Easy Family Dinners & Budget-Friendly Recipes

Saucy Spoon Co is a recipe blog built for real life —

busy weeknights, tight budgets, and the relentless

question of what's for dinner. You'll find easy pasta

dinners, crockpot meals, high-protein recipes, summer

salads, and budget-friendly family meals that actually

taste good. Real food for real life. Friends are always

welcome to the Saucy Kitchen.

KC Coler, founder of Saucy Spoon Co

About KC

Hi, I'm KC — mom of four and the home cook behind Saucy Spoon Co. I spent 15 years working in restaurants before turning my kitchen in Raleigh, NC into a recipe lab. Every recipe here is tested in my real kitchen, at real grocery prices.

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Free Download: 5 Family Dinners Under $5

5 family dinners under $5 - baked potato, grilled cheese with tomato soup, garlic butter pasta, egg friend rice, cheesy bean skillet.

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