Ahoy there busy mums! You don't need bags of time, experience & money to make great meals. Check out my easy-to-follow tasty and easy budget recipes and discover the Gourmet Mum in you!
Ouch! When you feel the pinch look out for 'Credit Munch' recipes. Delicious, nutritious and easy budget recipes below £1.25 per serving! Who says you can't have good food on a shoe string?
Ready made gnocchi is great to keep in your cupboard for quick and easy gnocchi recipes like this. This recipes is pure comfort and one the whole family will enjoy.
Time: 15 mins prep + 15 mins baking
Cost: 91p per serving
Calories: 553 per serving
;)
This Stilton and Broccoli soup is made from frozen broccoli and so incredibly quick and easy to make. It's also a good standby recipe.
Time: 10 mins prep + 20 mins cooking
Cost: 68p per serving
Calories: 314 per serving
Kedgeree, traditionally a Victorian Indian-colonial breakfast, makes a tasty lunch or dinner. Try it and you will see that it's delicious and versatile as it works well with different types of fish, vegetables or rice.
Time: 25 mins start to finish
Cost: £1.46 per serving
Calories: 448 per serving
Biscotti, meaning 'twiced baked' in Italian, are the hard sweet biscuits you can buy in coffee shops. Biscotti are surprisingly easy to make and are perfect for dunking in a tea or milky coffee. They are also practically fat-free so swap them for your shortbread.
Time: 25 mins + 45 mins baking
Cost: 7p per serving*
Calories: 79 per serving*
;)
Here's a tasty easy tomato soup which beats the socks of the canned stuff. Serve with crusty bread and you've a quick, healthy meal to warm up a cold January.
Time: 10 mins prep + 30 mins cooking
Cost: 49p per serving*
Calories: 158 per serving*
;)
Spiced Chocolate Christmas Cake is for those who are not keen on traditional Christmas cake. It’s a yummy, fudgy chocolate cake with all the flavours of Christmas.
Time: 15 mins start to finish
Cost: 24p per serving
Calories: 350 per serving
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 1:21PM