Content tagged with “Budget meals”

6 Ways to Save $250 on Groceries This Month
A few months ago, my wife and I noticed an interesting phenomenon: Our grocery bill, which used to be so consistent,...

5 bad supermarket habits to break to lose weight and save money
Since I need to eat at least three times a day, the grocery store is one of those unavoidable parts of life. And like...

How your slow cooker can help you with your resolutions
Resolved: I will lose weight, save money and be healthier in 2012. Sound familiar? If you made even just one of these...

A complete christmas dinner for under $5 per person
My wife and I are just stunned by what happens to our bank account in December. Like an odometer in reverse, you can...

Thanksgiving for less than $5 per serving
I’d love to host my family’s Thanksgiving meal more often, but the one thing that gives me pause is the...

12 Ways to Eat Healthy for $1
Every few months, it seems, there’s hype about the latest, hottest superfood—chia seeds and acai berries...

Friday night is pizza night!
You might be thinking, "Yeah right. Pizza? On a diet?" But our homemade pizza recipes are wholesome and less calorie-...

Family dinners for $1 per person
Visiting my parents last weekend, I came to a realization: we’re a bunch of cheapskates. Really! Half of my...

Our cheapest, most delicious dinner recipes (would you believe $1 or less per serving?!)

What to buy and what to skip at Trader Joe’s

A romantic date-night dinner for less than $10

4 healthy food deals at Whole Foods—and what to skip

Cut your grocery bill with these 8 healthy ingredients for $1
My pantry at home is always well-stocked. (Actually most people would probably call it overstocked.) I don’t feel...

What’s Fresh: Fall’s 3 best vegetables to keep in your kitchen
I don’t know why it still shocks me when I read that we aren’t eating our vegetables. The Centers for...

How to save $2,997 a year on food without even noticing
When I started doing research for our latest book, EatingWell on a Budget, I was blown away by the stats I came across...

Soup simplified: 1 easy recipe, 4 delicious soups
I’m head over heels in love with soup. Once the weather turns cooler, I make a batch of soup (or more!) each week...

5 quick sides to pair with whatever’s for dinner
If you regularly read the EatingWell blogs, you may have gotten the impression that we all make complicated recipes...

How to love your leftovers
I heart leftovers. But I know not everyone does. Maybe it’s because many people think of leftovers as eating-the-...

4 fast food dinners to steer clear of (and what to order instead)
I guess because I’m a food editor at EatingWell, I shouldn’t be surprised that my friends were shocked when...

Dinner in 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes. No excuses.
There are about 97,634,347 things I’d rather do after work in the summer than make dinner. (Gardening, hiking,...

4 steak dinners for the price of 1
Steak dinners are a special treat in my house. In fact, my husband and I don’t usually buy steak to make at home...

Meal Deals: 5-ingredient dinners for $3 or less
I just don’t seem to have the attention span I once did. (Wait, what was I talking about?) There are so many...

Got guests? Quick, cheap dinners to keep your crowd happy
Does this ever happen to you? I’ve planned like crazy for a big 4th of July dinner for out-of-town guests who are...

3 hot things to put on your (leftover) buns
I hate to throw things away (please don’t look in my closet!), especially when it comes to food (you probably...

4 road-trip snacks that are healthier than gas station eats
Summer is just around the corner and that means that our weekends for the next few months are filling up with lots of...