Budget Friendly Meals

Photo: Slow-Cooked Beans

Slow-Cooked Beans

Beans are super-nutritious and delicious, but can be difficult to digest. Soaking, followed by long slow cooking leaves these beans creamy, super yummy and very easy on the body. The recipe works well in a slow-cooker or crockpot, as well as on the stove.

Photo: Tex-Mex Tomatillo Salsa

Tex-Mex Tomatillo Salsa

This delicious recipe comes from a little corner store way down in the very southernmost part of Texas.

Photo: Summer Splash Salad

Summer Splash Salad

This quick and easy fruit salad makes use of Hawaii’s best seasonal fruits. Enjoy this refreshing dish whenever you are feeling the summer heat! Adapted from the "Yummly" food blog.

Photo: Tomato Garlic Soup

Tomato Garlic Soup

Some of the most delicious vegetable soups are the most simple. This same basic formula can be used for many other vegetable soups; fennel or butternut squash are favorites.

Photo: Hippocrates Soup

Hippocrates Soup

This soup is one of the foundations of the Gerson diet, and is thought to be particularly healing and nourishing. It is made without salt, though you may wish to add some if not following the diet strictly. In addition, spices that are high in aromatic acids and considered likely to counteract the healing reaction are omitted.

Photo: Tempeh with Zucchini and Celery

Surfer's Tempeh

This simple, easy, super nutritious recipe makes a tasty high protein meal that's perfect before or after catching some waves.

Photo: Tempeh Fajitas

Tempeh Fajitas

Feel free to marinade the tempeh as long as you wish – overnight is great. It can be made spicier, sweeter, or saltier to taste. Onolicious!

Photo: Savory Buckwheat

Savory Buckwheat

There are plenty of variations on this delicious savory breakfast or warm salad - you can swap out the buckwheat for any of the other ‘psuedo grains’ - quinoa, millet and amaranth; the kale can be replaced with any other greens or herbs; also it can be made spicy with chili, tangy with lemon juice and more salty with tamari.

Photo: Gnocchi with Garlic and Oil Pasta Sauce

Aglio e Olio (vegan)

A simple, yet extremely delicious garlic and oil pasta sauce, that can be served over any pasta you like. Here the sauce is photographed on buckwheat gnocchi.

Photo: Puttanesca

Puttanesca (vegan)

This spicy pasta sauce full of tomatoes, olives and capers is most delicious slow cooked, but can be made in twenty minutes if you are in a hurry. Serve over any kind of pasta.