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. Do share the love and visit a few of the other blogs in the linky and leave a comment with the #CreditCrunchMunch tag.
Helen and I love sharing your entries on Twitter so do tag us using #CreditCrunchMunch too. If you haven’t seen the September round-up head over to Fuss Free Flavours to see the 22 delicious entries we received!
To kick off the proceedings I am entering this Cheat’s Fat Free French Onion Soup which we had yesterday and has only 3 ingredients! I had no intention of posting this and can’t actually take credit for it as it was my hubby’s idea! It tasted so good I took a couple of snaps for instagram but then thought if we enjoyed it then I’m sure you would and it’s so ridiculously easy too. I’d bought a tub of reduced red onions for 1p so needing to use them up and wanting something warming for lunch this soup came about. No fuss, barely any mess as I used our soup maker and so tasty from just some red onions and 2 different types of stock – we’ll be having this again and my son who is a huge fan of French Onion Soup also loved it when he tried it later!
So back to ideas for Credit Crunch Munch, money saving topics could be:-
- Dishes using cheaper ingredients – cheap cuts of meat or vegetarian
- Meals using leftovers
- Meals using up the ends of packets
- Substitutions of cheaper ingredients
- Packed lunches
- Meals that use less energy to cook
- Pressure cooking
- Slow cooking
- Faster cooking – less oven time for example
- Batch cooking for the freezer
- Sustainable foods
- Food you have grown yourself
- Meals from reduced food in the supermarket
CREDIT CRUNCH MUNCH
To take part, simply blog about any money saving idea or recipe that is vaguely food related. We do a full round up so I will be mentioning all the recipes that are submitted.
There are a few rules
Please link to this post, and the Credit Crunch Munch page on Fuss Free Flavours.Please use the Credit Crunch Munch Badge
Tweet using #CreditCrunchMunch and tag @FabFood4All & @FussFreeHelen
Closing date – last day of the month – 31st October 2015
You are welcome to link up one or two old posts, but please republish them
By entering you are agreeing to let us use an image from your entry on this site, and to pin to Pinterest
If blogging a recipe from elsewhere on the internet or a book please be mindful of copyright
But feel free to send to as many other events as you like, let’s help everyone save money!
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We look forward to seeing your entries!
Cheat's Fat Free French Onion Soup & October's Credit Crunch Munch
3 ingredient Ceat's Fat Free French Onion Soup is so quick and easy and yet so delicious!Servings 4 peopleCalories 41kcalIngredients
- 320 g Red onion sliced or dicedj (I used a tub)
- 500 mls Beef stock I used a stock pot
- 400 mls French onion stock I used a Kallo stock cube
Instructions
If using a soup maker place all the ingredients into it adding stock up to the maximum level and set to chunky soup setting. If using the hob, place all the ingredients into a pan, bring to the boil and then simmer under a lid for 20 minutes. Blend, leaving a bit of texture and serve with crusty bread.
Sadhna Grover
Hi Camilla,
Thanks for hosting the party. i have linked two recipes, in both of them I have used pressure cooker. One is Halloween recipe of pumpkin halwa. Happy Halloween.
Camilla
Great Sadhna, thank you for entering:-)
Margot @ Coffee & Vanilla
The onion soup looks amazing Camilla!! I haven’t had one in a very long time… I really like idea of using red onions here, they are much milder and sweeter than classic white onions.
Camilla
Thanks Margot, yes the red onions allow this to be quick soup:-)
Heather Haigh
Your soup looks delicious, perfect for this chilly weather.
Alida
Hello Camilla!
I have tried several times but I cannot enter my recipe. Please can you enter it for me in the Credit Crunch Munch Linky.
Halloween Spider Pizza
http://www.mylittleitaliankitchen.com/halloween-spider-pizza-your-kids-will-love/
Thank you!
Alida
Camilla
Hi Alida, Have had problems myself with linkies lately but they have gone through even though an error occurred. Have entered this now but when it came to adding a photo only 2 came up, I’m not sure if your file sizes are the isssue? Camilla x
Elizabeth
I’m feeling rather poorly today. I think this sort of soup would be just the thing I need! Yum!
Camilla
Oh no Elizabeth, yes good to keep your fluids up when you not well, get better soon!
Charlie @ The Kitchen Shed
I once followed a recipe for french onion soup and it took forever to make, I had to cook the onions for what felt like a lifetime and it had lots of other fussy ingredients. Needless to say, I never made french onion soup again. This looks like my kind of cooking though! I shall definitely have to give this a go.
Camilla
Exactly Charlie, sometimes you want some good and fast and this fits the bill:-)
ema
Love this recipe – so quick and easy and delicious. Love French onion soup and make it in the slow cooker a lot – but this is a fab short cut
Camilla
Thanks Ema – yes it’s surprisingly good:-)
Sarah James
What a bargain Camilla. Love the recipe and the idea of using red onion, perfect for this time of year.
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, yes the red onions are perfect here:-)