A myriad of 5 Things

A myriad of 5 Things

A myriad of 5 Things Many newer readers may not know that I helped to build a wonderful site called cheap family recipes which was written to feed your family for £100 a month.  It has disappeared twice and I have spent a while re-creating it with a fresh new design I...
Vegan Savoury Loaf Cake

Vegan Savoury Loaf Cake

Vegan Savoury Loaf Cake Following on from the last post about a savoury loaf cake, I experimented today and came up with this vegan version. My silicone mini loaf tins arrived today. I said yesterday that I wouldn’t use all 12, but that’s exactly what I did do today!...
Dinners

Dinners

Dinners Dinners Cost per portionCalories FatProteinCarbsVegetarian VeganGluten free Broccoli Pesto (for the whole batch of pesto)1685 cals158g fat26g protein57g carbs Nut Balls in a Tomato Sauce Greek Fried Cauliflower Tapas - Patatas Bravas, Butter Beans with Lemon...
Lunches

Lunches

Lunches Lunches Cost per portionCalories FatProteinCarbsVeg/Vegan Broad Bean & Feta Wrap Sardine & Tomato Sandwich Paste10p Tzatziki & Lettuce Sandwich14pveg/not vegan Welsh Rarebit Chestnut Soup - Nigella Lawson Parsnip Soup, with scone & mince pie -...
Breakfasts

Breakfasts

Breakfasts Breakfasts Cost per portionCalories FatProteinCarbsVegetarian VeganGluten Free  Cooked Muesli Overnight Oatsveg/vegan with appropriate subsuse gf oatssquillions of variations Plummy Oatsveg/vegan with appropriate subsuse gf flourlots of different...
Jacket Potato Fillings

Jacket Potato Fillings

Jacket Potato Fillings Jacket potatoes, or perhaps you know them as baked potatoes, are a very popular lunch or dinner. Properly frugal, very versatile, filling, a good dieting meal if you want it to be and can be prepared in advance for convenience. What do you have...
Family Easter Meal Plan

Family Easter Meal Plan

This meal plan is a celebration one. I wouldn’t usually suggest this much sugar. The plan is based around a leg of lamb, and so costs more than our usual plans, but at just £1.60 each per day, it’s still flipping cheap!  You can cut the cost even further...
Blooming fat demo’s

Blooming fat demo’s

Blooming fat demo’s? Well not quite! I’ve got three separate things to report and I was just playing with the title Long lasting poinsettia In the middle of December, Mike and I were walking in Eastbourne. We had a little browse round the Christmas market there, along...