Author Archives: annie

A month of meals for less than £5 – and a weekly menu plan

Posted on January 6, 2014 by annie

Happy New Year! It’s January. The celebrations are over and it’s back to normality. No more over-indulging. In fact probably a bit of under-indulging wouldn’t go amiss in this household – so it’s back to budget menu planning with a … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Posted on January 4, 2014 by annie

How do you spend your holidays? We enjoy cycling and walking and as we had a few days off over New Year were hoping to get out. As you may well know the weather has been terrible, so it was … Continue reading →

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Lemon Cream Brandy Snap Baskets with Frosted Grapes

Posted on December 31, 2013 by annie

Well, Christmas is finally over, and I hope you had a good day? I love it when Christmas Day finally arrives. A day with the family is always fun, but there’s also the delicious realisation that there is no more … Continue reading →

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Creamy Pasta with Roast Vegetables

Posted on November 30, 2013 by annie

This is really simple food (my favourite sort!) It’s one of those recipes that we have regularly on busy days – a really easy weekday supper that you can just pop in the oven till its done. To cut down … Continue reading →

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Week Four and a Fourth Budget Menu Plan

Posted on November 26, 2013 by annie

Oh dear this post is so-o-o late! My week hasn’t started well. Having menu planned at the weekend, I then did the on-line shopping only to end it so late that they had locked out all the delivery slots for … Continue reading →

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A Picture of Success! And three Make-in-the-Microwave Pasta Sauces

Posted on November 22, 2013 by annie

OK – I agree, this picture might not look very exciting at first glance – but I was VERY pleased to get it! You may wonder why a picture of a tray of flapjacks is something to get excited about. … Continue reading →

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Another week – another Budget Menu Plan

Posted on November 18, 2013 by annie

Well, this is my third week of cost-cutting for us – the aim being to produce 5 meals a week for under £5 a time (for four people). Yes, we are only three at home now, but we had family … Continue reading →

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Smoked Mackerel Fishcakes

Posted on November 17, 2013 by annie

This picture may need a bit of explaining, but I need your help for this. Close your eyes – no, that won’t work – Wake up your taste buds and just imagine: a forkful of creamy fishcake … flavoured with … Continue reading →

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More Low Cost Meals and a Weekly Menu plan

Posted on November 11, 2013 by annie

You may have seen last week that I’ve been trying to find some new cheaper meals – trying to cut costs but not flavour. The menu plan of cheap meals went pretty well – three recipes were lovely and I’ve … Continue reading →

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Not all goes to plan… and a Budget Recipe: Mushroom Carbonara

Posted on November 11, 2013 by annie

As we all know, the best plans can go awry. One such thing was the third recipe in this weeks budget menu: Coley Korma. It was not a success. I can’t blame anyone else for this – I made it … Continue reading →

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