You lovely people all know by now that we LOVE us some restaurant food.
And our budget shows it. Literally every month we fight this mental battle (and lose often) against eating out. We’ve tried to go cold turkey, we’ve tried budget for a meal out every now and then, and nothing has worked.
Now that I’m working from home, our eating out spending has decreased to almost nothing. Sure, we swing through McDonald’s occasionally, and we definitely pick up a super-cheap hot dog while we’re at Sam’s, but I’ve noticed that I’ve been enjoying cooking (and I actually have the time) at home now!
But we still enjoy our restaurant food, so I’m working on putting together a collection of our favorite CopyCat recipes, to be prepared at home to give you the eating-out feel without the expense.
CopyCat Penna San Remo from Buca di Beppo
CopyCat Arby’s Curly Fries
Panda Express Orange Chicken CopyCat
CopyCat PF Chang’s Mongolian Beef
CopyCat Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
CopyCat Applebees Salted Caramel Apple Cheesecake Chimichangas
CopyCat Panda Express Chow Mein
Olive Garden CopyCat Zuppa Toscana
Tex-Mex CopyCat Margarita Chicken Salad
CopyCat Bonefish Grill Bang Bang Shrimp
CopyCat Zuppas Garden Chowder
CopyCat Olive Garden Salad Dressing
CopyCat California Pizza Kitchen California Club Pizza
CopyCat Cafe Rio Sweet Pulled Pork
CopyCat Paleo McGriddle
CopyCat Applebees Oriental Chicken Salad
CopyCat Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme
CopyCat Chipotle Burrito Bowl
CopyCat KFC Cole Slaw
CopyCat Olive Garden Tuscan Garlic Chicken
CopyCat Panda Express Sweet Fire Chicken
Maureen @ A Debt Free Stress Free Life says
I sure hope that Mongolian Beef tastes like the real thing. I love PF Chang’s version.
Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor says
Love this round-up of recipes! Thank you so much for including my recipe!
jamie says
Searching the web for copycats and found your blog! Here’s mine, for Starbucks Caffe Mochas – yum. https://diyloftbed.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/going-broke-at-starbucks/