Easy-to-cook and delicious dishes for all the family, offering tasty recipes that make the most of a thrifty food budget. Chilli con Carne, Cheese Pudding, Spaghetti with Fresh Tomato Sauce, and Fish Cakes, as well as dishes to impress, like Mussel Risotto, Duck Legs with Red Cabbage, and Turkey Schnitzel … frugal cooking does not mean going without, and this lavishly illustrated collection of 500 recipes will show you how to eat fabulous meals within your means. Cooking meals on a budget is all about getting the most out of ingredients, avoiding waste, making more from less, and learning how to get the maximum for your money. This book offers hundreds of recipes that will help you create delicious, sustaining meals without spending a fortune. Avoiding expensive cuts of meat, rare fish, and exotic imported fruit and vegetables doesn’t mean you have to limit variety in your diet. Buying economical cuts of meat and bulking them with beans and vegetables gives great results, while making more of locally grown vegetables, cheap pasta and rice will save you money. Here are irresistible soups and appetizers, meat, poultry and fish recipes, sides dishes, desserts, cakes and bakes, as well as a chapter on preserves, helping you make the most of seasonal bounty. Illustrated with photographs of the finished dishes and with nutritional information for each recipe, this is the ultimate recipe book for anyone who loves eating tasty home-cooked food while staying on budget and in control.