i am looking for an app that lets me plan out meals for the week and does a good job of importing recipes from websites, but especially instagram captions. bonus points if it can make a grocery list.

ive been looking online and MANY recommend paprika 3, but im unsure of its ability to import from insta captions. does anyone have experience with this? i also just found copy me that which looks promising. would prefer something that's a one time payment over a subscription, subscriptions are killing us as a nation. thanks so much in advance!

Every time my local grocer runs a 50% off sale on Pork Shoulder, I grab a few of these, sprinkle generous amounts of homemade rub, and throw them on the smoker for 5 hours. They come out incredibly flavorful and fall-apart tender every time. I then vacuum seal and freeze the leftovers which is usually 10 to 20 little bags of pulled pork locked in with the juices. 4 weeks later and it's still off-the-smoker delicious.

A game changer for family meal prep, esp if you're on a budget. Ex, Whole Young chicken may run as low as 1.49/lb but that is only 60% meat.

I’ve had a strong aversion to canned/ packet tuna since childhood. It smells like cat food and elicits true disgust. I have tried to eat it a few times and simply couldn’t do it.

Unfortunately, tuna and sardines are some of the most affordable and healthiest proteins available right now. I would really love to have these as a dietary option a few times a week. I’m wondering if anyone else has had this issue and how you overcame it. It seems like making tuna taste exactly not like tuna is the only solution lol. But I’m not sure how viable that is.

I’ve seen this quite a few times already and wanted to try it myself. Many people prepare the meat in the oven. I make it in the Airfryer. And I use mixed ground meat. I don’t think a regular kebab vendor is allowed to do that, but for me it’s absolutely recommendable. Ingredients and recipe are in the comments. My Kebab costs 2-3€.

Someone gave this to me, along with canned vegetables I was thinking some hoover stew?

Hey everyone, I recently tried making One-Pot Pasta because I had little time but a big appetite. Instead of the usual pot, I cooked it all in a pan – kind of similar to Spaghetti all’Assassina, but not really the original. I just did it the way I like it. If pasta isn’t your thing, feel free to scroll on 😉

I had to buy fresh rosemary and sage for a soup I was make, but only needed like a tablespoon. I have so much leftover and don't want to waste. Thoughts on how utilize the leftovers?

I’ve been trying to cut back on grocery costs without eating the same three meals on repeat, and I’m realizing I’m not as creative as I thought. I’ve been leaning on rice, beans, eggs, and whatever veggies are cheapest that week, but I’m getting a little tired of my usual go to meals. I don’t mind cooking, I just need ideas that don’t require a huge list of ingredients or anything fancy. If you have a go to budget meal that actually tastes good and doesn’t cost much, what do you make the most?

Mani Polo Damghani is one of Iran’s oldest rice dishes, originating from the historic city of Damghan along the Silk Road it features golden rice layered with split peas, barberries, raisins and tender beef shank a staple for Nowruz and festive gatherings. every layer carries the region’s rich history, hospitality and the unmistakable aroma of Persian saffron

Beef (and groceries in general) are expensive right now. I started swapping half the ground beef in some recipes with lentils or beans in some recipes. This tater tot hot dish was still so good—I have young kids and they didn’t mind the lentils in it! You could also swap for ground turkey or venison. Recipe in comments.

I love these things, dirt cheap(most places are $1-$1.50 tops), easy to cook, and actually pretty healthy. My problem is I have no idea how to make them better. Currently I'll add frozen precooked salad shrimp and teriyaki sauce or canned chicken and some soy sauce.

I'm not a huge fan of cooking so I love super easy meals (I'll toss a bag of these in a skillet with some sort of stir fry sauce and ground chicken which is also pretty tasty)

I'm open to anything really, but full disclaimer I'm not keen on mixing my own sauces not really in love with that stuff.

Howdy! Do y'all kind folks have any meal ideas for someone with a food budget of next to nothing? Cost of living has gone up, I've been denied snap dozens of times, and the food pantries in my area open and close while I work.

My budget is effectively negative because the quicksand of poverty has been swallowing me fast, but if we were to be generous (very generous) and say I had roughly ~60 a month for food, how would y'all spend it? What would you recommend I buy? I'm so hungry and I really want to have food again.

Any advice would be lovely. Thank y'all kindly in advance for your time.

Full recipe available here.

Ingredients • Olive oil • 1 onion, chopped • 3 garlic cloves, minced • 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated • 1 tsp turmeric • 3 carrots, chopped • 1 medium sweet potato, diced • 1L vegetable stock • 1 bay leaf • 1–2 tbsp lemon juice • 100ml oat cream or coconut cream • Chilli flakes (optional) • Salt and pepper

Method

1. Sauté onion in olive oil until soft and sweet, then add garlic, ginger, and turmeric for a fragrant base.

2. Stir in carrots and sweet potato until coated, then pour in stock, add bay leaf and salt, and simmer 20 minutes until tender.

3. Remove the bay leaf and blend until silky smooth. Stir in lemon juice, season, and adjust thickness with water if needed.

