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    Eat Healthy on a Budget

    We teach families how to cook from scratch and feed their loved ones well on any budget. I share healthy budget recipes, cheap healthy meal plans, cooking tutorials, and money saving strategies.


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    Budget Summer Recipes

    • Summertime goulash
      Summertime Goulash
    • Zucchini boats. A healthy seasonal summer meal.
      Zucchini boats
    • Sausage and vegetable kabobs on the grill
      Grilled smoked sausage kabobs
    • chicken fajitas with all of the toppings
      Fast and frugal chicken fajitas
    • stuffed peppers in a dish
      Stuffed Peppers
    • Greek quinoa salad
      Greek Quinoa Salad
    • Best simple grilled chicken thighs. Quick, easy, and delicious.
      Best simple grilled chicken thighs
    • Garden frittata
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    Recent Posts

    • Meal planning tips for busy moms
      Meal planning for busy moms: 9 tips
    • Close up of an gyro burger in a pita.
      Easy Gyro Burger Recipe
    • Chef's knife slicing garlic on a cutting board
      How to slice garlic: simple cooking tutorial
    • How to tell if a pork chop is done
      Perfect Pork: How to tell when a pork chop is done

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    Wife, mom, avid home cook, and frugal living expert on a mission to teach families how to feed their families well even when money and time are tight.

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    Back to Fall Routines

    • Delicious homemade breakfast freezer meals—including muffins, burritos, and waffles for easy mornings.
      15 Delicious Make Ahead Breakfast Freezer Meals
    • collage of cheap lunch ideas
      Cheap Lunch Ideas for families on a budget
    • Simplify meal planning with a master list
      Simplify with a master meal planning list
    • Frugal meals for the family on a budget
      21 Frugal Meals for the family on a budget

    Slow Cooker Favorites

    • slow cooker pork roast on a green plate
      Slow cooker pork roast
    • Southern crockpot pinto beans
      Crockpot pinto beans
    • Slow cooker red beans and rice. A yummy Cajun meal made easy in the slow cooker.
      Slow cooker red beans and rice
    • Slow cooker salsa chicken
      Slow cooker salsa chicken
    • Italian beef hoagie sandwich topped with peppers on a white plate. Salad in the background.
      Slow cooker Italian beef: Video tutorial
    • Slow cooker beef stroganoff
      Slow cooker beef stroganoff
    • shredded bbq chicken thighs in a slow cooker
      Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Thighs
    • ladle scooping black beans from a slow cooker
      Slow Cooker Black Beans Recipe

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    Money Saving Tips

    Proven strategies to help you save money on food.

    • healthy food at aldi graphic on top of produce, olive oil, bread, frozen salmon, and frozen strawberries
      Healthy Food at Aldi (Printable Shopping List)
    • Frugal meal planning
      Frugal meal planning : Free downloads included
    • Cheap grocery list
      Cheap Grocery List: 47 Foods to Buy on a Budget
    • how to save money on groceries text
      How to save money on groceries

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    Cooking Basics Tutorials

    • Browned ground beef in a large stainless steel skillet
      How to Cook Ground Beef Like a Pro
    • Homemade biscuits on a baking sheet
      Easy Homemade Biscuit Recipe (Without Buttermilk)
    • cubed potatoes on a cutting board next to a knife and white striped towel
      How to cut potatoes into cubes
    • roasted frozen mixed vegetables and beets
      How to Roast Frozen Vegetables

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    Budget Meal Plans

    Try one of my meal plans to get started saving money today.

    • Cheap meal plan for two
      Cheap meal plan for two people
    • June low cost healthy meal plan
      June Low Cost Healthy Meal Plan
    • July low cost healthy meal plan
      July Low Cost Healthy Meal Plan
    • September low cost healthy meal plan
      September Low Cost Healthy Meal Plan

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    Hi, I'm Tara! Mom, wife, and frugal living expert. I believe you can feed your family well even when money and time are tight. Let me show you how.

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    • Southern crockpot pinto beans
      Crockpot pinto beans
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      Easy Homemade Biscuit Recipe (Without Buttermilk)
    • baked potato topped with butter on a white plate
      16 Delicious Ways to Use Leftover Baked Potatoes

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