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15 Budget-Friendly Meals You'll Actually Make Week After Week

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Budget-Friendly Meals

15 Budget-Friendly Meals You'll Actually Make Week After Week

17 May, 2018 by Erin Cullum

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Two things that don't always work well together: cooking for yourself and being on a budget. But as 20-somethings who try to cook at home as much as possible, our editors have learned a few tricks of the trade. We've curated our budget- and cravings-approved recipes that we actually look forward to making and that earn a place at our table on a regular basis. From filling breakfasts to our favorite pasta and chicken dishes, these are the meals we — and you will — come back to again and again.

— Additional reporting by Anna Monette Roberts

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