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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: Quick Meals
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
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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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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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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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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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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Supper in minutes?
Do you ever buy those ‘fast food’ cook books? I’m sure you know the ones I mean – those lovely recipe books that claim you can cook all the meals in a matter of a few minutes?. I bought one … Continue reading
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If you’re gonna start somewhere – why not here?
How do you decide what to put into a first post? Well – I don’t know either. But as I drove home just now with the words of Toby Mac ringing in my ears I thought maybe I should just … Continue reading
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