$5 Dinners
Budget meal site with low-cost recipes, meal plans and cooking lessons for families trying to spend little on dinner. Low-cost family dinners, meal plans and lessons for cooks feeding a household on a limited budget.
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Food & Cooking
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Don't Waste the Crumbs
Recipe blog with budget-friendly, family-oriented meals and ideas for reducing food waste. Family meals with an eye on cost and leftovers, useful for households that want to waste less.
ReportCheap Cooking
Budget recipe site with meal planning ideas and money-saving tips for people who cook at home. Budget recipes and meal planning ideas that help keep grocery bills down.
ReportPlant Based on a Budget
Vegan recipe site focused on affordable plant-based cooking, with easy meals built from inexpensive ingredients. Affordable vegan meals built from low-cost staples such as beans, rice and vegetables.
ReportThrifty Lesley
UK budget cooking blog with cheap, healthy meals for families, with an emphasis on stretching a small food budget. Cheap and healthy meals from a UK blogger, written for households watching every pound.
ReportA Mind 'Full' Mom - Real Food. Real Families. Real Budget
Family recipe blog with real-food meals and everyday dinners for households on a budget. Everyday family dinners with a real-food approach and a focus on cost.
ReportThe Family Freezer
Freezer meal blog with recipes and guides for cooking ahead and freezing family dinners. Freezer-friendly recipes and make-ahead guides that help families save time and money on dinners.
ReportOnce A Month Meals
Freezer meal planning site with slow cooker and Instant Pot recipes that can be assembled in batches and frozen. Batch-cooking plans for freezer meals, which help families cook ahead and reduce takeout spending.
ReportFrugal Nutrition
Recipe site focused on healthy, affordable meals, with budget-conscious cooking for families. Healthy recipes kept affordable, for households that want balanced meals at low cost.
ReportCheap Recipe Blog
Recipe blog collecting budget-friendly meal ideas for families, with recipes designed to cost little per serving. A large set of low-cost recipes for families, written to keep each meal affordable.
ReportFrugal Family Home
Food section of Frugal Family Home, a blog about household budgeting that includes budget recipes and meal ideas. Budget meal ideas from a frugal-living blog, useful for readers who want food and household savings in one place.
ReportFrugal Foodie Mama
Blog with budget-friendly, family-oriented recipes, money-saving tips and family travel ideas. Budget recipes for families, with savings tips alongside the cooking.
ReportTiny Budget Cooking
Cooking blog about preparing meals on a very small budget, with practical recipes and tips. Recipes and tips for cooking on a very small budget.
ReportRecipes from a Normal Mum
UK family recipe blog from a mother cooking on an ordinary budget, with meals for the whole household. Family meals from a UK home cook who keeps costs ordinary and recipes accessible.
ReportUtterly Scrummy Food For Families
UK-style family food blog with recipes for everyday meals and treats aimed at parents cooking for children. Family-friendly recipes aimed at parents cooking for children.
ReportThe Cocktail Snob
Cocktail blog with recipes for classic and modern drinks, written by a home enthusiast. Cocktail recipes from a home enthusiast, useful for people building drinks at home.
ReportDifford's Guide
Cocktail, spirits and liqueur guide with a large recipe database, ingredient guides and bar information. A large cocktail recipe database with ingredient guides, useful as a reference when making drinks.
ReportCocktail Wonk
Cocktail and spirits blog with in-depth writing on drinks, history and bar culture. In-depth writing on cocktails and spirits for readers who want history and context behind drinks.
ReportThe Cocktail Lovers Magazine
London cocktail magazine covering cocktail bars, classic and modern drinks and the people behind them. London cocktail bar coverage that helps readers find places to drink and learn about the trade.
ReportCocktails & Bars
Cocktail blog covering recipes, cocktail projects and bar industry news for bartenders and home bartenders. Cocktail recipes and bar industry news for both professionals and home bartenders.
ReportCocktail Virgin Slut
Cocktail blog by Frederic Yarm covering recipes and drinks from bartenders, bars and cocktail books. Drink recipes from bartenders and cocktail books, documented over years by a dedicated home enthusiast.
ReportIntoxicology
Cocktails and drinks culture site with recipes, spirits coverage and writing about the drinking world. Cocktails and drinking culture, with recipes and spirits coverage.
ReportCocktail Chemistry
Video cocktail tutorials by Cocktail Chemistry that show how to make drinks at home, with attention to technique. Simple video tutorials that show cocktail technique, helpful for beginners making drinks at home.
ReportStumptown Coffee Roasters
Stumptown Coffee Roasters, a specialty coffee roaster. Its blog shares brewing guides, coffee news and stories about the company and its coffee. Brewing guides and coffee news from a specialty roaster, helpful for people who buy beans and want to brew them well.
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- Everyday cooking Find something you actually want to cook tonight Smitten Kitchen · RecipeTin Eats · Pinch of Yum
- Budget and family meals Make the weekly meal plan easier on time and budget Budget Bytes · Good Cheap Eats - eat well. act your wage. enjoy life. · Cheapskate Cook
- Asian cooking Explore Asian cuisines through recipes with useful context The Woks of Life · Just One Cookbook · Maangchi
- Baking and desserts Find your next bake and someone who explains it clearly Sally's Baking Addiction · Vegan Richa · Joy the Baker
- Plant-based cooking Discover plant-based meals you would look forward to making Minimalist Baker · Rainbow Plant Life · Oh She Glows
- Vegetarian cooking Make vegetables the starting point for your next meal Cookie and Kate · Love and Lemons · 101 Cookbooks
- Indian cooking Explore Indian dishes with a clearer path from pantry to plate Swasthi's Recipes · Sanjeev Kapoor Khazana · Dassana's Veg Recipes
- Grilling and barbecue Plan your next cook around the grill you actually own How To BBQ Right · Hey Grill Hey · AmazingRibs.com
- Coffee and brewing Make your next cup more interesting without endless gear browsing CoffeeGeek · Sprudge · Stumptown Coffee Roasters
- Cocktails and drinks Find a drink to make with what is on your shelf PUNCH · Imbibe Magazine · Jeffrey Morgenthaler
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250 casitas, ready to move in.
250 crafted casitas, each with a personality you can make your own.
Good Company
A shared little work cottage with a pencil chimney, a smiling coffee mug and a bell for good company.
Casita · Professional · Free
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Corner Café
A corner cafe on a little sidewalk tile, with two outdoor seats and a cat who knows your usual.
Casita · Food · with paid plans
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The Observatory
A brass telescope, a biscuit-shaped constellation and a curious keeper on a little stargazing island.
Casita · Professional · with paid plans
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Paper Trail
A letterpress cottage with a book roof, an overworked paper ghost and letters to deliver.
Casita · Personal · Free
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