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Budget Cooking Boot Camp
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items We're going to learn how to cook on a budget during this difficult time of rising grocery prices, inflation, tariffs, and layoffs.
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Food Pantry Resources
YouTube Budget Cooking Videos
Budget Cooking Blogs
Budget Cooking on TikTok
Budget Cooking on Instagram
Food Pantry Resources
Find out how to locate and utilize food pantries, little free pantries, and other sources of supplemental foods.
Here's the headquarters of the mini pantry movement. They coordinate the placement of little free pantries in neighborhoods. Their motto is "Take what you need, give what you can."
Little Free Pantry.Org
This 90 year old grandmother spent years making helpful videos on how to cook budget meals from the Depression era.
Great Depression Cooking with Clara
Here is a webpage about Free Little Pantries with FAQs, guides to building a pantry, guidelines for being a pantry host, and a few features on Seattle area hosts. Sadly, the “Find a pantry” section of the website is broken.
The Little Free Pantries
Use this website, FoodFinder, to find food pantries near you.
Food Pantries of America - Welcome to FoodFinder!
YouTube Budget Cooking Videos
Allrecipes shares budget cooking recipes from the Depression era that we will enjoy eating today.
10 Depression-Era Recipes That Still Taste Amazing Today | Allrecipes
See Mindy Mom walks us through some super cheap meals we can cook right now.
2025 Budget Cooking: Cheap Meals You Can Make Right Now!
Simply Mama Cooks helps us figure out what to cook when the rent is due and we have to stretch our food dollars.
RENT IS DUE and you have to eat on a budget | Meals that stretch a dollar
Emmymade teaches us how to make Hoover Stew, a Great Depression era recipe. She titled this video "Feed a Crowd for $5" but note that this video is five years old and our food prices have gone up slightly since then.
Feed A Crowd for $5 - Great Depression Hoover Stew | Hard Times Recipe
Learn how to make family dinners for under $10 or a $20 Dollar Tree Christmas dinner that feeds 6 people. This YouTube channel is really valuable if you have a Dollar Tree type store near you.
Dollar Tree Dinners on YouTube
Budget Cooking Blogs
This budget cooking blog is chock full of recipes including classic comfort foods and some fun and colorful desserts.
Mama's On a Budget: Budget Friendly Recipes The Entire Family Will Enjoy
Ok, this isn't a blog, but the /r/PovertyKitchen subreddit is an incredibly helpful resource for people needing tips and recipes to stretch their food. There are tons of tips on what to do with the things you already have in your pantry, and ideas fo...
r/povertykitchen on Reddit
This blog offers budget recipes, meal plans, and a current Fall Recipes section with things like pumpkin rolls, ratatouille, and apple pie, all made on a budget.
Budget Bytes
The official Facebook page for the Dollar Tree Dinners content creator shares tips on making meal-in-a-bag meals, using canned foods, and making meals from Dollar Tree's inexpensive foods.
Dollar Tree Dinners on Facebook
Budget Cooking on TikTok
Over 3 million people follow Dollar Tree Dinners on TikTok to learn how to make budget meals.
Dollar Tree Dinners on TikTok
Budget Cooking on Instagram
Rebecca from Dollar Tree Dinners teaches us recipes made from inexpensive foods bought at Dollar Tree.
Dollar Tree Dinners (@dtdinners)
Kiki teaches a Recession Cooking series of Reels on Instagram. For example, how to make Hot Pockets, pasta pumpkins, and black bean meatballs.
Kiki Rough (@kikirough)