proper Italian-style pizza that just happens to be vegan (37p per pizza)
Makes 4 pizzas to feed 4 hungry people Prep time: 1 1/2 hours including dough rising time The day I learned that there exists a traditional type of pizza from […]
shepherdless pie with buttery swede topping (vegan, gluten free, 37p per serving)
Serves 6 Prep time: about 90 minutes Late autumn makes me dream of buttery mash and rich, savoury gravy. Shepherdless pie takes a while to make, which definitely puts it […]
gram frittata with garlic mushrooms (vegan, gluten free, 29p per serving) and a rant about supermarket pricing policies
Serves 3 Prep time: 20 minutes Gram flour is possibly one of the most useful frugal ingredients you can have in your kitchen. It sits happily in your cupboard until […]
banana bread with peanuts (vegan, 85p, 7p per slice)
Serves 12 Prep time: 1 hour Three half-blackened bananas greeted me this morning when I went to make my morning tea. We all looked at each other for a moment […]
thick chocolate custard (vegan, gluten free, 15p per portion)
Serves 4 Prep time: 5 minutes Ah, chocolate custard. Kids love it. Grown-ups love it. Makes you feel all warm and gooey. This takes mere minutes to whip up for […]
lentil pâté with caramelised onion (vegan, gluten free, 22p per portion)
Serves 4 Prep time: 30 minutes plus chilling time Lentils make an excellent base for pâté. Everyone in the house loves this stuff, omnivores of all ages included. It’s very […]
a few thoughts on frugal bread
Most of the books and blogs out there on frugal food will tell you to bake your own bread. Nobody seems to question the wisdom of this. It paints a […]
vegan meaty bits, greens and garlic croutons (40p per serving)
You know those packets of dried meat-free mixes you can get? I’m talking about things like Sosmix and all the different Granose mixes that you can pick up at health […]
Granola the Great (vegan, 15p per serving)
This super-quick and easy recipe is only a framework on which to hang your own personal budget granola creation. Pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, hazelnuts, dates, dried coconut: see what you […]
mandatory houmous (vegan, gluten free, grain free, 83p for the equivalent of two supermarket pots)
Mandatory because all vegans tend to eat silly amounts of this stuff, so it’s good to have a failsafe recipe that costs roughly half what you’d pay in the supermarket, […]
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