How to Feed Your Family for £5 a Day

How to Feed Your Family for £5 a Day
Bernadine Lawrence

This much loved kitchen classic has been fully updated with 50+ simple, delicious new recipes. Ideal for busy mums and kitchen novices, this handy little volume proves that you can still feed a family of four on just £5 a day if you shop with care and make nutritious ingredients the foundation of every meal.

Whether you’re looking for a quick dinner such as Lemon Honey Lamb Shoulder with Potatoes and Fresh Thyme or Autumnal Black-Eyed Bean Stew with Dumplings, an old-school classic like Bread and Butter Pudding, or a breakfast full of flavour and energy like Golden Apricot Granola, Bernadine caters for every taste and lifestyle.

Bernadine has had over two decades experience of cooking for a family on a budget, and knows what really works. Her recipes are child-friendly and she has a wealth of practical tips on how to stick to an incredible £35 groceries budget, use up leftovers and prevent food waste.

Complete with a weekly meal planner and a guide to show which fruit and vegetables are in season, Bernadine is an expert on creating tasty meals out of nothing that you will return to time and again.

No hard-to-find ingredients, no complicated recipes, just honest, wholesome food from a cook who understands families and really will save you money.

To me mam, Agnes, whose Apple and Cheddar Cheese Pie will always be an inspiration to me.

CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE (#ub5b1e586-4861-50ee-99ff-d9753960ad73)

DEDICATION (#u94b5125e-864c-5e21-94ea-94387da08856)

INTRODUCTION

MEASURING GUIDE

STORE CUPBOARD

TINNED FOOD (#ulink_7c148cef-7ac7-5b2f-826f-e3c064cb1518)

DRY FOOD (#ulink_9249acf0-8bd0-5b54-aeca-056e52099707)

SPICES / CONDIMENTS (#ulink_fb9c1f9a-ec6e-58e6-94d3-5f075a5da521)

JARS / BOTTLES (#ulink_607ee2f0-5c8a-500e-bab7-5b8e22ac2e62)

FRIDGE (#ulink_0f555403-41ec-5b3d-9cc6-f73eae04cd33)

HINTS, TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS

ON BUYING VEGETABLES (#ulink_68fc3625-3d6d-50a2-96d7-893b7b049983)

ON COOKING VEGETABLES (#ulink_26b705c3-5751-5213-9dde-ea1ece8e6680)

ON FAN OVENS (#ulink_2d56f080-af26-5649-94ae-241f7431f19c)

A NOTE ABOUT SHOPPING

TIPS FOR BUYING FOR ONE OR TWO

A TYPICAL WEEKLY SHOPPING LIST

BREAKFASTS

PERFECT CREAMY PORRIDGE (#ua7e11d7f-030b-5d70-a005-4feb2e76e09b)

TOASTED OATS WITH RAISINS, BANANAS AND STRAWBERRIES (#ulink_2c1c43cf-6d44-5419-901d-9cc08c8899c8)

GOLDEN APRICOT GRANOLA (#ulink_24ee35da-22b7-50f6-bdeb-d6d2a7bddb01)

PEANUT BUTTER AND DATE GRANOLA (#ulink_e5cf2a9f-7f68-522a-878f-f25ecd99094c)

POPCORN FOR BREAKFAST (#ulink_c748984e-3167-5a7a-a17c-90af5ba002a9)

FRUIT AND NUT BREAKFAST TRAIL MIX (#ulink_2f43804c-03f6-57f2-a6d1-f8a50aecf575)

HONEY POLENTA (#ulink_dc0c63dc-bac3-5cbd-8d32-125e6e502266)

BREAKFAST CORNCAKE STACK (#ulink_b263b2e0-3a62-53b2-b2c4-630d5a33d9ba)

GRILLED BANANA SPLIT (#ulink_078576bf-a712-56c9-8c7e-4d48c7cd1de5)

GOLDEN BANANA FRITTERS (#ulink_29752f7f-ad4b-5cf9-bebe-c0252e677ab3)

HEALTHY HONEY-YOGHURT SUNDAE (#ulink_85ba96a0-6df4-5d24-a35c-b52d0d1a4e76)

FRUITY PANCAKES (#ulink_7274c6ab-71cd-5f01-b37d-021e330f532a)

LIGHT MEALS AND SNACKS (#ulink_03231132-ace2-5782-bfec-349b3acfaa3d)

WARMING CHEESY RICE BAKE (#ulink_dcf073f4-27aa-5d77-8185-6505ce7b626f)

CRISPY POTATO FRITTERS (#ulink_a2285269-0d89-5a69-b529-a16b2ac8eb23)

SLICED POTATOES AND CRISPY BACON IN RICH WHITE SAUCE (#ulink_b77b9f69-db67-5479-bd7d-bdb54c5b3b19)

STUFFED POTATOES (#ulink_4c82a2c6-2007-55f7-b54b-1f7f59fef565)

CORN ON THE COB (#ulink_7f663741-ffe4-54b1-8723-6e2fa3dcfa19)

SPICY WINTER BEAN STEW (#ulink_3f3a1db4-93e0-5d6e-9f2e-e4ae21cc3103)

FILLED OMELETTES (#ulink_40b00ef9-de4d-5b23-97e3-6a000d473c49)

FARMHOUSE CHEESE AND POTATO CAKES (#ulink_6c2c9a3a-8462-5caf-857e-8b138dc003e3)

SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH SMOKED SALMON (#ulink_63b8c9e5-8003-506d-926b-f04bcb9742bb)

SAVOURY BREAD AND CHEESE PUDDING (#ulink_9742c96d-cca4-5623-9d16-9dcc6d57037f)

SAVOURY PANCAKES (#ulink_0d38923d-be1e-5249-855c-0b9fb3891041)