Recipes under $3

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Easy Creamed Spinach

This easy creamed spinach recipe is a delicious and easy side dish for any meal, and is made with simple ingredients like butter, milk, and Parmesan.

Nashville Hot Seasoning

$0.78 recipe / $0.09 serving

Nashville Hot Seasoning is an incredibly peppery blend of spices that's versatile and easy to make. Use it on way more than fried chicken!

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Homemade Caesar Dressing

$2.71 recipe / $0.34 serving

This rich, tangy, and flavorful homemade Caesar dressing is easy to prepare, and will take all your homemade salads to the next level.

Beer Bread

$2.35 RECIPE / $0.29 SERVING

Transform a can of beer into a tasty loaf of Beer Bread! This easy, no-knead bread recipe is packed with flavor and only takes an hour.

A large white bowl filled with cooked penne pasta, a hand is pouring alfredo sauce in the center of the bowl from a glass mason jar in the lower left side of the image, and there are various ingredients around the bowl mostly out of frame.

Homemade Alfredo Sauce

$2.67 RECIPE / $0.67 SERVING

This thick, creamy Homemade Alfredo Sauce recipe is a quick and easy way to make a delicious, budget-friendly dinner in less than 30 minutes!

Thumbprint Cookies

$2.69 recipe / $0.17 each

Jam Thumbprint Cookies are a Christmas cookie classic made with a shortbread dough, sweet fruit jam, and a nutty coconut coating.

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Honey Wheat Bread

$2.20 recipe / $0.18 slice

This homemade Honey Wheat Bread is soft, fluffy, flavorful, and perfect for breakfast toast and all of your favorite sandwiches.

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Easy Caramel Sauce

($1.68 recipe / $0.11 serving)

If you've been looking for a buttery, fail-safe, easy caramel sauce that you can drizzle on all of the things, you've found it!

Ricotta Pancakes

$2.29 recipe / $0.57 serving

Once you taste these luscious ricotta pancakes, you'll be making them non-stop. Ricotta transforms them into airy, creamy, custardy delights.

Easy Soda Bread

$0.66 recipe / $0.08 serving

This easy soda bread recipe is budget-friendly and endlessly adaptable. It's also a stone-cold stunner. It got props from Gordon Ramsay!

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How To Make Sour Cream

$1.42 recipe

If you've run out of sour cream and don't want to run to the store for more- you can make it at home with just two ingredients and a little upper body strength!

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Air Fryer Cinnamon Toast

$0.43 recipe

Did you know you can make the crunchiest cinnamon toast ever in an air fryer? Buttery, and so decadent, for pennies! This one's a keeper.