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Hi, my name is Annie!
As a busy working mum I'm always looking for ways to save time (and money) in the kitchen but still produce healthy home-cooked meals. Here you can read about my continuing attempts to make delicious quick - & cheap - meals in no time! (and a few other recipes too...).
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Carrot Cake Muffins
Today seemed like a day for Cake. But then there aren’t many days – or times of the day when cake doesn’t suit, are there? Coffee, teatime, dessert – all perfect cake eating opportunities. Call it a muffin and you … Continue reading
The week of cake
No, this isn’t some new ‘week’ that you haven’t heard about till now. I’ve decided that I will definitely take part in the Live below the line challenge next week and try to live on just £5 for the week … Continue reading
£20 menu – a success?
You may have seen that last week, prompted by the Live Below the Line challenge to live on pound a day, I put together a weeks menu plan for £20 – a pound a head every night for the five … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Menu Plan
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Ham and Sweetcorn Mini-Quiches
This recipe is – I admit – somewhat out of character for me. The problem is that for someone (like me) that likes to see great results in the kitchen with the minimum of time and effort (certainly on a … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Main Course
Tagged cheese, ham, leftovers, less-than-£1-a-portion
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A pound a day? and a weekly menu plan
Could you live on £1 a day? I’m not sure I could. In fact when I first heard that I didn’t understand it – what was the £1 to cover? Chocolates? Mid morning snacks? Drinks? – maybe. But ALL my … Continue reading
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Tagged budget-friendly, less-than-£1-a-portion, Live Below the Line
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Lunch in a hurry and Simple-to-make Flatbreads
I hope you had a good Easter? I post this recipe not because its a really rich indulgent Easter treat, but because it’s a really good make-at-the-last-minute-when-there’s-nothing-in-the-house recipe – as I discovered on Easter Sunday. We were supposed to be … Continue reading
Pear Tarte Tatin
Considering that Tarte Tatin apparently started life as an accident it is one of the most amazingly delicious desserts that you can make! It was apparently first made by accident by one of the Tatin sisters at their hotel in … Continue reading
Spatchcock Chicken and a Weekly Menu plan
March appears to be disappearing at a rush with Palm Sunday next weekend. Then it’s Easter and everyone will be on holiday for a week or two! Last weeks menu had its high and lows. Spatchcock chicken was a definite … Continue reading
Melting Moments for Red Nose Day
Happy Red Nose Day! I made these to celebrate – the only problem is that I made them last night and most of them have already gone. Melting Moments were one of the first things I learned to make in … Continue reading
Weekly Menu Plan – Menu planning Monday 11th March
Another week and another menu! Last week ran away with me a little so although I did manage to plan our weeks meals ahead I didn’t manage to post. The best meals were a lovely, warming Lancashire Hotpot, and a … Continue reading
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