About Me

Hi, I’m Mimi!

I’m so glad you’ve stumbled across my page! As the name suggests, Beat the Budget is a recipe platform where I share all of my healthy, budget-friendly recipes. The recipes range from meal prep dishes to budget banquets, vegan recipes to gluten free dishes, whatever you need- I’ve hopefully got an affordable answer to!  Because healthy & delicious food shouldn’t be expensive (you’ll find no goji berries on my site). 

I started BTB at uni as my diet went on quite the rollercoaster. I started uni loving cooking and was passionate about health & fitness. But then I quickly realised that I couldn’t afford the food that I had been eating at home before moving out. So I traded my salmon & greens for cheesy chips and gravy (often from ‘the Kebab King’ 💪💪). 

By my third year, I was tired of feeling unhealthy and decided to change the way that I eat to help my sleep and overall mental well-being. This began with mapping out my meal prep ideas to see if I could spread more expensive ingredients across different recipes. I was quickly reminded of how tasty healthy foods can be with a bit of creativity and experimentation. 

I then decided it would be fun and hopefully beneficial to share my recipes for other students and people on a budget to try out. And thus, lil baby Beat the Budget was born (originally Mimi Makes but saying that was a bit of a mouthful) Within a week, my mum had her whole office download instagram and I realised I needed to step up my game. I started a spreadsheet with my costs and tracking the nutrients of each recipe.

Fast forward to 2024, I’ve now been working on BTB full-time for 4 years.  We now have our own members’ area called the Budget Club & my dream website is now live. I still can’t believe that I get to create recipes and meal plans as my job and seeing all of you make my recipes is so so rewarding.

For business enquiries or to get in touch email mimi@beatthebudget.com