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Money saving tips and recipes for fashionable food that doesn't cost a fortune from New Zealand cookbook author and presenter Sophie Gray. Learn how to cook and eat well on a budget, feed your family for less and access great tips and techniques. Buy the latest recipe book by Sophie Gray Destitute Gourmet
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    Commercial Recipe Development
    In a world where consumers are constantly connected via multiple platforms, and where content is king, recipe development has to engage our foodie audiences in more ways than ever before with recipe d...
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    How to Fix a Fussy Eater
    Fruit and vegetables are inexpensive, healthy and delicious, and large numbers of kids – and adults - simply don’t eat enough of them for good health.Many of us have to contend with picky eaters...
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    How to Win at School Lunchboxes
    I daren't calculate how many packed lunches I've made in my lifetime. The fact is that for the best part of two decades I began the day with a roll of lunch wrap and a scowl. My first waking thought e...
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    Mexican Seasoning Mix
    This basic combination of flavours will add a Mexican zing to all sorts of dishes. Use as a seasoning on potato wedges or to flavour stews, soups, mince dishes or kale chips. You can or make a paste f...
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    Easy Dulce de Leche or Condensed Milk Caramel - 2 methods
    Dulce de leche - the most indulgent form of Caramel has so many uses. There are 2 ways to make this superb caramel made from a can of condensed milk. You can boil a can in a saucepan for 3 hours or do...
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    Breakfast Bars
    A breakfast bar should be like a portable bowl of cereal, nourishing, filling and not too full of sugar. It should contain some whole grains or complex carbohydrates for energy and some fibre. This re...
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    Fried Breakfast Scones
    This decadent breakfast treat hails from my childhood, served with butter and lots of golden syrup, they’re definitely not for everyday, but as a special occasion breakfast they’re sheer heaven. I...
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    Porridge
    Struggling to keep the household supplied with bread? a more nutritious option as oats are a legitimate nutrition powerhouse. They’re low GI and depending on your sensitivity can be suitable for GF...
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    Poached Eggs
    I love a poached egg but there are a few tricks to poaching perfection. Use smaller eggs, not so much white to go floaty on you. Fresher eggs = firmer whites and use barely simmering water. Properly b...
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    Judith's Muesli
    My hilarious friend Judith developed this muesli when her girls objected to conventional toasted muesli which they found too hard to chew their way through. The addition of weetbix makes a much softer...
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    Oaty Breakfast Pancakes
    You can’t beat a hot breakfast for kicking off the day and the extra fibre in these oaty pancakes provides sustained energy that will help with concentration. They’re also delicious, so you can al...
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    Mock Maple Syrup
    Real Maple Syrup is expensive, even in Canada. This homemade substitute is cheap, easy, delicious and the kids likely can't tell the difference especially once its poured all over their pancakes. Make...
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    Destitute Gourmet - Latest Recipe Book
    Modern tasty food that's quick and easy to make, with readily available and very affordable ingredients.It has been a tough year, and many households have found themselves on reduced incomes. But just...
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    Plum Jam
    I adore plum jam and it’s very easy to make. This recipe yields around 4-5 jars of lovely rich red jam for relatively little effort. Plums are reasonably high in pectin, which is essential for your...
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    Grans Bottled Apple
    Gran was actually the late Jean Francis, my brother in law’s mum, and was affectionately known as “Aunty Gran" to my kids. Grans bottled apple is legendary throughout the family. While it is essen...
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    Raspberry, Apple and Lemon Sponge Pudding
    Pretty and delicious, this dessert makes a little bit of berry go a long way. It’s easy enough for everyday but good enough for guests. Ingredients - 50g butter- 1 tbsp golden syrup- ½ cup sugar- 1...
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    Lemon Chicken Stir-Fry with Cashews
    This zingy lemon chicken is quick to prepare and very tasty. You can adjust the sharpness of the lemon to suit your own tastes. Serve the lemon chicken stir fry with fluffy white rice, try jasmine or...
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    Date and Orange Scones
    Scones are quick and cheap to make, reasonably healthy and very filling. This recipe makes very light cakey scones due to the addition of an egg. Try all sorts of sweet and savoury versions. Scones ar...
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    Lime Marmalade
    When making Lime marmalade the usual marmalade ratio of equal quantities of sugar, water and fruit does not apply. The intense tartness of limes requires more sugar or the resulting marmalade will be...
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    Lemon Curd Microwave Method
    Lemon varieties vary in their tartness and juiciness. A mild lemon like Meyer won’t require as much sugar as a tart variety like Lisbon. You can stir in additional sugar if required, microwave the m...
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    Lime Curd
    Lime curd isn't green, its sort of yellowish in colour so I add a drop of green colouring - you can leave it out if you prefer. You'll need quite a lot of limes to make up the 1/2 cup of juice as they...
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    What Foods Can You Freeze?
    Since the freezing process may affect the texture of some foods not all are suitable for freezing.What happens when you freeze food?Freezing involves changing the liquid content in a food to ice; Free...
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    Help - I accidentally defrosted the freezer! Can I refreeze thawed food?
    This article covers what you can safely refreeze, what can be cooked and frozen and what you should throw away. Refreezing itself is not inherently unsafe although the risk of illness depends on how t...
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    Sangria
    a Spanish wine and fruit punch. Made from whatever fruit is in season and a bottle of plonk, makes a cheap drop go a long way and is utterly perfect on a hot sticky summers afternoon. If you can, star...
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