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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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Two-for-One: Bacon and Tomato pasta sauce with creme fraiche and Chicken Cacciatore
Everyone needs a good standby pasta sauce. Easy and quick to make – ideally from store cupboard ingredients. This one fits the bill beautifully.
It was inspired by a …
Posted in Budget Meals, Cook Once - Eat Twice, Main Course, Quick Meals, Two-for-one
Tagged budget-friendly, Chicken, Pasta, quick budget recipes, Tomato
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Two-for-One – Cook Once – Eat Twice : Chilli-con-Carne
One of the best ways I find to save time during the week is to cook extra one night to use the next evening also. Of course, what you don’t want is for the children to take one look at it the second time around and chorus “Oh no, not this again!” …
Posted in Cook Once - Eat Twice, Freezing, Main Course, Two-for-one
Tagged Beef, freezing, Make Ahead
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Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes
They say that cooking is a Science. So as my contribution to pushing back the frontiers I decided to do some research into how to create the Perfect Brownies – but not just ordinary Brownies, I wanted to make Brownie … Continue reading
Chicken in Ginger and Lime
I thought it was time for an ‘everyday’ recipe this week. Wall-E cakes are all very well but (I have to be honest) the preparation time was measured in days rather than minutes! So, lets return to simpler fare with … Continue reading
Wall-E cake
Birthday cakes are a bit of a challenge aren’t they? Not only do you have to find the time, but also the creative inspiration and artistic talent to create something that may rival the fantastic Angry Bird cupcakes that xxxx’s … Continue reading
Quick but Memorable Feasts?
Many cooking magazines, recipe websites and cookbooks nowadays have a slant towards quick meals and ‘instant’ cooking. It seems that we all want to spend less and less time in the kitchen – and I am (clearly) no different! I … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts, Quick Meals
Tagged peaches, puddings, raspberries
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Chicken and Guacamole Tortillas
Friday was not a good day. I’d arrived late at work in the morning and had spent most of the day trying to catch up. I finally got home at about 7 in the evening, dropped my bags on the … Continue reading
Posted in Main Course, Quick Meals
Tagged cheese, Chicken, leftovers
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Quick Plum Brulee
Lovely juicy ripe plums are one of my favourite fruits – it was a sad day when the plum tree in our back garden died. But the plum season is so short. Our tree used to produce a gorgeous crop … Continue reading
Tuna Fish-cakes
Steamy, buttery mashed potato is one of my favourite foods, although my eldest hates it (- what’s there to hate?). But the cold and clammy version found in the fridge the next day is distinctly unappealing – combine them with … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Main Course, Quick Meals, Storecupboard suppers
Tagged budget-friendly, fish, leftovers, quick budget recipes, storecupboard meals
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Peach Tarts
This is another end-of-summer-recipe – in fact, an end-of-holiday recipe – born from some peaches we bought all the way back from our holiday. Yes, we drove them 500 miles in a sweltering hot car (the air con had broken) … Continue reading
