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cookery books aimed at money savers

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want2bmortgage3
want2bmortgage3 Posts: 1,966 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
the only one i've seen is the bbc 'cheap eat's' book at £5, i wondered if there are anymore about ??
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  • onetomany
    onetomany Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    there is the student cook book but its very basic, this book sounds good tho
  • onetomany
    onetomany Posts: 2,170 Forumite
    oh theres the family cook book in whsmith at mo for a fiver
  • chivers1977
    chivers1977 Posts: 1,499 Forumite
    I got this one for Christmas

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Healthy-Balanced-Kitchen-Saucepans/dp/1905862156

    How to Feed Your Whole Family a Healthy Balanced Diet, with Very Little Money and Hardly Any Time, Even If You Have a Tiny Kitchen, Only Three Saucepans ... - Unless You Count the Garlic Crusher... (Paperback):rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you Peter De Vries
    Debt free by 40 (27/11/2016)
  • chivers1977
    chivers1977 Posts: 1,499 Forumite
    This one looks good as well

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-ever-Budget-Recipes-Step-step/dp/0754817709/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233175377&sr=1-6
    There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you Peter De Vries
    Debt free by 40 (27/11/2016)
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    I have a really old family circle thrifty cook book circa 1969 it is great! Has a brilliant chapter on Batch cooking - you can still get it on Amazon
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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  • Beki
    Beki Posts: 917 Forumite
    I'd really like to find one which has a lot of old-fashioned recipes in.. maybe wartime, or 50's & 60's. Like the stuff my nan learned to cook and still cooked until she died in the 80's.

    You know the type... rib-sticking, yummy, home-made, warm, cuddly comfort food :D
  • Reverbe
    Reverbe Posts: 4,210 Forumite
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    chivers1977 wrote: »
    I got this one for Christmas

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Healthy-Balanced-Kitchen-Saucepans/dp/1905862156

    How to Feed Your Whole Family a Healthy Balanced Diet, with Very Little Money and Hardly Any Time, Even If You Have a Tiny Kitchen, Only Three Saucepans ... - Unless You Count the Garlic Crusher... (Paperback):rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    LOVE the title.. I got it from my library but there didnt seem to be a whole lot in there iI'd actually fancy eating :( admittedly thats cos a lot of the room was taken up with cakes and biscuits and puds which I just don't eat...have to say I am a little surprised at the OS peeps on here who still think you have to eat a pudding after your main meal.Perhaps that was what they were brought up having but in our house we just tended to have the main meal and we never went hungry.I always want to say to people who want to know how to cut their budget down - stop having cakes, biscuits etc.. even homemade they are still junk food imo and extra calories.
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  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
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    Beki wrote: »
    I'd really like to find one which has a lot of old-fashioned recipes in.. maybe wartime, or 50's & 60's. Like the stuff my nan learned to cook and still cooked until she died in the 80's.

    You know the type... rib-sticking, yummy, home-made, warm, cuddly comfort food :D
    Good wartime cookbooks are these two by Marguerite Patten

    We'll Eat Again
    The Victory Cookbook

    There are also some reproduction wartime books about -Eat For Victory, Good Fare and Good Eating

    Delia's Frugal Food has good old-fashioned recipes.

    The Pauper's Cookbook by Jocasta Innes is my favourite frugal cookbook.


    My local Waterstone's has a special display of Credit Crunch Cookbooks.
  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
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    Butterfly_Brain wrote: »
    I have a really old family circle thrifty cook book circa 1969 it is great! Has a brilliant chapter on Batch cooking - you can still get it on Amazon
    I think I used to have that -was it batch baking? I got it from Oxfam. Can you give me the exact title BB?
  • Reverbe
    Reverbe Posts: 4,210 Forumite
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    There are some brilliant student ones out there.. I highly recommend anything by Cas Clarke.. I had all 8 of hers when I was at Uni and after living on the dole and her food is cheap and yummy,
    What Would Bill Buchanan Do?
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