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Basics – How To Cook
Basics – How To Cook. An occasional series on how to make basic recipes
Round Ups
Collections of ideas on a theme – like all sorts of different pesto’s
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again
Do you normally buy pesto? Or fish cakes, mustard and ice cream? Would you like to be able to make them?
Cakes and Bakes
Need some ideas for budget cakes and bakes?
Dinners
Need some ideas for cheap family dinners?
Lunches
Need some ideas for budget lunches?
Breakfasts
Need some ideas for budget breakfasts?
Stretch A Chicken
How to stretch a chicken to make it last the family the whole week with seven budget stretching chicken recipes
Almond ‘Nutella’ Tart
I made some almond ‘Nutella’ then started thinking about uses, as I do, and thought, bet it would work well in a tart.
Would generic weekly meals help you meal plan?
As many budgeters know, there are certain generic meals that can be endlessly modified, as well as all the wonderful recipes for these generic recipes, they will swallow whatever you have available, help in the weekly fridge clean out and use up all kinds of bits and pieces. I’ve been musing about it for a while and this week I thought that it would be perfectly possible to meal plan around generic meals.
Lentil Ragu Lasagna
I recently made a really good lentil ragu. The flavour was strong enough that I thought it may well make a good lasagna. This is the result and it was very good indeed!
Good books that I’ve been reading
Wondering what to read next? Here are some books I’ve been reading lately, and enjoyed.