Recipes Archives

May 7, 2013 by: Bargain Babe

10 Tasty Dinner Recipes For $2 or Less

Cooking meals at home can be easy, fast and delicious. I’ve been focusing on the cost of my meals as part of a challenge to eat on $1.50 per day. There’s no need to eat off the dollar menu to save money on food. Check out Julia’s 17 easy 15-minute dinners if you don’t have lots of time to cook. I’m sharing 10 tasty meals

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April 16, 2013 by: Bargain Babe

Yogurt-Marinated Chicken Gyro Recipe

I’m a sucker for Greek food — all types of food really! Gyros are one of my favorites. What’s not to love about a warm pita filled with meat? I’d go broke if I headed out to lunch every time I was craving a gyro, so when I stumbled on a gyro recipe from The Kitchn I had to give it a try. Even my

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March 25, 2013 by: Bargain Babe

17 Easy 15-Minute Dinners

I have perfected the art of the 15-minute dinner, something I never thought possible in my pre-baby days. Long ago, when a friend mentioned her mother cooked, served, and cleaned up dinner all in one hour or less, I was flabbergasted. Before Lucy was born, getting dinner on the table in 45 felt rushed. Now I’ve beat her mom’s timing in the kitchen several times

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March 6, 2013 by: Bargain Babe

Stop Wasting Food! Recipes For Food Scraps to Cut Your Grocery Bill

Do you toss out broccoli stalks, onion skins, and potato peels? You’re wasting money! A new book says we throw away $25 of every $100 we spend on groceries. Ouch! Now you can turn your trash into edible treasure with “From Garbage to Gourmet,” by blogger Carrie Issac (who you may remember makes the awesome Grocery University). Today and tomorrow only, “From Garbage to

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December 18, 2012 by: Bargain Babe