The Skint Cook: Over 80 Easy Tasty Recipes That Won't Break the Bank
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AlbakiReads Editorial Budget-conscious cooking with room for comfort-food favorites
Budget-conscious cooking with room for comfort-food favorites
The Skint Cook gathers more than 80 recipes built around affordable, satisfying home cooking, spanning Friday-night fake-aways, Sunday roasts, updated classics, and potential everyday staples. Alongside the recipes, Ian Bursnall includes practical ideas for stretching ingredients and making use of what is already on hand, from substituting margarine for butter to repurposing leftover doughnuts in bread pudding. The book frames thrift as a hands-on kitchen approach: flexible swaps, leftover-minded cooking, and familiar dishes adapted for tighter budgets.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Home cooks seeking lower-cost recipe ideas
- Fans of fake-aways, roasts, and updated comfort-food classics
- Cooks interested in ingredient swaps and leftover-use tips
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Book Overview Top nosh, less dosh: over 80 affordably delicious recipesFrom Friday night fake-aways to succulent Sunday roasts, The Skint Cook is all a...
From Friday night fake-aways to succulent Sunday roasts, The Skint Cook is all about feel-good food at feel-good prices.
There's updates on classics, flavour combos to die for and recipes that are about to become your new staples - alongside a showcase of thrifty tips and tricks that are ingeniously simple and incredibly effective.
Whether it's swapping butter for margarine or turning leftover doughnuts into the bread pudding of your dreams, The Skint Cook shows you how to get resourceful and make your cooking affordably delicious.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 224 | Language: English | Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS 360 | ISBN: 0008580189
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