Just realized I hit 500 meals under $5 in my recipe book...

I was flipping through my old recipe notebook last night and counted up all the meals I've made for under $5 total. The number came to 487 but then I remembered a few more from this year and it pushed past 500. Most of them are just simple stuff like lentil soup or sheet pan veggies with rice. I'm curious how many budget meals do you think you've made in the last year?

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beth_hart681mo ago

You know, I always looked down on stuff like that. Thought it was just broke people trying to make themselves feel better about eating garbage. But then I got laid off last year and had to feed my kid on like 40 bucks a week. Started doing similar stuff. Rice and beans, roasted carrots with cumin, potato soup. Turns out it's not just about saving money. It's actually kind of freeing not having to think about fancy ingredients. I've easily made 200 meals under 5 bucks this year and most of them were better than what I used to order for delivery.