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Frugal Foods & Recipes

Frugal recipes can be good to your budget and your waistline. Explore our library of simple, healthy meals that cook up fast.
  1. Breads & Baked Goods (30)
  2. Main Courses (58)
  3. Side Dishes (9)
  4. Snacks and Desserts (30)
  5. Drinks (31)
  6. Condiments and Spices (33)
  7. Mixes (15)
  8. Canning Recipes
  9. Make Your Own Ingredients (81)
  10. Foraging Recipes
  11. Recipes by Ingredient (75)

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Recipes to Warm You Up

Recipes to keep you warm, without cranking up the heat.

Huckleberry Pancakes

Have access to a huckleberry bush? Then, you have to make huckleberry pancakes.

Biscuit Popovers

Biscuit popovers are the perfect alternative to pricey party foods. Make up a batch for your next gathering.

Make Your Own Yogurt without a Yogurt Maker

Instructions for making yogurt in a thermos, an oven, on a heating pad, on a wood stove or in a crockpot.

Three-Ingredients Crockpot Recipes

Slow cook your way to a cheap three-ingredient meal.

Homemade Baby Food Recipes

Loads of nutritious and frugal baby food recipes.

Three Ingredient Recipes

Keep your grocery list small with this list of dishes that cook up with three ingredients or less.

Make Your Own Yogurt

A video tutorial on yogurt making.

Frugal Camping Recipes

Six Frugal and oh-so-tasty camp recipes.

Recipes to Cool You Off

A collection of recipes for cold sandwiches, soups and desserts.

Make Your Own Rice Cereal for Baby

It only takes two ingredients and a little bit of time to make homemade rice cereal.

No-Cook Recipes

In the summertime, cooking adds to the heat in the house. Keep your cooling bill down with this collection of no-cook recipes.

Make Your Own Instant Oatmeal

Learn how to make your own instant oatmeal, and cut an item from your grocery list.

Easy Bake Oven Recipes

A collection of homemade Easy Bake oven recipes from budget101.com

Easy Egg Rolls

Forget about frozen egg rolls. This egg roll recipe submitted by Stephanie is far cheaper (and tastier too).

Depression Era Recipes

Recipes from the Great Depression, along with stories about the people who created them.

How to Make Greek Yogurt

In love with Greek yogurt, but not in love with the price? Here's how to make your own for a lot less coin.

Can You Eat Squash Seeds?

You can eat pumpkin seeds, but what about other squash seeds? Are they edible too? Get the answer.

Video: How to Make Peanut Butter

Discover how easy it is to make peanut butter at home.

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