024: Beth Moncel | Budget Bytes - a podcast by Elaine Benoit: Food Blogger, Podcaster

There are two things Beth Moncel will readily admit: "I am broke and I love to eat."

• She's not a professional chef... although she's worked in several commercial kitchens.
• She's not a super-mommy homemaker... but gives mad props to all of them out there. (It’s hard enough just taking care of herself!)
• She's not a financial expert... she just happens to be obsessed with numbers.

Beth like to cook because it’s the perfect combination of her two favorite subjects: art and science. She's a former microbiologist with degrees in both Clinical Laboratory Science and Nutritional Science from Louisiana State University.

Beth is not “cheap” because she does appreciate quality; she just likes to be able to have her cake, eat it, AND pay her bills on time.

In short, Beth doesn't believe that eating for pennies a day has to mean eating Ramen Noodles 100 different ways. She created her blog, Budget Bytes, in 2009 in response to her own financial crisis and to document her attempts to cook delicious and (mostly) nutritious food on a small budget.

Beth's mission is twofold: to give confidence to new cooks and to inspire people to learn how to cook and thereby reduce their dependence on the prepared food industry.

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