Happy weekend, everyone! As you may have noticed, things look a little different around here! Budget Bytes has

Working on a weekly grocery budget can be tough because sometimes you get those mid-week cravings and there's

I'm in love with this Slow Cooker Italian Chicken and Peppers. I'm just going to lay it out there. It's every

This was actually going to be part of a separate recipe, until I realized just how versatile this Garlic Parme

I'm not a huge fan of corn tortillas by themselves, so when I have some leftover from a recipe, like from thi

Y'all know I love one pot pasta dishes, and I know a lot of you do too. They're quick, easy, and pack a lot of

Enchilada Casserole is such a classic. I've seen a million different interpretations of this dish over the yea

I finally got some apples at a decent price. Not a good price, but a manageable price anyway. Butternut squ

A few weeks ago, my friend Jenni sent me a link to this amazing looking Bean and Bacon Soup by Taste and Tell

It's kind of silly how excited I get when I come up with ways to use my leftover ingredients. This week when I

OMG. Y'all. Stop everything. This is important. I knew I loved cornbread, but I didn't know I could love it t

While I was planning my menu for this week, I took a peek into my freezer to see what might be hiding in ther

I really don't make muffins often because I kind of resent the fact that they parade around like a legit bre

I kind of wore myself out this past weekend with long days and lots of exciting activity. So when I finally ma

After a whole month of regimented eating (the September Challenge) I kind of wanted to let loose come October

Week four of the September Challenge is officially complete, but I'm going to wait until the last few days of

One of my favorite things in the world is Yellow Jasmine Rice. It's so flavorful and fragrant that I could eat

Dessert during the September Challenge? Heck yeah! Especially if it's leftover Caramelized Banana and Peanut B

Okay, this one is a bit of a splurge, especially considering my tight September Challenge budget, but after la

One of my favorite things that we ate for dinner when I was growing up was rice, black beans, salsa, and chee

After grabbing the groceries that I needed for this week's recipes, I had a few dollars to spare in my Septemb

I think I've hit the September Challenge jackpot with this one, folks. When I had my first bite of these Skill

One of the things I've learned about eating on a budget is that simple recipes win. The fewer ingredients you

Cornbread isn't really anything special, but its role in this month's September Challenge is important, so I w

I'm starting a difficult challenge tomorrow where, like last year's SNAP challenge, I'm going to attempt to ea

One of my favorite techniques for stretching my food budget is substituting half of the meat in my meals with

Hello! I just got back from an extremely restful, yet indulgent, beach vacation. The sea was beautiful, but th

I get a lot of recipe requests and ideas from readers and, although I can't try them all, I absolutely love he

I purchased three rather expensive ingredients this week: roasted red peppers, feta, and a large bag of fresh

Today I had this insane craving for cold and crunchy vegetables all wrapped up inside a fluffy pita, so I thre

Happy Monday! I hope you had a fantastic weekend. Because our heat indices were in the 110's this weekend, I

I'm a firm believer that side dishes should be kept simple. I like my main dish to be the star of the show, an

Welcome to another episode of "How can so few ingredients make such a delicious meal?!" Skillet meals, my frie

You know you're on to something good when you're cooking vegetables, but it smells like there's a pizza in the

My freezer is lookin' a little bare these days, so it's time to start making some stuff that I can freeze port

There's nothing that says "summer" like ooey-gooey s'mores cooked over an open campfire. But for city and apa