If You Want Delicious, Healthy, Affordable Recipes, This One’s For You

Budget Bytes is a blog created by Beth Moncel that features delicious recipes designed for small budgets.

“As a food lover and a number cruncher I’ve decided that cooking on a budget shouldn’t mean canned beans and ramen noodles night after night,” she shared on her site.

Moncel started the site in 2009 when she was working on a low wage job and trying hard to make ends meet. “I had already cut all discretionary spending from my budget, so the only place left to cut was food. Frustrated and unwilling to eat ramen noodles every day, I started tracking every penny that I spent on food to see if there were any small corners that could be cut. And that’s when everything changed.”

The simple tracking of her food costs enables her to see where her money was being wasted and where she was getting the most value. She began planning her meals and grocery lists, experimenting with new recipes, discovering new foods, and finding new ways to keep her full while spending less. That’s when Budget Bytes was created.

Since then, her blog has been growing for the past ten years, helping many people who are dealing with money issues. Check out the latest updates below.