Links to other sites that offer all sorts of budget cooking ideas:‚  Cheap Eats is great.‚  It’s funny, there are a ton of recipes including Home Fries and a failed recipe for Homemade Gatorade.‚  Not every kitchen experiment turns out well.‚  The 99-cent chef‚ is also worth checking out.‚  It’ll give you a new perspective on dollar stores—where a lot of the ingredients come from.‚  Check out this thread on Chowhound—it includes recipes for things like Vietnamese Braised Chicken Thighs.‚  And, for even cheaper eating (<$3 a meal) check out this Chowhound posting.