So by now you’ve taken down the last Christmas decoration, gone up a notch on your belt and after a sideways glance at your bank statement gone into a state or mild panic, or is that just me? Anyhow January is the perfect time to reign in the spending after the expense of Christmas so…
Credit Crunch Munch
Quick Leftover Pork Pesto Pasta
It’s been a busy old week as it was my birthday on Tuesday and at the last minute I decided to have a party on Saturday so am busy planning for that. So last night faced with the remaining hunk of pork from Sunday’s roast I scratched my head as to what I could make…
Neapolitan Marzipan Chocolates
Neapolitan Marzipan Chocolates are the perfect festive gift for the marzipan lovers in your life! These home-made marzipan chocolates are so incredibly delicious, you’ll be swamped in compliments (if you can bare to part with them that is)! I have a confession, I am addicted to marzipan as well as chocolate! So when I…
Sweet Chilli Sausage Plait
Sweet Chilli Sausage Plait is a delicious mix of sausage meat, carrot, red onion, green chillies and sweet chilli sauce all wrapped up in a puff pastry plait. In celebration of British Sausage Week which runs from 2 – 8 November, I decided I wanted to make a sausage plait which became this Sweet Chilli…
October’s Credit Crunch Munch Round-up – 36 Money Saving Recipes
In case you’re not aware, Credit Crunch Munch is the monthly blog challenge that Helen of Fuss Free Flavours and I run to help you save pennies but not compromise when it comes to good food! October was a bumper month for entries and being Halloween we had a lot of fabulous pumpkin recipes! So…
Cheat’s Fat Free French Onion Soup & October’s #CreditCrunchMunch
It’s October so we’re well into Autumn and heading on our way to Halloween. I do love this time off year, the rustle of leaves, the golden colours, pumpkins, it’s all so warming. So for October’s Credit Crunch Munch I’d love to see your autumnal dishes but as usual you can enter any thrifty recipes….
Rainbow Chard Soufflé
Rainbow Chard Souffle if a light and fluffy souffle bursting with flavour from the Cheddar and Parmesan cheeses as well as a kick of cayenne pepper! I was lucky enough to pick up 2 packets of Rainbow Chard for pennies on one of my recent bargain shops; it’s becoming like a lucky dip and I…
Easy Roasted Celeriac Soup
Easy Roasted Celeriac Soup with roasted garlic and lemon is just delightful and so simple to make! I recently bought a 1 p celeriac on one of my bargain shops and put out a call on Facebook to see what ideas I could glean from my readers. I couldn’t remember the last time I’d bought…
July’s Credit Crunch Munch Roundup
It was my pleasure to host Credit Crunch Munch during July and I was blown away by the wonderful number of entries – 34 in total!I have found there is so much money to be saved just by changing the time I go shopping and in turn this has inspired so many recipes because there’s…
Mushroom, Spinach & Chickpea Curry
Super tasty and fuss free, this Mushroom, Spinach and Chickpea Curry is a vegan dish that will please the whole family! I love curry as does my family and it really doesn’t have to be a long drawn out affair when you just want a quick and nutritious meal on a week night. I came…