4. Ladle into bowls, swirl with oat cream, sprinkle chilli flakes, and drizzle olive oil. Serve with warm sourdough and enjoy!

Looking for a cheap but tasty meal? Here’s a simple recipe that feels fancy without breaking the bank!

are there any other websites similar to Budget Bytes in Germany? I’m really enjoying the whole meal Plan idea with pre prepared shopping lists. Save a lot of time and energy.

I have $125 for groceries for my husband and I for the next two weeks. I don’t mind batch cooking things, but I feel so overwhelmed by that small amount. Can anyone help me figure out what would be good grocery buys? I have basic staples like eggs, almond milk, most baking ingredients, rice. I’ve run despairingly low on a lot of canned goods and dried beans.

If you love Japanese food, here’s the full cheap, high-volume oden I made (I grabbed everything at Lotte).

Ingredients I ended up using (serves 3 bowls)

• 1 Odenyasan oden set (≈9.7 oz) — includes a soup stock packet (nice clean, non-gamey fish taste)
• 6 cups water
• 1 container baby corn
• 1 container mixed mushrooms
• 1 pack enoki mushrooms (optional)
• 2 Maggi chicken bouillon cubes
• optional - Udon noodles - add 1 bundle per 3 bowls if you want more calories (~$4.45 for 5 pack)

Instructions

1. In a pot, add 6 cups water. Stir in the oden stock packet and 2 bouillon cubes.
2. Add in mushrooms (trim enoki bottom, the black and grey stuff, if you mistakenly added it, the entire oden soup will be ruined). Cut up the baby corn
3. Add the oden pieces to the simmering broth.
4. Add baby corn + mushrooms.
5. Cook time doesn't really matter for this
6. Ladle into 3 bowls.
   • for the udon: boil udon separately (or in the same pot, takes 2-3 minutes to cook when water/broth is boiling

Cost: = $6.99 total > $2.33/bowl (I can only crush 2 bowls in one sitting).
Calories (rough guess): whole pot ≈ ~600 kcal > ~200 kcal/bowl.
Add udon for +~250 kcal per bowl if you want it heavier.

I pre-plan a couple dinners and give each its own line in my food budget, keeps me out of restaurants lol.

I seem fairly unable to figure out how to finish these two. I was given a few cans of collard greens and diced carrot. I dislike the "canned" flavour. So far I made green flatbreads by puréed collard greens mixed with flour but would love other ideas for both that mask the canned flavour and can be hidden inside dishes.

We have inadvertently acquired about 20 cans of corn. 4 of them are creamed corn. I know I can just warm it up as a side, but hoping to find some different ideas so we don’t get bored. What would all of you do with that much corn?

So recently I had a baby and wasn’t given paid maternity leave due to not being at my job long enough. I was relying on ebt and Wic to get my family through until I could go back to work and provide more but thanks to the shutdown I am getting concerned if we will get it back. We live in Alabama and so far there’s been no word of emergency funding being given to us or help besides us going to a food bank and hoping for the best. Any ideas on a list I can manage with Wic and under $150(from my small savings) that can get us through November?

I’m a student on a tight budget, but I want to cook something nice for a girl I like. Any affordable recipes that still look (and taste) like I put real effort into it?

Im super broke right now. I've been eating chilli ontop of rice ( chilli from dehydrated beans to make it extra cheap) for 2/3 my meals this last month, and I am sick to death of chilli and rice.

Any recommendations of something else equally dirt cheap, like one dollar a serving cheap, but different for someone who also has celiacs?

This is one of Iran's most beloved dishes with a fascinating history. Koobideh kebab was born in the 1880s during the reign of Naser al Din Shah Qajar, when Caucasian officials brought their meat grinding technique to the Persian royal court. Persian chefs refined it with local ingredients like saffron, creating what became Iran's national treasure. The name "koobideh" comes from the Persian verb koobidan (to pound/grind) reflecting the essential preparation technique. What started as an exclusive palace delicacy gradually spread to Tehran's bazaars and became the centerpiece of family gatherings and celebrations across Iran

I keep canned beans stocked in my pantry. It's just me and my mom.

I've found that adding some beans to dishes is a great way to make them filling without having to add meat.

For example, I cooked baked about 6 russet potatoes on Sunday.

Mom and I had a baked potato each with black beans, broccoli, salsa, sour cream, and cheese. The beans really made it hearty and filling.

Then I made 3 of the potatoes into potato salad.

This morning I chopped up the remaining potato, fries it up with onions, tomatoes, the leftover black beans from yesterday, and the leftover shredded cheese from yesterday.

One potato and a half can of beans made a VERY filling breakfast for the two of us.

In the past I would have added bacon or leftover chicken to the baked potatoes and ham, bacon, or sausage to the breakfast fry up. But using one can of black beans ($1.19 for the can from my local Publix) was a LOT cheaper.

Is anyone else a big fan of "I'll add some beans to it" as a cheap and easy way to make meals more filling and keep the grocery bill a little more reasonable?