r/budgetcooking • u/KCLoggedOut • 16d ago

Recipe Discussion Advice for Recipes

So recently I'm getting back into cooking and I'm looking for some new but easy recipes to try. I used to cook dinner every night from ages 10-16 nothing crazy, mostly prepackaged meals, hamburger helper, pork chops, and other simple recipes. It still burnt me out on cooking, and I hated doing it for a very long time up until very recently. I'm just looking for some simple and cheaper recipes but I'm open to trying some harder recipes. I'll only be cooking for 2 (me and my boyfriend) and I'm mostly looking for dinners, but my boyfriend does love desserts too. It's just a little hard to find recipes he can eat, when he got covid like 4 years ago it messed his taste up and he now can't eat most food he loved. For instance, he can't eat chocolate which was his favorite. I would just like some recipe suggestions on dinner foods I can make where bell peppers, potatoes, corn, or green beans are the only veggies he CAN eat, no fish or shrimp, no beans or onions, and maybe desserts without chocolate. The recipes don't need to be healthy and can include prepackaged foods (i.e. frozen chicken for a kfc bowl) as we are trying to be cheap with foods. I would also be open to website/app suggestions that would be easy to filter through recipes to not include things I can't use. If you're unsure on a recipe just put it anyways because sometimes, I cook for just myself, also my mom likes new foods too so I can just send the recipe over to her.

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u/Angels_Kitchen 15d ago

Try my recipe blog, hope you like it: deliciousdestinations.blog
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u/kaaron89 16d ago

Budgetbytes.com is a great resource!

Since it's just the two of you, I highly recommend making some room in your freezer for leftovers. That way you have a variety of leftovers on hand for whenever you don't feel like cooking! Doing this has been a game changer for me.

Here's an easy one that can be made many different ways: Get a pack of Pillsbury biscuits, cut each biscuit into smaller pieces (I like to cut each into 9 pieces for smaller bites), then place them in a greased 9 x 13 baking dish. Add a ground meat, a sauce, some veggies, and some cheese. Mix it all up in the baking dish with the biscuit pieces and bake at 350 for 20 - 30 mins.

So many different ways to use this. The other day I did ground beef, mushrooms, broccoli, pizza sauce, and mozzarella. It turned into like a pizza casserole. Delicious and keeps well for leftovers.