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Top rated Budget friendly recipes
Love Heart Cookies

By Vah11
Crunchy heart shape cookies ideal share with your Valentine
- 125 butter
- 150g caster sugar
- 2 egg yolk
- 200g flour
- rind of 1 lemon
Shortbread Snazzles

By JJelley, Red Droplet
Quick, crisp shortbread. Perfect for dunking and tea parties!
- Quick and crisp shortbread. Perfect for dunking and tea parties!
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- 250g / 10oz plain flour
- 250g / 10oz butter (softened)
- 125g / 5oz icing sugar
- 125g / 5oz cornflour
Cabbage Balushka or Cabbage and Noodles

By MaryJanex
This Hungarian favorite is cabbage, onions, and egg noodles cooked in butter
- 1 (16 ounce) package egg noodles
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 large onion
- chopped
- 1 head cabbage
- cored and chopped
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Hunters Chicken

By Fay
Bacon wrapped chicken - can anything be better? Try it out, your taste buds are going to loveee it!
- 8 slices bacon
- 4 chicken breasts (skinless & boneless)
- 100g grated cheese
- BBQ sauce
Hungarian Mushroom Soup

By MaryJanex
It has lots of flavor and is fairly quick to make
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 cups chopped onions
- 1 pound fresh mushrooms
- sliced
- 2 teaspoons dried dill weed
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup milk
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ground black pepper to taste
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/2 cup sour cream
Café Frappe - Greek Iced Coffee

By Laurapackham
Put the instant coffee with 2 - 3 teaspoons of hot water and mix in a small glass
- 2 tsp instant coffee
- 1 - 2 tsp sugar
- Ice cubes
- crushed
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1/3 cup milk
- chilled
Traditional British Apple Pie

By meemaw2
A quintessential British pudding perfect for sharing with family and friends!
- 4 x massive spoonfuls of plain flour
- Small knob of butter
- 2 x large spoonfuls of caster sugar
- 2 x big cooking apples or 4-5 normal sized apples
Piña Colada Cupcakes

By Pro4mance, http://www.pro4mance.com.au/
Take yourself to the beach with these moist Piña colada cupcakes
- Cupcakes
- 1 & 2/3 cups plain flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 castor sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- melted
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup crushed pineapple
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Icing
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- room temperature
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 3/4 cup shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Hermitage Roast Potatoes

By dbeneta
Preheat the oven to 425F/190c degrees
- 2 lbs/1kg potatoes
- skins on
- 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
- 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 2 big glugs olive oil
- 2 lemons
- Lots of salt & pepa (shoop)
Sweet Potato & Quinoa In a Jar

By Charlotte Allen
Pack your Mason Jar with this super-salad to bring to work, school or university!
- 1 cubed sweet potato
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 C quinoa
- 1/2 C black beans (or kidney beans)
- 1/4 diced red pepper
- 2 C green vegetables (of your choice)
- 1 tbsp dried cranberries (sultanas work well too!)
- 1 tbsp flax seeds
- For the dressing
- 1/4 mango
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 1/2 water
More Budget friendly recipes
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Basic white sauce
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 1 pint milk
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French Crepes
- 3 eggs
- 250 g of flour
- 1/2 liters (2 cups) of milk
- 3 spoons of sugar
- 1 spoon of salt
- 1 spoon of oil
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Taco Soup
- 500g mince
- 1 can kidney beans 420g
- drained
- 500g bag of frozen mixed veges
- 1 jar of salsa 250g (mild or medium depending on taste)
- 1 packet of taco seasoning
- 2 heaped teaspoons beef stock powder
- 1 litre of water
- Vegetable oil
- To Serve:
- Corn chips 175g (plain or cheesy)
- 250g grated tasty cheese (cheddar)
- 250g tub of sour cream
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Beetroot Carpaccio
- 4 beetroot
- diced
- 1 1/2 tsp chives
- chopped
- 1 1/2 choppe tarragon
- 1 tsp French mustard (Dijon)
- 1 tbsp finely chopped shallots
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 drops of tobasco
- 2 1/2 olive oil
- Seasoning
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Leek and Potato Soup
- 2 tbsp of butter or olive oil
- 2 chopped leeks
- 1 small finely chopped onion
- 350g/12 oz floury potatoes
- 2 vegtable stock cubes
- ground pepper
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Banana Booster
- Small pot of plain organic yoghurt
- One medium banana
- A tablespoon of porridge oats
- a teaspoon of honey
- a teaspoon of good quality apricot jam
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Pineapple and lemonade
- 1 litre jug
- A handful of ice cubes
- 100 ml pineapple juice
- 800 ml lemonade
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Simple Pancake Batter
- 100g Plain Flour
- 1 Beaten Egg
- 250ml Milk
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Portabella burger
- 1 bun
- 1 portabella mushroom
- balsamic vinegar
- spinach
- onions
- vegetable oil
- blue cheese
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Falafels
- 2 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil
- 1 small onion
- finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove
- crushed
- 400g can chickpeas
- washed and drained
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- handful parsley
- (or 1 tsp dried mixed herbs)
- 1 egg
- beaten
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An ultimate classic
- 2 slices of bread
- Butter
- (No low-fat nonsense!)
- 2/3 slices of back bacon
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Yorkshire puddings
- 4 heaped tablespoons of plain flour
- 2 eggs
- 60mls milk
- oil
- Extra water is optional
- yorkshire pudding tin
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