Category: Food and drink

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A dash of this, a splash of that … thrifty cooking

MasterChef is finally over, and the Julie-rage is slowly subsiding. So what’s for dinner tonight? Coming up with tasty meals that are also easy on the hip pocket can be hard (who can afford to splash out on a bottle of Moet for cooking with like they were doing on MasterChef!?) I personally find it difficult to get inspiration from recipes books, because there’ll almost always be at least one ingredient that you don’t have. I used to live in an apartment that was right upstairs from a supermarket so I could just pop down and grab something, but who […]

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Shopping for groceries

Have you found yourself eating out less and less as the recession starts to bite? There’s one area which isn’t suffering in this current economic climate: groceries. Supermarkets (and book sellers) are doing a roaring trade as a result of more people cooking and eating more meals at home, so there are definitely bargains to be had! Here are a couple of shopping tips to help you fill your fridge without emptying your wallet: Pick the right time to shop If you go to the supermarket in the late evenings just before the shops close, especially before weekends and public […]