Cook with Dry Beans: Simple White Bean Chili
Reading Time: 5 min Learn to cook dry beans! White Bean Chili is comforting, inexpensive, simple, and full of real food. Instructions for Instant Pot, Slow Cooker, and Stovetop included.
Gluten-Free Recipes
Here are our gluten-free recipes that are budget-friendly and made with real food.
Easy Real Food Apple Crisp
Reading Time: 5 min Simple, nourishing apple crisp that is healthy enough for breakfast! Made with fresh apples, whole grains, healthy fats, and just a touch of sweetener. No weird ingredients, with gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan variations!
Githeri (Kenyan Corn & Beans) Recipe
Reading Time: 4 min This East African inspired dinner is frugal, easy to prepare, and loaded with real food. It’s also vegan, vegetarian, freezer-friendly, dairy-free, and gluten-free.
Our Favorite Budget-Friendly Salad
Reading Time: 5 min Our go-to salad is a combination of the vegetables we love best and the ones that cost the least amount of money. Get our budget-friendly salad formula below!
Easy Budget-Friendly Trail Mix
Reading Time: 6 min This budget-friendly trail mix is simple to make, easy to store, made with mostly real food, and it keeps well so you can make it ahead of time!
Budget Burrito Bowls Recipe
Reading Time: 6 min Need an easy, budget-friendly, real food dinner? Burrito bowls are an allergy-friendly, plant-based pantry meal that even help you reduce food waste (who doesn’t love taco leftovers?!).
Cajun Sausage, Beans & Rice
Reading Time: 3 min This fast, easy dinner costs around $4 and feeds 4-6 people. It’s flavorful, filling, a little spicy, and you probably have most of the ingredients in your cupboards!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Dessert Hummus
Reading Time: 4 min High in protein, fiber, and flavor, dessert hummus features whole, simple ingredients and real food. It’s gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, vegan, naturally-sweetened, and sun butter makes it nut-free. Oh, and it takes about 5 minutes to toss into the food processor and blend.