Frugal book on frugal food. (Delia's Frugal Food - Delia Smith)

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Product:	Delia's Frugal Food - Delia Smith
Date:	14/02/09 (182 review reads)
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Advantages: Lots of tatsy recipes

Disadvantages: lack of pictures

In the current financial climate, making the most of our hard earned cash is top of most peoples agendas. Whilst food shopping is an area most people target as one they can cut back on, there is only so long you can survive on value noodles.
This book is ideal for those situations. It has been in publication for 30+ years but the recipes are classics that are not dated.
The recipes, all 160+ of them, show you how to use seasonal vegetables, cheaper cuts of meat and offal and make simple, quick and delicious meals that the whole family can enjoy.
The range of recipes will also cater for most tastes. The meals include curries, chillis, soups, vegetarian, fish, French, German, Italian and lots of cakes and puddings.
We have not managed to try out all the recipes yet, and as with most cookery books, there are a few that just don't interest us. Our personal favourites include:

Liver & Bacon Kebabs with stuffing - 10mins to prep and 10mins to cook. Liver is very cheap.

Goulash soup with dumplings - very filling meal. Easy to make in large quantities to last a few days.

Haricot & lentil Chilli - very cheap ingredients and very tasty. Great served with value tortilla chips (which are better than the expensive ones in my opinion)

One of the big problems with this book is the lack of pictures of the recipes. Books by Jamie, Gordon or Nigella all have wonderful colour photos of what the meal is supposed to end up looking like. Whilst the book is all about frugal food, it does not have to be frugal with the pictures, especially with a cover price of £17.99

However it is currently on Amazon at £9.99

Summary: It will help reduce your shopping bill.