6 Easy Budget-Friendly Cookbooks
How many times have you paid over $10 for a bland salad? Or attempted to cook, but ended up with burnt chicken and soggy broccoli? We get it. We’ve been there.
What if we told you that making delicious, nutritious, wallet-friendly meals isn't such a journey to attain after all?
Many of our staff at Performance Plus cook almost every meal at home, from scratch, without breaking the bank. How do we do it? We created a list of our favorite cookbooks for easy, budget-friendly, and deliciously-healthy recipes!
Where Cooking Begins: Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook: A Cookbook
The indispensable recipes and streamlined cooking techniques in Where Cooking Begins is an open invitation to dive into Carla Lalli Music's laid-back cooking style. The food director at Bon Appétit, her intuitive recipes are inspired by the meals she makes at home for her family and friends and the joy she takes in feeding them. Here, too, is her guide to the six essential cooking methods that will show you how to make everything without over-complicating anything—and every recipe includes suggestions for swaps and substitutions, so you'll never feel stuck or stymied.
Half Baked Harvest Super Simple: More Than 125 Recipes for Instant, Overnight, Meal-Prepped, and Easy Comfort Foods: A Cookbook
Half Baked Harvest Super Simple takes you into quicker, more manageable dishes, including options for one-pot meals, night-before meal prep, and even some Instant Pot® or slow cooker recipes. Using the most important cooking basics, you'll whip up everyday dishes like Cardamom Apple Fritters, Spinach and Artichoke Mac and Cheese, and Lobster Tacos to share with your family. Plus plan stress-free dinner parties with options like Slow Roasted Moroccan Salmon and Fresh Corn and Zucchini Summer Lasagna.
Good Cheap Eats: Everyday Dinners and Fantastic Feasts for $10 or Less
In over 200 recipes, Jessica offers a delicious alternative to fast food, takeout pizza, or over-processed foods from the supermarket with nourishing, from-scratch meals that don't break the bank or take hours to cook. Those recipes are organized into 70 multi-course dinners - main dishes, sides, and add-ons such as soup, bread, or dessert.
Modern Lunch: +100 Recipes for Assembling the New Midday Meal
Modern Lunch is the new lunchtime hero for time-strapped, budget-conscious, and salad-fatigued people everywhere. Focusing on healthy, quick--and, yes, Instagrammable--recipes with minimal effort, Allison takes readers on a feasting journey inspired by fresh flavors and ingredients, and her travels.
100 Days of Real Food: How We Did It, What We Learned, and 100 Easy, Wholesome Recipes Your Family Will Love
The creator of the 100 Days of Real Food blog draws from her hugely popular website to offer simple, affordable, family-friendly recipes and practical advice for eliminating processed foods from your family's diet.
Illustrated with 125 photographs and filled with step-by-step instructions, this hands-on cookbook and guide include:
• Advice for navigating the grocery store and making smart purchases
• Tips for reading ingredient labels
• 100 quick and easy recipes for such favorites as Homemade Chicken Nuggets, Whole Wheat Pasta with Kale Pesto Cream Sauce, and Cinnamon Glazed Popcorn
• Meal plans and suggestions for kid-pleasing school lunches, parties, and snacks
• "Real Food" anecdotes from the Leakes' own experiences
• A 10-day mini starter-program, and much more.
Every Day is Saturday: Recipes + Strategies for Easy Cooking, Every Day of the Week
100+ delicious easy to follow recipes and strategies to make weeknight cooking a breeze: From beloved cookbook author and recipe developer Sarah Copeland, Every Day Is Saturday brims with inspiration. With more than 100 beautiful recipes that make weeknight cooking simple, gorgeous food and lifestyle photography, and easy to follow tips for cooking delicious, healthful, sustaining food. This motivating cookbook teaches how to have the Saturday mentality of taking pleasure in preparing food for your family on any occasion, whatever the day of the week.
• Recipes cover every course, from breakfast to dessert, including dishes perfect for the life occasions of a busy family: potlucks, picnics, lazy Sundays, and casual dinners with friends.
• A delightful and inspiring resource in a bright and beautiful jacketed package.
• Sarah Copeland is a wife, mother, award-nominated cookbook author, regularly featured in the New York Times. Food Network veteran and former food director of Real Simple, who believes that good food is a hallmark of a happy life.
