Feast on the Cheap is a collaborative effort between professional caterer Mary Anne Rittenhouse and her daughter Mariel, who is just learning the joys - and frustrations - of home cooking. The site shares Mary Anne's most popular catering recipes for at-home entertaining, as well as Mariel's low-cost and quick dishes tailor-made for tiny kitchens. Expensive ingredients are swapped out for cheaper alternatives and the cost of each recipe is pre-calculated for easy reference.
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I'm a little biased (naturally) but my daughter and I (we're the co-creators) continually update Feast on the Cheap with new wallet-friendly menu options. We also focus specifically on creating lavish-tasting, but cost-effective dishes for entertaining at home. All of the meals on the blog are broken down by cost-per-ingredient, cost-per-person and cost-per-dish so that you go into the grocery store well-aware of how much you'll be spending.