# BudgetBytes: Inexpensive, simple recipes
**URL:** https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/budgetbytes-inexpensive-simple-recipes/912
**Category:** Lounge
**Created:** [December 28, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/budgetbytes-inexpensive-simple-recipes/912 "2025-12-28T01:38:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/budgetbytes-inexpensive-simple-recipes/912/1 "2025-12-28T01:38:55Z")
It’s a website with a huge variety of recipes, meat, pasta, vegetarian, etc. You can find a lot of easy, one-pot or one-pan recipes. It’s easy to browse by category and pick your recipes and print them out. I made a dish that turned out to be expensive though. It was chicken salad, it took a whole rotisserie chicken which was $9 but you can get them on sale for $7 or $8. The chicken salad was good with grapes, red onion, celery and walnuts and it made a lot; I’ll be able to eat off it for at least 4 days. Check it out: [BudgetBytes.com](http://BudgetBytes.com).
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### Author:  [@Rainstorm](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Rainstorm)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/budgetbytes-inexpensive-simple-recipes/912/2 "2025-12-28T02:00:29Z")
If only my refrigerator was working
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### Author:  [@shutterbug](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/shutterbug)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/budgetbytes-inexpensive-simple-recipes/912/3 "2025-12-28T04:23:46Z")
I really like this site. Good source of clean eating recipes as well.
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### Author:  [@Lilyofthevalley](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Lilyofthevalley)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/budgetbytes-inexpensive-simple-recipes/912/4 "2025-12-28T13:20:17Z")
I had the same issue with that site - the meals cost way more than the site says. But it’s been a while since I last checked it out. I need to se if there are affordable recipes on there I can eat with my current diet
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### Author:  [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/budgetbytes-inexpensive-simple-recipes/912/5 "2025-12-29T01:38:59Z")
I thought I was saving money because they wrote what each ingredient cost but they don’t allow for that you often have to buy a whole container or package of the ingredient. So if you have the ingredient on hand already like milk, or eggs or a certain herb or spice it’s going to list the cost as a few cents which makes the recipe cheaper. It’s when, for example, you have to buy a whole $7 16 oz package of walnuts when the recipe calls for a 1/4 cup that’s listed as 45 cents that the costs piles up.
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### Author:  [@shutterbug](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/shutterbug)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/budgetbytes-inexpensive-simple-recipes/912/6 "2025-12-29T02:35:46Z")
> [@Lilyofthevalley](#):
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> the meals cost way more than the site says
I don’t think the site has caught up with updating costs. No one saw The Cheeto and his tariffs coming in the fashion they did.
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### Author:  [@Qwerty](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Qwerty)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/budgetbytes-inexpensive-simple-recipes/912/7 "2025-12-29T09:08:12Z")
I got a soup maker for Christmas. I’m doing a lot of home made soup this week. The vegetables won’t cost me anything cos I get a healthy start card where fruit and veg is free for me (17 a month on it)
I let it build up and now I have £87 on it. So all good.
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### Author:  [@SzSupportAdmin](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/SzSupportAdmin)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/budgetbytes-inexpensive-simple-recipes/912/8 "2026-01-04T20:30:03Z")