r/budgetfood is a subreddit with 3.0M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses budget, recipes, food, meal, and cheap, and they frequently recommend/review pan, debit card, and ice maker.
Food on a Budget
Popular Themes in r/budgetfood
#1
Advice Requests
: "Cheap lunch ideas?"
4 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Need Cheap but Good Meal Planner"
1 post
#3
Pain & Anger
: "The Frustrating Reality of Living Paycheck to Paycheck"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/budgetfood
#1
Budget
: "$600 grocery Budget 3 adults. Stay at home mom, college grad daughter home for the summer and M-F working dad"
54 posts
#2
Recipes
: "[OC] 5 Family Dinners for $40 with Recipes - 6/4/2026"
40 posts
#3
Food
: "Need advice for Food"
37 posts
#4
Meal
: "Costco “struggle” Meal advice"
34 posts
#5
Cheap
29 posts
#6
Cooking
24 posts
#7
Chicken
: "Chicken Udon Noodle Stir-fry"
16 posts
#8
Potatoes
14 posts
#9
Recipe
13 posts
#10
Dinner
: "Tonite’s Dinner"
12 posts
Products Discussed in r/budgetfood
Pan
9 reviews
#1
Tramontina
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Carbon Steel
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Green Pans
5.0★ from 1 review
Debit Card
3 reviews
#1
Meijer
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Capital One
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Cash App
4.0★ from 1 review
Ice Maker
1 review
#1
Gevi
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/budgetfood
#1
Advice
: "Costco “struggle” meal advice"
17 posts
#2
Dinner
: "Chicken Udon Noodle Stir-fry"
16 posts
#3
Discussion
: "How I feed 3 adults for under $700 a month. Menu included"
16 posts
#4
Lunch
: "Pasta salad from the dollar general=2 for 1$ deal. Hotdog six pack from save a lot=1.50$, mayo and oil from the food bank. This cost me 2.50$. And I have two bowl fulls left in the fridge. I feel like I’m cheating haha."
15 posts
#5
Snack
: "Puerto Rican Fritters"
7 posts
#6
Breakfast
: "Made pancakes with a recipe calling for one egg."
5 posts
#7
Recipe Request
: "Well someone at work said free corn...so what do i do start shucking removing from cob and jaring..... and now I'm canning 43 pints of corn on a work night because I'm insane there is simply no other explination... oh and the lady who handles the food is going to call me all summer when they have to"
4 posts
#8
Mod
: "Community poll has concluded, we will be relaxing the profanity rule."
2 posts
#9
Recipe Test
: "🍗⚽ Football on the screen, chicken drumsticks on the plate. That's what I call a perfect match! 🤩 What about you 🤗"
1 post
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Yearly
+71k members(2.4%)
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Last updated: July 2, 2026