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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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Category Archives: Main Course
Salmon with orange and watercress sauce
Salmon fillet is one of those foods that we all turn to for summer entertaining. Or – particularly when its on offer in the shops, as it is now – for quick suppers at home. This is a really quick, … Continue reading
Posted in Main Course, Quick Meals
Tagged fish, Salmon, Super-quick meals, watercress
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What price tinned tomatoes? – and a budget recipe: Sausage Casserole
You would expect – wouldn’t you? – that a week of living on pasta and mixed veg (total cost 28p a portion) would you make you VERY grateful to be able to go back to a more varied, tasty (and … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Main Course, Quick Meals, Storecupboard suppers
Tagged less-than-£1-a-portion, quick budget recipes, sausages, storecupboard meals, Tomato
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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
Posted in Budget Meals, Main Course, Weekly Menu Plan
Tagged budget-friendly, less-than-£1-a-portion, Live Below the Line
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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
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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Four Cheese Pizza
People have apparently been making Pizzas for centuries, and you can see why can’t you? Easy, cheap and ever popular with children – who could ask for more? And to top it all – homemade pizza is the ultimate convenience … Continue reading
Posted in Freezing, Main Course, Quick Meals
Tagged cheese, freezing, Make Ahead, pizza
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A Weekly Menu Plan of Quick Meals
Another week and time for another menu plan! All of these suppers can be made in half an hour or less of simple cooking – apart from Monday when the chicken probably takes about 40 minutes, but all that needs … Continue reading
Posted in Main Course, Quick Meals, Weekly Menu Plan
Tagged raspberries
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Warm Potato Salad with Yoghurt, Lemon and Chive dressing, Rocket salad and …. Trout
If you ever have evenings when you’re in a real hurry and need (or want?) to produce supper in minutes, then this recipe just may be the answer. I first made this meal a couple of weeks ago with smoked … Continue reading
Posted in Main Course, Quick Meals
Tagged fish, potato, Salad, Super-quick meals
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Cook Once – Eat Twice: Chicken Cacciatore
Planning to have leftovers is one of my favourite ways to save time in the kitchen. Just make sure that if that is your plan that you take out the portion that you want ‘leftover’ before serving up the meal. … Continue reading
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