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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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Tag Archives: quick budget recipes
Sausage and Lentil Soup
Sausages never fail do they? I don’t know if its the same in your family – although I’m guessing it is – but whenever we have sausages for supper there’s very little problem getting everyone to clean their plates! But … Continue reading
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Tagged budget-friendly, lentils, quick budget recipes, sausages, soups
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Cheesey BBQ Piadinas
We had a lovely, lovely holiday in Italy last summer during which we saw amazing sights and ate out at a lot of fantastic restaurants. Interestingly, amongst all the gorgeous meals, one of the nicest we had was eating from … Continue reading
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Tagged BBQ, bread, cheese, pizza, quick budget recipes
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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
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Tagged budget-friendly, eggs, peppers, quick budget recipes, Tomato
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Ham and Lentil Stew
This Ham and Lentil Stew recipe came out of a wish to use up a ton of cooked ham I had sometime last year. It is warm and comforting and substantial enough to serve up for a weekday supper and … Continue reading
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Menu Plan : Quick Budget Recipes
One thing I’ve learned in my cost-cutting efforts is that if you want to make things cheaply it usually means cooking from scratch. Or, at least, cooking more from scratch than you did before. And that of course often takes … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Quick Meals, Weekly Menu Plan
Tagged budget-friendly, quick budget recipes
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Bacon and Lentil Soup
The last low cost weeklymenu plan should probably have been called ‘Lentil Week’ in our house! (I wonder if there is one?) First there was the Lamb and Lentil Curry with peas, then the Lamb pasties – both of which … Continue reading
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Tagged budget-friendly, Comfort food, lentils, quick budget recipes, soups
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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
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Tagged budget-friendly, Lamb, lentils, Make Ahead, quick budget recipes
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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
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Tagged Chicken, courgette, feta, leftovers, less-than-£1-a-portion, peppers, quick budget recipes
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Chicken Kurma
This is one of our family standbys – simple, reasonably quick and not expensive. I’ve cooked it for years and it’s always popular – a good solid four star meal. So having packed Student Son off to Uni after a … Continue reading
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Tagged budget-friendly, Chicken, leftovers, less-than-£1-a-portion, quick budget recipes
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A Picture of Success! And three Make-in-the-Microwave Pasta Sauces
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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Tagged cheese, less-than-£1-a-portion, mushrooms, Pasta, quick budget recipes, Super-quick meals, Tomato
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