Instant Loss on a Budget: Super-Affordable Recipes for the Health-Conscious Cook
After a decade of yo-yo dieting and a lifelong battle with the scale, Brittany Williams topped out at 260 pounds and knew she needed to make a lasting change. She shed an astonishing 125 pounds in a year—and has kept it off for 3 years—by getting off the diet rollercoaster and getting back to basics. She ditched processed foods, curbed her takeout habit, and cut back on inflammatory ingredients like gluten, dairy, and sugar. Through her best-selling books and popular blog, Brittany has inspired millions of fans and readers to lose weight, improve their wellness, and forge a healthier relationship with food.
As a busy mom of three, Brittany knows how important it is to create nutritious meals that will please the pickiest eaters without breaking your budget. Featuring 125 recipes that all cost less than $10 to make—most can be made for less than $5— Instant Loss on a Budget is proof that wholesome food doesn’t have to be expensive. In fact, Brittany feeds her family of five for just $75 to $100 a week!
Brittany has mastered the art of creating recipes that taste indulgent, yet are surprisingly good for you. With recipes like Chocolate Brownie Donuts, Mini Everything Bagels, Smoky Baby Back Ribs, Barbeque Chicken with Cilantro-Lime Coleslaw, and plant-based options like Tikka Masala Lentils, The Ultimate Veggie Thin-Crust Pizza, and Cauliflower Mac and Cheese, this book offers something for every reader and every craving. You can even indulge your sweet tooth without sabotaging your progress with desserts like Frozen Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pie and Raspberry Crumble.
Complete with balanced meal plans, budgeting advice, and cost-cutting hacks, this gluten-free and dairy-free cookbook makes it easy to set goals and stick to them. Investing in your health is the best investment you can make: Discover how much lighter and happier you can feel with Instant Loss!
Reviews (194)
Losing weight, eating delicious food, and saving money!
This third book from Brittany is by far the best! The recipes are absolutely delicious. These recipes are inclusive of all pallets - even amongst the pickiest of eaters (I have several of those in my family). The most amazing part of this book is how cost effective it is. My first week with the book I planned all my meals around the recipes from this book and ended up saving around $30-$50 from my typical grocery haul - and that’s with eating organic produce and meat. If you have to choose one of her books to get, I think THIS is the one. I have personally utilized Brittany’s recipes for about a year and a half now and have lost 90 pounds. I can hardly believe I’m saying that...90 pounds gone eating food that is ridiculously tasty. If you are ready to eat healthy, eat real food, and feel the best you ever have in your life...buy this book!
Brittany’s Best Book Yet!!
This book is so much thicker than I anticipated. In a good way. I really feel like I’m getting a lot for my money. Which is only fitting since it’s a budget book. I’ve been following Brittany for years and just when I thought her recipes couldn’t get any yummier she comes out with this one! My family loves the food and I love what it’s doing for my waistline not to mention my wallet! Brittany nailed it again. I also love how many meatless options there are. So many recipes to choose from, the meal plans are awesome, and the photos are beautiful! The publisher seems to have upped their “budget” :) as far as production. Whether you’re an old time fan or a new follower, you won’t regret this purchase. I can’t wait to make the frozen chocolate peanut butter pie!!
I love Brittany and her cookbooks!
Brittany teaches you how to live a healthier lifestyle without counting calories or yo-yo dieting. I’ve followed her since 2017, and feel that I have learned how to teach my family to live healthier without making food the enemy or something to overindulge in. I can relate to her and she constantly inspires me to keep making positive choices for myself and my family. I love this book because the options are 100 percent within my budget. It’s refreshing to follow her and read her books. Thank you, Brittany!
Good book.
As far as the book: I think this is a lovely addition to Brittany’s books. The recipes are actually approachable, tasty, and I love the cost breakdown that’s added to each recipe. I’ve lost 10lbs since I started cooking from her other two books so I’m looking forward to more success with this addition! The actual book I received: the exterior of my book looks new, however there are several pages within that are scuffed or bent and damaged. I preordered this so I’m disappointed that I feel like it’s been used/dirty. EDITING TO ADD: She decided to share my name on social media for giving her a four star review (because of my damaged book from Amazon, not because it’s not a great book) so I changed my rating. 🙃 It’s an excellent book, but be cautious what you say on the internet.
In LOVE!!!
Let me start with I own all 3 books and love them. HOWEVER, I think this newest book might just be my all time FAVORITE!! There’s so many mouth watering recipes & I can’t wait to dive in. If you’re on the fence on purchasing, just go for it! I will be venturing out and making my own oat milk. Thanks Brittany!
No nutritional information in a diet book
While the book contains a lot of good/useful recipes and information, a huge opportunity was missing by not including basic nutritional information like calories, fats and carbs in each recipe. This is a “weight loss “ book. Adding that simple information could make a huge difference in someone’s diet
Looks so good!
I’m so excited to try this out! Brittany is my favorite cookbook author. Her first two books were wonderful. This new book has a lot more plant based recipes and everything looks so yummy. It you want delicious healthy food fast and on budget definitely buy this book!
Great job!
This is Brittany's best cookbook yet. I found her years ago when she did a bit on the Today show and subsequently bought her first book. They get better each time. This one though I have to say is her best. She takes the time to explain bits about the recipes, about changing your eating habits and not doing it all at once or you will break the bank. There is not one recipe in her I won't be trying, and not one recipe from her previous books or website that I haven't enjoyed. Great job!
Each cookbook gets better and better!!
Brittany does it AGAIN! Hitting a home-run in the world of healthy and easy meals! Even better than the first two, is being able to really see how truly cheap you can eat HEALTHY! I love that in every one of her cookbooks she starts them out with EDUCATION as well as with tips and tricks on how to be successful when cooking her recipes. My hubby is super picky and normally dislikes anything that resembles healthy food, but has already helped me pick a dozen recipes to try! As always, I enjoy the pictures and wish we could have more more more! Still holding on to the hope that I can round out my collection with a vegan cookbook *cough, cough* ;) But am over the moon to be able to have this in my arsenal!
Recipes not great but format is heavenly
This book is beautiful. Photos are well done. The estimated cost per recipe is amazing. Her menu with shop lists is a dream! But the honest truth: I’ve tried a handful of the recipes so far and I am disappointed in all of them. I’ve had to either add a lot to make it flavorful or the recipe just didn’t work at all. Her oat bread is the biggest disaster and you’ll notice she doesn’t included photos of hers. If you look through social media you’ll find she doesn’t even make it for herself and 90% who try it say it didn’t turn out. If you follow her Facebook community you’ll find that most if not all of the baked goods in this book are a total fail. Her ideas aren’t original. She should give credit to the paleo/keto bloggers or culinary genius she followed through her journey because as a heavy follower of those bloggers myself, I can tell you that these ideas aren’t new.
