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'You can eat well on a tight budget – but it's not easy'
Food blogger Miss South knows from experience how hard it is to eat properly if you're on benefitsIf there's one subject everyone has an opinion on, it's eating on a budget. Not the kind of budget that...
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A week's recipes for £20 a head: breakfast
You can make good meals on a tight budget, says food blogger Miss South. First up, potato farls and banana pancakesThis is a close approximation of a week's worth of meals for me, though here all the...
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Ed Balls: Yorkshire beef and Westminster lasagne parties
The shadow chancellor makes pies for fellow MPs, casserole for his constituents and dreams of one day appearing on MasterChefWhen the word came down that I was to lunch Ed Balls at the Moo Cafe at...
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Recipes for under £5: dhal bat
The co-owner of Gujarati Rasoi serves a delicious and nutritious Indian stapleIn its Eat Well for Less series, OFM asked 10 chefs to make a meal for four whose ingredients cost £5 or less – barring...
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Recipes for under £5: Sichuan mouthwatering chicken
A traditional classic from cook and author Ching-He Huang that works well as a winter warmerIn its Eat Well for Less series, OFM asked 10 chefs to make a meal for four whose ingredients cost £5 or less...
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Recipes for under £5: braised beef, roasted root vegetables and hazelnuts
The chef patron of Zucca, Sam Harris serves braised beef, roasted root vegetables and hazelnutsIn its Eat Well for Less series, OFM asked 10 chefs to make a meal for four whose ingredients cost £5 or...
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Recipes for under £5: Moroccan chickpea stew with fried egg brik and cucumber...
Dock Kitchen chef Stevie Parle put his favourite things together for some budget comfort foodIn its Eat Well for Less series, OFM asked 10 chefs to make a meal for four whose ingredients cost £5 or...
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Recipes under £5: pozole
Wahaca owner Thomasina Miers serves a cheap and healthy brothIn its Eat Well for Less series, OFM asked 10 chefs to make a meal for four whose ingredients cost £5 or less – barring items that would...
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Recipes for under £5: kamooniya
The co-owner of Honey & Co,Itamar Srulovich serves up spicy chicken livers in this Middle Eastern dishIn its Eat Well for Less series, OFM asked 10 chefs to make a meal for four whose ingredients...
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Recipes under £5: yakisoba
The head chef at Koya serves up a stir-fried noodle dishIn its Eat Well for Less series, OFM asked 10 chefs to make a meal for four whose ingredients cost £5 or less – barring items that would already...
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Recipes for under £5: chickpea, pumpkin, spinach and walnut estofado
The chef patron of Pizarro and José serves a warming dish that's just right for a night in front of the fireIn its Eat Well for Less series, OFM asked 10 chefs to make a meal for four whose ingredients...
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Recipes for under £5: baked mackerel with potatoes, thyme and onions
Owner of the Seahorse restaurant, Mitch Tonks serves a warming baked mackerel with potatoes, thyme and onionsIn its Eat Well for Less series, OFM asked 10 chefs to make a meal for four whose...
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Recipes for under £5: bavette of beef with fried egg and straw potatoes
Tom Kerridge, head chef of the Hand and Flowers in Marlow, chooses a cheap cut that's full of flavourIn its Eat Well for Less series, OFM asked 10 chefs to make a meal for four whose ingredients cost...
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Pints for £1 in the homebrew revolution
Homebrewing is taking off, with thousands of people – old and young, men and women – doing it in their own homes. And some of the most successful are also leading the microbreweries boomIt's 9am on a...
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Jessie Ware: 'I'm such a bully about food'
The breakthrough British star of 2012 on Marmite, Lidl – and forcing her vegetarian guitarist to eat meatWhen I sat in my high chair, my mother says my toes used to twiddle excitedly whenever food was...
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Kitchen rules for 2013
She never makes new year resolutions, but this year Rachel Cooke wants to avoid dirty food – and stay on Team CheeseOn the second day of this month, feeling tired of brandy snaps, I looked inside my...
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Taste test: supermarket economy brands
Lorraine Pascale tastes and rates essentials from tinned soup to sausages and sliced whiteCheddar cheese Tesco Everyday Value Mature Cheddar£7.29/kg The flavour could be stronger: mature cheddar should...
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Taste test: supermarket staples
Economy range pizzas, digestive biscuits, fish fingers and more, tasted and rated by Lorraine PascaleVanilla ice creamWaitrose Essential Vanilla Soft Scoop Ice Cream1l, £1.09 This has the best vanilla...
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Nigel Slater's eat well for less recipes
Chorizo potatoes, cauliflower soup with mussels and churros with apples… delicious recipes that won't break the bankMy everyday eating rarely involves expensive ingredients, and even when it does, they...
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Nigel Slater: welcome to Observer Food Monthly's January issue
Nigel Slater introduces this eat well for less issue with some good value, cold weather cookingBraised beef with roasted root vegetables and hazelnuts; baked mackerel with potatoes, thyme and onions;...
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