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    The Frugal Cookbook: Budget Cooking, Budget Diary & 22 Budget Food Recipes For Families
    The Frugal Cookbook: Budget Cooking, Budget Diary & 22 Budget Food Recipes For Families
    The Frugal Cookbook: Budget Cooking, Budget Diary & 22 Budget Food Recipes For Families
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    The Frugal Cookbook: Budget Cooking, Budget Diary & 22 Budget Food Recipes For Families

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    "The Frugal Cookbook: Budget Cooking, Budget Diary & 22 Budget Food Recipes For Families"

    Welcome to the amazing world of budget cooking and my budget diary. I like to think that I am frugal but the truth was it was something I could improve on. I don't have food waste but there is always those silly budget mistakes we make when we don't pre-plan our meals or when we are enticed by supermarket deals or supermarket brands.

    So I decided to improve on things, with the challenge to drop my grocery shopping bill by at least 20%. As a family of four we put this to the test to see what could be achieved if you set your mind to it.

    This is the result along with 22 budget friendly recipes and much more. Recipe highlights include:

    *Toad In The Hole
    *Stuffed Bread Bowls (made JUST with leftovers)
    *Pork Lasagne
    *Homemade Garlic Bread
    *Steak & Chips 
    *And 17 More budget friendly recipes

    Even better, many of these are easy to make and so delicious. Forget the fact that budget meals must be tasteless because they are cheap as that simply doesn't apply with these budget friendly recipes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecipe This
    Release dateMay 28, 2016
    ISBN9781533752727
    The Frugal Cookbook: Budget Cooking, Budget Diary & 22 Budget Food Recipes For Families

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      The Frugal Cookbook - Recipe This

      Table of Contents

      The Frugal Cookbook:

      Introduction

      The Frugal Cookbook:

      Budget Cooking, Budget Diary

      & 22 Budget Food Recipes

      For Families

      © RecipeThis.com

      Table of Contents

      Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

      Toad In The Hole Recipe On A Budget ................................................................. 5

      Airfryer Frugal Pineapple Cake ............................................................................. 7

      Frugal Meals: One Chicken 3 Family Meals – Chicken & Vegetable Pie ....... 10

      Frugal Meals: One Chicken 3 Family Meals – Spanish Tray Bake Chicken .... 13

      Frugal Meals: One Chicken 3 Family Meals – Lemon Chicken & Rice ........... 16

      Frugal Meals: One Pork Pack 2 Family Meals – Pork Steak & Fries ............... 19

      Frugal Meals: One Pork Pack 2 Family Meals – Sweet & Sour Pork .............. 21

      Cauliflower Rice Stuffed Peppers Budget Recipe ............................................. 24

      How To Make A Frugal Bolognese Pizza On The Tightest Of Budgets .......... 27

      Frugal Family Cheesy Homemade Garlic Bread ................................................ 30

      Frugal Family Meals: Minced Pork Cannelloni Recipe ..................................... 32

      Frugal Family Meals: Slow Cooked Simple Pork Lasagne ................................ 35

      Airfryer Cornish Pasty Recipe ........................................................................... 38

      The Ultimate Frugal Spanish Tapas Breakfast .................................................. 41

      Budget Friendly Bread & Butter Pudding .......................................................... 44

      Frugal Family Meals: Cornish Pasty Stuffed Bread Bowls ............................... 47

      Budget Friendly Airfryer Mini Cheese Scones .................................................. 49

      Budget Friendly Cheesy Coconut Chicken ........................................................ 52

      Frugal Chicken Enchiladas Recipe ...................................................................... 55

      Date Night Pork Chops & Twice Baked Potatoes ............................................. 58

      How To Make Scalloped Potatoes On A Budget .............................................. 61

      Leftover Chocolate Mousse Recipe ................................................................... 64

      Introduction

      Welcome to my frugal cookbook.

      My name is Samantha and along with my husband Dominic, we live in southern Portugal with our two kids Kyle and Sofia.

      I will start by saying that I am no saint. I spent many, many years living off takeaways and spending a small fortune on branded foods. In fact I remember that our weekly grocery shopping bill between 2004 and 2008 would often average more than £120/$250.

      This was at a time when we had just one child and we had the money so who cares how much we spent. Yet here I am in 2016 (before going frugal) spending £53/$80 a week. The difference is now that we have 2 kids and not 1 and a 3rd on the way!

      So what changed in those eight years?

      Well put simply we stopped wasting money and started to really enjoy our food and the produce that we bought. We would love one day to grow our own vegetables, but right now we don’t grow anything ourselves and this is all about what we bought exclusively on groceries.

      We decided as a family of four to challenge ourselves to reducing our shopping bill further. We wanted to drop it by at least 20% and this is how we did it. You’ll first get the chance to sample our frugal recipes, followed by our 2 week going frugal experiment along with top tips if you’re struggling to make it happen.

      Toad In The Hole Recipe On A Budget

      Welcome to my toad in the hole recipe on a budget.

      If you haven’t gathered from the title, our theme for May is all about frugal cooking and enjoying frugal family meals without it breaking the bank.

      I have always considered myself to be fairly frugal. I love to cook from scratch which often brings the price down; due to the fact we don’t eat many processed foods we tend to stay clear of brands and apart from our love for salmon our fish and meat purchases tend to

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