bones ingredients list that comes together in just 25 minutes. My budget-friendly

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Vegan

Easy Vegan Cornbread Recipe (yum!!) • It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken

This Vegan Cornbread Recipe is perfectly sweet, moist, and buttery. Made from scratch with 8 simple ingredients, it’s ideal for pairing with your favorite soups, stews, chili, or even as a base for stuffing at your next holiday feast. Just one bowl, mix, pour, and you’re ready to bake the BEST cornbread you’ve ever tasted

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Lunch

Sourdough Garlic Knots: Soft and Chewy + Easy to Make! – Simply Taralynn

These fluffy, buttery Sourdough Garlic Knots are packed with garlicky goodness and made with wholesome ingredients. An easy overnight recipe that’s perfect for pizza night or as a side dish! Serve warm with marinara for the ultimate treat. We are big fans of garlic knots in this house. When I was working in The Hamptons

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