
Seventy-five cents a serving, six people fed, and real parmesan on top. This lentil bolognese recipe card gets all of that onto one printable sheet.
The lentil bolognese recipe card lays out three key stats at the top: serves 6, total time 40 minutes, and an estimated cost of $0.75 per serving. Below that, a bulleted ingredients list runs down the left column alongside hand-drawn illustrations of garlic, lentils, and tomato, while a photograph of the finished dish fills the right side.
Five numbered instruction steps occupy the lower half of the card, each with enough line spacing to read clearly at a glance while cooking. Part of the Cheap & Healthy Food Recipes collection, this card suits anyone who wants a meatless weeknight dinner that does not look or taste like a budget meal.


Gel pens or fine liners both handle the small annotation space next to each ingredient well if you want to jot substitutions or quantities you adjusted. Ink bleed is unlikely on card stock, but if you are printing on standard copy paper, a ballpoint keeps notes tidy without soaking through. Laminating the card and using a dry-erase marker lets you check off steps while cooking, then wipe it clean for next time.

Printing a batch of two or three copies at once makes sense here since the recipe serves six and tends to get made regularly. A 65 lb card stock keeps the card stiff enough to prop against a splatter guard or clip to a cabinet, and the portrait layout fits a standard recipe binder sleeve without trimming.