cookery books aimed at money savers

marri_lou

Reverbe wrote: »

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.

Sometimes its nice to make a pudding, and although its extra calories, its sometimes just nice.

I sometimes have soup and a pudding night for hubby, who then doesn't feel cheated at a less than 50p dinner. Yes I could just feed him the soup but why risk the mutiny? An extra 24.7p for a syrup sponge pudding for 4 isn't a horrific cost to be honest.

I could lecture people on how to eat potatoes, pulses and vegetables at every meal and save a fortune, but its about working within the confines of what you are comfortable with and how you want to spend your money.

pixiechick99

I've seen one called 'The Credit Crunch Cookbook' - was brought in to our work from a book company. I might buy it - looks good! It's on Amazon too...

Beki

thanks for that info thriftlady - will keep my eyes open for them!

i agree about the puddings... we don't have puddings every night, but probably do at least twice a week. some weeks it's most nights! but IMO some of the meals i serve i can't afford to make HUGE portions of, that OH would like. To make the portion as big as he'd like would probably cost me an extra £1 or £2. But to make a pudding... on average for ALL of us it would cost £1 max.

So it fills us up, we feel like we're having a treat, and we're saving money and not feeling deprived all at the same time

SunnyGirl

The Frugal Cookbook by Fiona Beckett is another very good one. I've had it from the library for the past few weeks. I also love The Paupers Cookbook by Jocasta Innes, I was brought up on the recipes from this book LOL!

Stephen_Leak

I have to add the "Cooking for Blokes" trilogy: "Cooking for Blokes", "Foreign CFB" and "Flash CFB".

Iguana

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

Whats it called? (please?)

bellaquidsin

To pudding or not to pudding that is the question.

In times gone by puddings were a means of filling family tummies when there was little money to spend on the first course.

I used to tell my children that when we had lemon meringue pie for pudding it was a sure sign that I was on an economy drive, as the two eggs used in the pudding helped to stretch the meagre protien in the dinner.

Everyone left the table feeling very happy.

Milk puddings are excellent body building food for children although not so popular these days.

I don't serve puddings now except on Sundays and to visitors and I never eat it myself.

Bella.

Saab

I buy all of my cook books in Charity shops..:o

My favourite is Reader's Digest One Dish Meals...most of which either work in the slowcooker, or I have adapted them to.:) It was published in 1994 and cost me 75p.

My mother inlaw has an old cook book that came with her first cooker in 1950, it has things like Jugged Hare and Bream pie in it...lots of things you would get arrested for catching nowadays though..:eek:

katholicos

Frugal Food, by Delia. I know it has already been mentioned but i just received my copy yesterday and i am already working out mealplans with it. I am impressed by it, but would never have paid full price for it. I bought mine from The Book People For £7.99 and managed to get Delia's new book, Cheat for half price. I also got free delivery using a ocde from the code forum. And i did the sale through Quidco too!

I think Frugal Food can be purchased from Amazon for a similar price.

fifi63

I have an orginal copy of Delia's Frugal Food which I was given as a teenager by one of my friends. It has always been a good source of cheap meals although I think the new one will have been updated.
I also treasure my collection of Shirley Goode cookbooks, The Goode Life, Goode for One and a Good Year.I bought them in the eighties and I think you would still be able to get used copies on Amazon.