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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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Tomato, Mozarella and Basil Tart
Summer took so long coming, and is now going fast! But even though there has been a definite autumn nip in the air, you probably – like me – want to cling on to the last vestiges of summer and … Continue reading
Posted in Main Course, Quick Meals
Tagged cheese, Tomato
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Lemon Raspberry Ripple Ice-cream
What do you think of when you think of summer? Sunshine? (of course) Beaches? (naturally) Wimbledon? (yes) Sandcastles? (maybe) Ice-cream? (Definitely YES). Well, this year we have been seriously short on the more standard summery things like sun, heatwaves, sandcastles … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts, Freezing
Tagged freezing, ice-cream, lemons, Make Ahead, puddings, raspberries
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More Homemade Pizzas
There is absolutely no doubt that homemade pizza tastes better than shop-bought ready-made pizza! At least in part because you can tailor it to your liking. But it is time consuming to make and not the sort of recipe that … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Freezing, Main Course
Tagged cheese, freezing, pizza, Tomato
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Jubilee Apple and Lemon Cupcakes
There is something out-of-this-world-delicious about a good apple cake. They used to serve Dorset Apple Cake sometimes in our work canteen, and it was a real treat if you could get down there to find that (i) they were selling … Continue reading
Creamy Chicken and Tomato Pasta
Do you ever have those days when you get home and really don’t want to have to cook supper? In the ‘Olden Days’ when all I had to worry about was me, I’ld have cracked open a bottle of wine … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Main Course, Quick Meals
Tagged budget-friendly, cheese, Chicken, Pasta, quick budget recipes, Tomato
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Banana Bread
I know there are lots of banana bread recipes, but my family seem especially keen on this one. The preparation for this is about 10 mins, and then you can sit back and put your feet up for an hour … Continue reading
Fresh Tomato Pasta Sauce
I guess this is a rather strange picture for a recipe – but I can’t imagine that my picture of fresh tomato sauce would be any different from anybody else’s! (And don’t you think that fusilli looks like an old … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Main Course, Quick Meals
Tagged Pasta, quick budget recipes, Super-quick meals, Tomato
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Chicken and Leek Soup
It’s been a strange year, hasn’t it? I was taking photos like this, of all the autumn colours only a couple of weeks ago, when we should have moved gradually into winter ages ago! Now – almost overnight – we’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Main Course, Soups
Tagged Chicken, Leeks, leftovers, quick budget recipes, soups
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What’s in Your Freezer?
My freezer is dead. Or at least dying. Or perhaps something is killing it?? Anyway – its stopped working three times in the last month. The trip switch just clicks off in the middle of the night and we come … Continue reading
Buttered Leeks
What can you do with a glut of leeks? And, no, I don’t mean all the leeks that I’ve been growing in my non-existent vegetable patch – I mean all the leeks I’ve had delivered to my door having mistakenly … Continue reading
