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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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Menu Plan – 14th April
Isn’t it great to have good weather with the school holidays? But with lovely weather outside you don’t really want to spend long in the kitchen with the sunshine outside so I’m going for quick meals this week – and … Continue reading
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No-bake Oat and Seed Bars
Spring is here! And with it, all things spring-like – sunshine, salads, Easter and…Spring-cleaning? Well – maybe. In the April No Waste Food challenge, the lovely blog JibberJabber UK encourages us all to spring-clean our cupboards and gather up all … Continue reading
Lemon Curd fairy cakes with Lemon Drizzle
I still think it’s hard to beat fairy cakes if you’re looking for the perfect sized cake. I know we’ve been making all sorts of other size cakes in recent years – triple layers, cupcakes piled high with frosting, cake … Continue reading
Let’s have an easy week!
Spring is springing and we’ve spent the first week of the holidays down in Cornwall getting away from it all (including meal planning). Sadly it’s back to the grind-stone for my husband and sons – one to work and the … Continue reading
Five ways with Smoked Mackerel
Smoked Mackerel has become one of our favorite foods in the last few months. It seems to just about have it all, doesn’t it? One of the oily fish – healthy, bursting with omega-3s and one of the foods that … Continue reading
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Tagged budget-friendly, fish, less-than-£1-a-portion
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A Time for Everything and Anything
Did your Mum tell you that there is a time and a place for everything? Mine did. Turns out she’s right – certainly about the time part. This week we’ve had lots of important days – the first day of … Continue reading
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Cereal Bars (Granola Bars)
Kinder Scout, Mass Trespass and ‘Healthy’ Cereal Bars Some recipes are a long time in the making. I’m not referring to the time in the kitchen actually making them – I mean from idea to creating the recipe. Some come … Continue reading
Monday Again…
It’s National Science and Engineering week this week – which must be why we were experimenting yesterday (here). The rest of our week doesn’t sound nearly so high-powered. Student Son is back from Uni and has offered to do some … Continue reading
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Chocolate Brownies
Yesterday was always going to be a day for Chocolate. It all started a couple of days. I’ve been off work on sick leave recently, and I was talking to a very good friend of mine who advised me that … Continue reading
Paprika Chicken with Feta
Entertaining on a weekday can make for some interesting challenges, can’t it? The ideal is a sumptuous meal (of course), prepared with minimum effort, in not very much time, which will deeply impress your guests. Or so we hope. This … Continue reading
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Tagged budget-friendly, cheese, Chicken, Tomato
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