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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: Two-for-one
Two-for-One: Roast Tomato and Red Pepper Soup and Roast Tomato and Marscapone Pasta
If you do a search on Google for ‘Tomato Sauce’ you will get over 20 million hits (- in 0.38 seconds – I wish I could think that fast!). But I still think it’s worth giving you this recipe. It … Continue reading
Posted in Freezing, Main Course, Soups, Two-for-one
Tagged budget-friendly, less-than-£1-a-portion, Pasta, peppers, soups, Tomato, vegetarian
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Two-for-One Budget recipes: Lamb and Lentil Curry with Peas and Lamb Pasties
One of the tricks that people suggest to save money on your meals is to bulk out your meals with lentils and pulses. I have to admit that I’ve never been sure how that would go – or how they … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Cook Once - Eat Twice, Main Course, Quick Meals, Two-for-one
Tagged budget-friendly, Lamb, lentils, Make Ahead, quick budget recipes
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Two-for-One: Roast Pork Fillet with Herbs – and Pork, Feta and Pasta salad
It’s always great when you can manage to get more than one meal from one evenings cooking. These are both simple recipes that you can either make separately, or cook extra roast pork the first night so you can use … Continue reading
Posted in Cook Once - Eat Twice, Main Course, Two-for-one
Tagged leftovers, Pasta, pork, Salad
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Two-for-One: Roast Honey Glazed Ham
OK – it’s not really roast dinner season at the moment – but when faced with large amounts of ham to cook (and you can of course eat cold ham in any season) I got out my recipes for Roast … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Cook Once - Eat Twice, Main Course, Two-for-one
Tagged ham
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Two-for-One: Garlic and Rosemary Focaccia and Homemade Pizza bases
Click on the headings to see the choices! This is one of those great recipes where you can cook double and have the basis for two different meals. Just my kind of recipe! Make some extra bread dough and you … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Cook Once - Eat Twice, Freezing, Two-for-one
Tagged bread, freezing, Make Ahead, pizza
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Two-for-One: Bacon and Tomato pasta sauce with creme fraiche and Chicken Cacciatore
Everyone needs a good standby pasta sauce. Easy and quick to make – ideally from store cupboard ingredients. This one fits the bill beautifully.
It was inspired by a …
Posted in Budget Meals, Cook Once - Eat Twice, Main Course, Quick Meals, Two-for-one
Tagged budget-friendly, Chicken, Pasta, quick budget recipes, Tomato
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Two-for-One – Cook Once – Eat Twice : Chilli-con-Carne
One of the best ways I find to save time during the week is to cook extra one night to use the next evening also. Of course, what you don’t want is for the children to take one look at it the second time around and chorus “Oh no, not this again!” …
Posted in Cook Once - Eat Twice, Freezing, Main Course, Two-for-one
Tagged Beef, freezing, Make Ahead
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