I was chatting to some friends the other week and I mentioned how I freeze pretty much everything, and I mean everything, to 1. save money, 2. reduce waste and 3. to have home made food to hand when I’m ever tired and tempted by a takeaway. They found my tips helpful so I decided … Continue reading
This is a recipe that I cooked for my mums 50th dinner party! I knew I was cooking a meat main course for my guests which I didn’t mind but I wanted something other than the side salads to be my main course, I decided on doing a tortilla because it is a perfect potato … Continue reading
This week were having another, what we call, “Skint Week” where I am trying to not spend any extra money on food during the week. I do a main food shop once a week spending between £30 and £50 depending on whether we are eating in over the weekends etc or not and so often … Continue reading
Whenever I’m thinking of recipes, especially curries, I’m conscious that I should be making everything from scratch including curry pastes, sauces etc but when I am throwing an evening dinner together after a busy day at work I always reach for the jar of curry paste in my fridge for convenience. Using a pre bought … Continue reading
A while a go I made a lentil shepherds pie but it made so much of the lentil filling I ended up freezing it. As it turns out neither me or Scott liked the lentil mix at all so it sat in the freezer for a few weeks before I decided it really needed to … Continue reading
I recently made a lovely recipe from the Weight Watchers vegetarian cookbook which was mushrooms and Stilton (I swapped it for cheddar) in filo pastry…recipe here. It was so simple and it got me thinking that really you could fill this parcel with pretty much anything to make an interesting meal! I had some sun-dried … Continue reading
It’s very easy when the first mince pie hits the shelves in the shops to go christmas mad and let yourself go, but I try to keep my normality blinkers on for a little bit longer – if not to save my waistline then atleast to save my bank balance!! I have decided this week though … Continue reading
In an earlier post I told you about the time I was at university and I didn’t have any money so for Christmas I made my family food gifts. I made cookies, bread rolls, ginger snaps, chilli oils and basil oil. Now I was only just starting out in the world of cooking then and … Continue reading
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2062078/Householders-throw-20-cent-food-buy-costing-12-billion.html Every now and then I see an article or a story that simply insists I voice an opinion on it and post a non recipe blog post! Well ta da here is a fine example of such time! The government have guessed we are throwing away too much food and I think they are … Continue reading
I am a very strong supporter of Meat free monday and I was doing this for a year before I turned a full vegetarian! The idea is that by cutting down on meat for one day a week your not only saving money and being healthy but your also helping the environment. Check out http://www.meatfreemondays.com for more … Continue reading
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