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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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    Healthy Budget Recipes

    • Italian ground beef and cabbage skillet. A frugal, healthy skillet meal.
      Italian ground beef and cabbage skillet
    • Ladle taking chicken noodle soup out of a red pot
      Chicken noodle soup
    • Sausage, potatoes, onions, and cabbage
      Sausage, potatoes, onions, and cabbage
    • ladle scooping broccoli cheddar soup from a red pot
      Broccoli Cheddar Soup
    • Chickpea and spinach curry with white rice on a white plate. Red pot with ladle scooping chickpea curry in background.
      Easy chickpea curry
    • ladle scooping black beans from a slow cooker
      Slow Cooker Black Beans Recipe
    • Black bean and corn enchiladas
    • Salmon patties
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    Meal Planning

    • Delicious homemade breakfast freezer meals—including muffins, burritos, and waffles for easy mornings.
      15 Delicious Make Ahead Breakfast Freezer Meals
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      Cheap Lunch Ideas for families on a budget
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      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
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      How to save money on groceries

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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
    • gluten free meal plan on a budget
      Gluten free meal plan on a budget
    • January low cost healthy meal plan
      January Low Cost Healthy Meal Plan
    • February budget meal plan
      February Low Cost Healthy Meal Plan

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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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    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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