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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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Cook Once – Eat Twice! Lamb Meatballs with Feta – Two ways
Don’t you just love those recipes that you can serve up in a number of different ways – cook double one night and serve it up looking like a whole new meal the next day (it saves all those groans … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Cook Once - Eat Twice, Freezing, Main Course
Tagged budget-friendly, feta, freezing, Lamb, Make Ahead, peppers, Tomato
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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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One of those weeks…and a Budget Recipe: Turkish Peppers and Eggs
Do you ever have weeks that don’t go quite how you planned them? Last week was one of those weeks from the culinary point of view. We didn’t do Live Below the Line, but I put together a £15 menu … Continue reading
Posted in Quick Meals
Tagged budget-friendly, eggs, peppers, quick budget recipes, Tomato
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Chicken, Courgette and Feta Crustless Quiche
During my recent browsing on the internet for recipes to use up leftover chicken, I came across this delicious Chicken and Feta Frittata. True to form I fiddled a bit, added in some leftover vegetables and thought I would try … Continue reading
Posted in Quick Meals
Tagged Chicken, courgette, feta, leftovers, less-than-£1-a-portion, peppers, quick budget recipes
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Creamy Pasta with Roast Vegetables
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
Posted in Budget Meals, Main Course, Quick Meals
Tagged budget-friendly, cheese, less-than-£1-a-portion, Pasta, peppers, Tomato
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