Tori Avey

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These budget-cooking recipes are easy and inexpensive to make. Many are Mediterranean-style recipes, which are healthy and nourishing. It can be very difficult to find the time and energy to cook healthy food on a tight budget. I have focused on affordable ingredients and easy preparations here, as well as foods you can make ahead for the week.

Four lemon pesto vegetable skewers on white plate on wooden table, lemon, pesto and oil in background with napkin.

Lemon Pesto Vegetable Skewers

White bowl of herb tahini sauce topped with chopped fresh parsley alongside a falafel plate, fresh parsley, fresh dill, lemon and lime on the side.

Herb Tahini Sauce

Healthy tuna salad on bed of green butter lettuce with lemon slices, on white plate with fork and cloth napkin, glass of ice water, lemons basil and olive oil in background.

Healthy Mediterranean Tuna Salad

Head of roasted garlic with exposed cloves in foreground, three heads of garlic in background, one raw two roasted, on grey countertop.

How to Roast Garlic

Spicy Roasted Carrots and Fennel Recipe - Simple, flavorful and colorful vegan side dish for your dinner table.

Spicy Roasted Carrots and Fennel

Israeli Salad with Avocado and Mint - Crunchy fresh and healthy salad with cucumber, tomatoes, bell peppers, lemon and mint. 

Israeli Salad with Avocado and Mint

A delightful image of Tropicana orange sorbet, a creamy, refreshing treat made with only two ingredients

2-Ingredient Creamy Vegan Orange Sorbet

Broccoli Cheddar Frittata with Smoked Paprika in a skillet with a slice on a plate.

Broccoli Cheddar Frittata

Latke Waffles - Crispy Shredded Potato Waffle Recipe

Latke Waffles

Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits close-up in white plates with a jam on the side

Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

Crisp graham cracker crust with a sweet, tart key lime filling and whipped cream topping. Time-Tested Family Recipe.

Key Lime Pie

Seared green beans and cotija cheese with lemon wedges in a black cast iron skillet on a white marble background.

Skillet Seared Green Beans with Lemon and Cotija Cheese

A delicious spinach and feta frittata served on a plate, ready to be enjoyed

Potato Crusted Spinach Frittata

A plate of lentils topped with lemon wedges and parsley. A refreshing and nutritious Lentil Salad.

Lemon Lentil Parsley Salad

Roasted sweet mini peppers and asparagus on a plate with a fork

Roasted Sweet Mini Peppers and Asparagus

How to Make Homemade Coconut Milk & Coconut Flour - Easy Recipe Tutorial for Vegan Non-Dairy Milk & Gluten Free Flour from Shredded Coconut

How to Make Coconut Milk & Gluten Free Coconut Flour

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