All sorts of bits and bobs, from packed lunches to preserved lemons and piccalilli

Other

	Cost per portion	Calories	Fat	Protein	Carbs	Vegetarian Vegan
Cinnamon Extract							wonderful flavour and very unusual
Vanilla Extract - Home Made							best flavour ever, and so cheap! Uses vanilla pods for just 19p!
Nibbly bits, spicy nuts, pastry canapes, mini bannocks							canapes, for those times you just need a posh nibble
Peanut Mousse							versatile, can be used in many ways
Blue Cheese musings						veg, not vegan
Anchovy Paste Musings
Walnut and seed butter
Auntie Louisa's Apple Chutney
Cauliflower Stalk Pesto						veg + vegan
Mixed Nut Butter
Cranberry Curd and loads of variations, incl savoury
Croutons - sweet and savoury						veg + vegan	lots of variations
A Festive Week for about £1.30 a day each						not veg or vegan	Christmas
Finger Dumplings						veg / sub the butter for vegan
Crab Apple & Sloe Sorbet -H F-W
Dumplings Using Pastry
Glazed Radishes							cooked radish, I've used them cooked often since discovering that you can eat them that way
Chorizo Musings
Some recipes for Veganuary
Olive & Tomato Savoury Curd
Preserved Oranges
Pancakes & not quite 101 ways to fill them
Potato & Onion Layer						veg + vegan
Rubber Chicken, 28 portions from 1 x £4.99 chicken
Haggis, and ways of using it
Brazil Nut Butter
Roasted Spiralised Roots
Crispy Lemon Skin
Tutti Frutti Spread
Baked bean hummus
Rocket, carrot and baked bean hummus
Summer Berry Jam
Home Made Popcorn
30+ ideas for bean hummus using rinsed baked beans
Runner Bean Pesto	per 20g serving	52 cals	5g fat	1g protein	1g carbs
Cipolline in Agrodolce (Onions in Sweet and Sour Sauce)
Lemony Water	0p					veg + vegan
Honey Smoked Walnut Butter	16p tblsp	139 cals	14g fat	2g protein	2g carbs
Oil Pastry Making	17p for 200g flour mix	403 cals	25g	5g protein	38g carbs	veg + vegan
Plum Jam	18p with foraged fruit					veg + vegan
Variations on a Soft Cheese theme, from 18p sandwiches to 25p dinners	25p					veg, not vegan	lots of ideas
Apricot Jam	39p a jar	251 cals per 100g	1g fat	1g protein	63g carbs	veg, vegan
HM Mustard. OUTSTANDING flavour!	39p a pot
Caramelised Onions	41p the batch	518 cals	29g fat	9g protein	59g carbs	veg + vegan	lots of ideas
Spicy Curried Hummus	60p pot	235 cals	17g fat	5g protein	16g carbs	veg + vegan
Preserved lemons, 2 jars	70p or 37p with SmartPrice lemons					veg + vegan
2 sandwiches, 2 toast breakfasts, 2 pasta dinners, from 1 tin sardines	83p for all 6 meals
Piccallili	84p					veg + vegan(omit honey)
Apple Curd	85p for a large jar	133 cals per 100g	3g fat		16g carbs	veg, not vegan	gluten free
Long lasting Tzatziki	87p a pot						keeps at least 10 days in the fridge
Taste Bomb Tomatoes	£1.67 a jar					veg + vegan
Valentines Day 2015 - 3 Courses	£1.76 a head
. Valentines Day 2014 - 3 Courses	£1.86 a head
Rocket, Watercress, Basil and Sunflower Seed Pesto	£3.53 for 404g					veg, not vegan (cheese)	gluten free, nut free
Smoking Hot Brazil Nut Butter	£1.48 for a 170g jar
Sage, Lemon & Pumpkin Seed Pesto	£2.99 for 404g					veg, not vegan (cheese)	gluten free, nut free
HM Paneer	£1.13 for 450g	170 cals per 100g	8g fat	21g protein	3g carbs	veg, not vegan	gluten free
Sun dried tomatoes in olive oil	£1.75 a jar
School, Work or Home Packed Lunches,	average cost 30p
Home Made Nutella	per tblsp	52 cals per tblsp	3g fat	2g protein	3g carbs	veg	gluten free
Freeze Dried Vegetable Powders	Tasty? Economical? Desirable? Yes, Yes, and Yes
Red onion chutney / marmalade	£1.18 per jar	32 cals per tblsp	1g fat	1g protein	6g carbs	veg, vegan	gluten free, dairy free, nut free
Sloe and Apple Jam		289 cals per 100g	1g fat	1g protein	75g carbs	veg, vegan	gluten free, nut free, dairy free
French apple jam	54p a jar	30 cals per tblsp	1g fat	1g protein	8g carbs	veg, vegan	gluten free, nut free, dairy free
BBQ Sauce	58p a batch	7 cals per tblsp	1g fat`	1g protein	2g carbs	veg, vegan
Fresh Ginger Tea	1p a cup	11 cals per cup	1g fat	1g protein	3g carbs	veg, vegan
Fresh lime simple syrup	2p a tblsp	36 cals per tblsp	1g fat	1g protein	10g carbs	veg, vegan

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