Help with recipe book title please

emmilou

I can remember reading on here a thread recommending a recipe book from years ago but can't find it (the thread). Can anyone give me an idea of what it was called i haven't got a lot to go on except it was written by a woman and it was real money saving OS recipes.
Thanks in advance

ceridwen

I think you might mean that one Thriftlady likes. I expect she will be along in a mo and can tell you.

culpepper

was it feed your family for 5 pounds a day by bernadine lawrence?

emmilou

no not that one but thanks anyway

thriftlady_2

Was it How To Feed You Family on £5 a Day by Bernadine Lawrence ?

It is out of print now but you may be able to get a second-hand copy from Amazon or AbeBooks.

I love it -very simple recipes and a very simple family diet. Homemade wholemeal bread, oats, pulses, vegetables, hm yogurt, cheap oily fish like mackerel and herring, not much meat, brown rice and pasta and lots of spuds. There are very few sweet recipes. Once I've eaten down my storecupboard I'm giving this sort of diet a go (I use the word 'diet' not in the weight-loss sense). I think it sounds healthy, frugal and uncluttered with trendy ingredients

There are 4 weekly menu plans in the book for breakfast, lunches and dinners which I find very useful.

Hardup_Hester

A lot of books have been recommended on here The More for Less Cook Book it is American, & very frugal someone will be able to tell you the authors correct name it's Doris Jansen, os something similar, also Margeurite Patten did a lot of war time recipes. My current favourite is How to feed your family a balanced diet etc, I can't remember the author, I'll go & have a look for it & come back & tell you

thriftlady_2

emmilou wrote: »

no not that one but thanks anyway

Oh, OK.......:think: Was it the other one I like:) The More With Less Cookbook by Doris Janzen Longacre ? American book written in the late 70s by the Mennonite community.

thriftlady_2

Funny how all these books are written by women isn't it ?

emmilou

oh god now I'm confused I don't think it was any of those sorry. I even looked at it on Amazon but didn't buy it at the time

Gingham_Ribbon

Sometimes you can look at your history on amazon - previously viewed?

positivelypurple

Was it in a weekly format - Budget Meals maybe?