Cooking on a Budget!

Here you go, this is my plan for cooking on a budget. A budget of £50 actually to feed a family of 4 in accordance with government guidelines on nutritional intake for a week, no consideration given to allergy sufferers sorry, I just don't suffer myself so I haven't got a clue what is good and what is not for you guys! It is also on the assumption you have basic store cupboard ingredients, like herbs and spices, flour, etc. If you don't have these in you should stock up! Then you will always be able to knock up something scrummy and nutritious like a pasta pour over, even when you have nothing fresh in! Plus, eating good healthy stuff is perfect on a diet. You will lose ...  Read the complete review

As a person who has just changed job paths and struggling to meet ends meet I have become a queen on budget recipes that taste really nice. We have decided to start saving now to move house so the one thing we could think to cut back a lot is food shopping so I am trying my hardest to make tasty meals that don't cost too much and here are a couple of my favourites. ----- Cheese Pasta I always try to get my veggies into a meal and this meal is extremely cheap to make and you can easily have as much as you want of it. The ingredients are as follows; * Broccolli - Whole * Sweetcorn - Small tin * Pasta - As much as you ...  Read the complete review

I have spent several years when my children were very young cooking on a very limited budget,trying not to compromise on nutrition. Some of the things I did which seemed ok: 1. Use your vouchers, samples , and enter competitions if you have time. If you spot a moneyback offer spend the small ammount of time it takes to post off the label,/ till receipt as instructed. 2.Pick up bargains as you go, there are many to be had, try Aldi, Liddles, even Wilkinsons, a few items at a time. If for example you pass a 24 hour Asdas during the late evening they may be practically giving away bread for silly prices, get a few loaves for the freezer. If buying ...  Read the complete review

I like to bake our own pizza. The variations are endless. Now I would like to share with you my chicken and sweet corn topped pizza. I make the dough in my bread maker, and while it works, I can prepare the toppings comfortably. Most of the times I use tomato base, but not this time. Are you prepared to taste something different? Shopping list: 100 ml milk 2 tablespoon oil 1 tablespoon sugar 2 teaspoon salt 400 g plain flour 7 g instant yeast 1 chicken breast fillet (one piece for one pizza) Half cup of sour cream 2 cloves of garlic (chopped) 1 cup of sweet corn 100 g grated mozzarella 100 g ...  Read the complete review

I love cooking and I love spicy food but I often don't have much time to cook these days (or it seems write reviews - apologies for going AWOL for a bit!). It would be easy therefore to slip into the tempting and expensive trap of takeaways and ready meals. So to counter this when I do get some time I love to batch cook meals and freeze them for future use. One of our favourites is bean chilli. Now there are two ways of cooking this - the long and laborious way and the easy peasy way. I shall share both methods with you. The Long & Laborious Way This method uses dried beans which require soaking overnight in cold water. You can ...  Read the complete review