Food Cheats

Just 11-13p per portion! For an enjoyable affordable dessert, I do usually have a lemon cheesecake in the freezer. I’m not overly bothered which supermarket has met that

The new Just Essentials range of basic grocery items, at lower prices, has been launched at Asda (June 2022). This has new, bright yellow, branding, but if you

Is Motatos Closing Down in the UK? Since I first wrote this post, Motatos has closed down in the UK after just one year of operating. Motatos closed

With a heatwave predicted, I thought it’d be a good time to buy a tub of ice-cream – rather than regretting that decision when I was melting in

It takes just 3 minutes to enjoy a microwave naan pizza! As a quick late night snack, or an early lunch, it’s a simple “go to” and I

Having bought a pack of lean diced beef and cooked it, it no longer looked half as much, so I wondered what was the weight of raw beef

This slow cooker turkey mince stew was made in the slow cooker, with very little effort! Served with noodles, it could also be served with vegetables, or a

Served with chips, rice or vegetables, these simple microwave porcupine meatballs are cooked from scratch in under 10 minutes – saving not only time, but saving money too

Cheaper than you can make it! Hot or cold, rice pudding’s one of my favourite comfort foods and when supermarket value rice pudding costs just 20p for a

This meal cost me just 14p! One meal, or quick lunch, I have quite often is a pack of instant noodles and I’ll usually add something into the

At under 6p per serving, Jam on toast is a great snack on a budget. Using essentials ranges of bread and jam it’s comfort food for pennies. Jam

Using just four ingredients, this simple bread is made in a slow cooker in just 90 minutes – and costs about 60p. Today I made Cheese & Onion