Content tagged with “Budget meals”

30-minute chicken Caesar salad wrap on the grill
Does it ever occur to you to make Caesar salad at home? I never think of it until I’m at a restaurant and it...

Super-easy oven-barbecued chicken
Unpredictability may spice up a marriage, sure—but predictability can be comforting without being boring. For...

Easy DIY healthy chicken taco bowls
How many meals can you make with a corn tortilla? The outside-the-box cooks in the EatingWell Test Kitchen gave...

Being single never tasted so good: tips to make cooking for one delicious and easy
You know what the best part of cooking for one is? You don’t have to cater to anyone else’s dietary...

How to make simple Taiwanese three-cup chicken on the stovetop
I just have two questions about this chicken recipe: Why is it called “Three-Cup Chicken”? And can I please...

Crazy-healthy casserole: zucchini quinoa lasagna
Quinoa is all the rage these days—and once you’ve made a few quinoa recipes, it’s not hard to see why...

Quick microwaved stuffed baked potatoes for a cheap dinner
The scene: My kitchen. The time: Tonight, about 30 minutes before everyone melts down from starvation. The options:...

Quick, budget-friendly stovetop ziti (no chopping required!)
I used to do my own taxes, but in the last few years, with the complications of kids in and out of college and so on, I...

How to make chicken stock and chicken broth
One of the first recipes I learned in culinary school was how to make homemade chicken stock. Both stock and broth...

Better than the $1 menu: Superfoods that ring in for 99 cents or less
Every few months, it seems, there’s hype about the latest, hottest superfood—chia seeds and acai berries...

6-ingredient fast & skinny one-pot jambalaya
If you do a search for jambalaya recipes, you’re going to find more to choose from than you know what to do with...

Set it & forget it: slow-cooker stout & chicken stew
Whether you want a healthy comforting weeknight dinner or a delicious stew to enjoy on the weekend (say while you...

Budget-friendly and healthy quick pasta bolognese
So here we are in January—it’s cold outside and yet we’re trying not to crank the thermostat too high...

Fast, produce-packed lemon chicken stir-fry
With my new year’s resolution to eat healthy fresh in my mind, I’m focusing this week on getting more...

The ultimate satisfying weight-loss soup
I think it’s a happy coincidence that January is not only national soup month, but also the peak of people’...

30-minute skinny pork chop suey
We’re so busy at this time of year, between work and parties and shopping, that it’s awfully tempting to...

How to throw a holiday party for $25
I love hanging out with my friends, but I used to avoid throwing parties at my house mostly because I couldn’t...

30-minute steak dinner with blue cheese sauce for $3.50
Just in the last few months, two or three new artisanal steak restaurants have opened in town. I’m usually the...

30-minute stovetop chicken parmesan
In its classic form, chicken parm (short for Parmesan, but of course you knew that) is a dish you order at a family-...

Make-ahead dinner: healthier comfort-food sausage casserole
Quick. Easy. Tasty. There’s just something about casseroles. People love them: we’re all just looking for...

How to save $150 on Thanksgiving dinner
I want to host Thanksgiving, but I’m not made of money. So instead of heading straight to the poor house after...

Chicken potpie 3 new, healthy ways
Chicken potpie is the epitome of comfort food for me. I think fondly of the frozen chicken potpies I would eat as a kid...

5 secrets to speedy soup
Nothing beats a warm bowl of homemade soup on a cool fall day. But I’m a busy guy—I don’t have time...

5 fresh fall apple recipes you must try
We went apple picking on Saturday and got a little carried away. It was a day that captured the essence of Autumn in...