| |||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
""Beckett is a whiz at using leftovers and humble ingredients." --"Times
--This text refers to an alternate
Paperback
edition.
Product Description
The lost art of thrift is rediscovered in this cookbook through a wealth of fantastic recipes, from budget breakfasts--Spring Vegetable Frittata or French Toast with Polish Cherries--to easy midweek suppers, such as Thai Beef Salad or Linguine with Stilton and Onion. In a time where about a third of all the food purchased is thrown out, this book is ideal for anyone who is eager to cut out waste and make the most of everything they buy. With a full glossary of ingredients and ideas for how to use them up, as well as a myriad of thrifty tips that promise to transform even the most sorry leftover into an inventive and tasty meal, this is a kitchen manual that no home can afford to be without.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has come at the right time, when food prices have risen but we all want to eat good food. There are lots of lovely recipes using pulses such as creamy lentils with cream, hummus, chickpea bake. Ideas for using the leftovers from a roast such as soups and curry (I made this yesterday and it was gorgeous) and an extremely good list at the back which each food and what can be done with it, which has given me lots of ideas to use that odd carrot or bit of cheese lurking in the fridge. I have all of Fiona's books but I think this will be the most used. Brilliant!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm s bit surprised at the negative reviews. I liked this book a lot. I enjoyed the section at the beginning with ideas for making food stretch (utilize your freezer, look for deals-but is it really a deal?) although the section was a little long and quite a lot of common sense. And i liked the section at the end with ingredient by ingredient leftover ideas. I havent made many of the recipes as they are not that appealing. but i like the way it is written. i aggree with fionas decision to leave out recipes using offal and cheap meat as i have no interest in eating them no matter how frugal they are and i assume a lot of people would agree with me.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Quite suprised by how "low" this has been rated. I like this cookery book. It would be a nice addition to your collection for those days where you don't have all the ingredients for specific recipes and just want to find a meal based on one main ingredient e.g a chicken leg, leftover mince or a can of sardines. Taste is not forfeited due to low cost ingeredients and many are easy to prepare. The book has many sections with my favourite being the last section "A-Z of leftovers". Pick an ingredient from a vast list e.g egg, pasta, bananas and you will find other foods which will match well with it. This has, on many occasions, saved me the time needed to think up good combos for leftovers. Overall I really like this cookery book and the frugality is at the right level for me. I'm sure this would work as your main cookery book although I would suggest owning/using others such as maybe using your favourite cookery book for one day and then for the next day use this book to finish off any leftover ingredients you may have "created" from last night. This book would work for most people although if cooking for one person, student cook books or "cooking for one" books would probably be more suitable as most of these recipes are designed for 2-4 people. =)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Jumping on the band wagon
I was extremely disappointed with this book which does not live up to the title. If the author thinks this is Frugal she should have a word with my mother who cooked her way... Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2009 by Woody
At last - a useful frugal book!
There are a lot of frugal/thrifty type books around at the minute, with lots of people jumping on the credit crunch bandwagon, but this is not one of them. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2008 by FrugalP
Only average
Sorry, Fiona, a bit of a disappointment.
Contains too many recipes using more expensive ingredients. Read more
Contains too many recipes using more expensive ingredients. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2008 by Tim Stewart
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
