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Several videos focusing on “recession” or “budget” meals and recipes have been born on Tiktok, a popular social media platform in recent months.
They show how to cook dishes that will help viewers grow their dollars. It features cheap materials and materials that people may already have at home regularly.
Shared by 1 Tiktok user Multiple videos She shows affordable cooking methods, filling in “recession recipes” drawn from depression, past recession and wartime recipes. It ranges from the cooking pot pie she demonstrated to cakes and pretzels.
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In a video posted earlier this month, another ticoku user showed people how to make several kitchen staples, including brown sugar, powdered sugar and hot chocolate mix.
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“If we’re in a recession, all pennies are important, so here are three things you can make at home, which are very cost-effective,” the user said. In the video.
Meanwhile, a video posted by another Tiktok user highlighted lentils as a way to save money. Users presented recipes for making burgers with a combination of lentils and ground turkey.
Over the past few months, “Budget Meals” videos have shown traction.
Hashtag usage increased by 20%, especially from late March to late April. Reported today.
These types of videos have emerged against the backdrop of growing concerns about the economy.
Psychotherapist and author Jonathan Alpert said Fox Business reflects “both economic anxiety and deeper cultural change.”
“On the other hand, it’s a practical response to rising costs as people try to increase the dollar,” he said. “However, on a psychological level, it uncovers the growing uncertainty and desire for control in an unpredictable age. Sharing or watching these videos can provide a sense of agency, especially for the younger generation who feel more expensive from American dreams.”
Due to economic uncertainty, Americans don’t spend on fast food
He said the “providing collaborative features” video “people are “watching others for peace of mind,” and “can be comforted and inspiring by creative cooks with $5 worth of ingredients.”
According to Alpert, the video “enables people to build their identity around rift disease and resilience,” while also revealing that “people are not just trying to get through the recession, but they are trying to make meaning from it.”
The US economy is not currently in a recession, but some people on Wall Street say the probability of this year has increased in recent weeks. In late April, estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed that the US gross domestic product in the first quarter “a decline of 0.3% per year” in the first three months of 2025.
Wall Street companies believe tariffs and trade wars will increase the risk of recession
Economic uncertainty is growing as the Trump administration introduces tariffs on goods brought into the US from abroad, including baseline collection of 10% of countries that have not retaliated against mutual tariffs.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics plans to release consumer price index data (a general measure of inflation) for Tuesday in April.
Overall inflation in March fell slightly from the previous month, but prices for food and many other things remained an issue for many Americans. Food at home rose 0.5% throughout the month in March, up 2.4% from a year ago, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index.
