Tag Archives: quick budget recipes

Smoked Mackerel Fishcakes

Posted on November 17, 2013 by annie

This picture may need a bit of explaining, but I need your help for this. Close your eyes – no, that won’t work – Wake up your taste buds and just imagine: a forkful of creamy fishcake … flavoured with … Continue reading →

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Not all goes to plan… and a Budget Recipe: Mushroom Carbonara

Posted on November 11, 2013 by annie

As we all know, the best plans can go awry. One such thing was the third recipe in this weeks budget menu: Coley Korma. It was not a success. I can’t blame anyone else for this – I made it … Continue reading →

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What price tinned tomatoes? – and a budget recipe: Sausage Casserole

Posted on May 13, 2013 by annie

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 →

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Two-for-One: Bacon and Tomato pasta sauce with creme fraiche and Chicken Cacciatore

Posted on January 12, 2013 by annie

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 …

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Tuna Fish-cakes

Posted on September 29, 2012 by annie

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 →

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Homemade Pizza

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Sam

(If you’re busy, the best meals are, of course, those cooked by someone else! This post is written by our teenage Guest Blogger. If you have ever been put off making homemade pizza as it seems too complicated and difficult … Continue reading →

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Creamy Chicken and Tomato Pasta

Posted on May 12, 2012 by annie

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 →

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Fresh Tomato Pasta Sauce

Posted on April 14, 2012 by annie

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 →

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Chicken and Leek Soup

Posted on November 28, 2011 by annie

It’s been a strange year, hasn’t it? I was taking photos like this, of all the autumn colours only a couple of weeks ago, when we should have moved gradually into winter ages ago! Now – almost overnight – we’ve … Continue reading →

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