We love fish but it is very expensive.  We therefore stretch it by making a fish pie.  A pie will feed 4 people with one piece of fish, some vegetables, and a hand full of [...]

This recipe reminds me of many happy holidays in Greece when I was younger. We serve these on their own or with potato wedges and salad.  It is lovely on a hot day and a [...]

Sweet and sour kebabs are one of my favourite recipes at the moment.  The meat melts in the mouth and they are so tasty.  I first made it when we had friends coming round to [...]

Orzo is something new to us.  I had never eaten it until we had it in a cafe on the Shetland Islands.  In fact I had never heard of it.  I managed to get a [...]

About 3 times a month I make what I call a pauper's stew.  This is a stew that I make in the slow cooker with any thing that I have that needs using up (or [...]

When the weather gets warmer we will be eating more simple and cleaner meals.  Every week we will have chicken with either chips, grains like quinoa, or homemade savoury rice, and a fresh salad picked [...]

I use casseroles and soups to use up bits of wizened vegetables and odd bits of cooked meat.  It is also a way of using small quantities of uncooked meat that would not be enough [...]

Any one who has been following my website for a while will know that we try to make as many things from scratch as we can.  This is for 3 main reasons.  We need to [...]

We  are trying to tempt my brother to eat.  He fancied chicken tikka but there are lots of foods that he can not eat anymore due to his illness.  We therefore could not make it [...]

We have had our Christmas this weekend as it was the only time that we could all get together.  There are new grandparents in law to consider now, and some members of the family work [...]

This recipe makes a sweet and sour sauce that is a lot healthier than jars and has no additives. It is quick and easy to make, and often I can make it with what I [...]

This is an easy, tasty meal that I used to make on a Sunday instead of a roast when times were hard. I often had to make my toad in the hole with only 4 [...]

Cheese, potato and onion pie brings back memories of my gran.  She was making this simple recipe well over 60 years ago.  We would have this served with vegetables (usually green beans that she grew [...]

My brother bought me a burrito salad from Morrisons  a few years ago when we were doing some gardening and sorting out my Mum's house after she died. It was delicious.  They are too expensive [...]

Have you noticed that the chicken that you get from the supermarket seems to have a more rubbery texture now? Marinating it in yoghurt makes it more juicy and tender. You can marinate it in [...]

I have started cooking baked potatoes in the slow cooker as I can just forget them whilst gardening or going out, and it costs less than using the oven. I didn't realise until recently that [...]

This fish finger pie meal is one we make when we want to all eat at the table and have a meal that we like, but also the children will eat.  It is relatively frugal [...]

I am using up all those bits in the freezer that the labels have fallen off as I am decluttering my freezer and shopping from home.  I thought that I had cooked pork but it [...]

To reduce cost and to keep within our food budget we are eating a lot more food without meat.  I have always made vegetarian curry using chickpeas but was short of them the other week [...]

It was a lovely sunny day yesterday and so we cooked a curry outside.  I prefer cooking curry outside as it stops the smell lingering in the house. It also makes me feel like summer [...]

I made some beetroot burgers the other day. We are eating more vegan and vegetarian food to save money and hopefully to be more healthy.  I don't like the taste of beetroot but Mr S [...]

This is a one of our favourite family meals.  It is also frugal because you can make one large chicken breast stretch to 2 or 3 people.  We always had it when we needed a [...]

Apparently those that follow a Mediterranean diet have higher cognitive function and it helps protect against Alzheimers, heart disease, cancer and Parkinson's Disease. A lot of the food that we eat is similar to a [...]

It is shrove Tuesday.  The day when every one traditionally uses up all the things in their pantry that they are giving up for Lent (if they are religious) or just an excuse for eating [...]