A few simple and sensible ideas to help when cooking bread and pasta to manage energy or maximise use of your oven/hob. A quick, low energy pasta recipe included.
Category Archives: Frugal food
Pickled baby peppers
Pickled baby bell peppers (peppardews) and cream cheese stuffed peppers.. Make the most of a glut of veggies from your garden or greenhouse
Egg pasta dough – pasta all’uovo
Full instructions and images for egg pasta dough, plus some hints and tips including being frugal/replacement ingredients for lockdown cooking
A week in the life of a loaf
A week in the life of a loaf -how to make the most of your bread day by day (whether you’ve made or bought it) plus some additional ideas
Store cupboard pineapple upside down cake
A store cupboard staple – use up a tin of pineapple and swap butter for olive oil to make this lovely pineapple upside down cake