Cheap, Easy Meals: 5 Cheap Cookbooks
Posted by lucy on December 14, 2008 under Food and Drink | 
Whether you are feeding a whole family, or just yourself, there are some great books available that help you to do this without spending a fortune. Best of all, there are some great deals on some of these books.
Here are 5 of the best ‘cheap, easy cookbooks’ all from Amazon:
Book 1. How to Feed Your Whole Family a Healthy Balanced Diet, with Very Little Money…
The best part of this book is that it includes recipes and shopping lists to feed a full family of four for about £30 a week.
The full title is “How to Feed Your Whole Family a Healthy Balanced Diet, with Very Little Money and Hardly Any Time, Even If You Have a Tiny Kitchen, Only Three Saucepans … - Unless You Count the Garlic Crusher” which is a great title that tells you how friendly and easy-to-use this book is.
This book has 18 reviews at Amazon. 15 of those give it a full 5 stars. It is a perfect book both for experienced cooks and for learners. The RRP is £9.99 but Amazon have it cheaper:
Book 2. The Pauper’s Cookbook
This is the updated version of a book that has been sellin since 1971. This version includes more than 250 international recipes - all very cheap to make.
It covers everything from soups to party dishes. RRP is £7.99 but Amazon have it cheaper:
Book 3. 101 Cheap Eats: Tried-and-tested Recipes
This BBC Good Food book focuses on 2 things:
- How to eat cheaply
- How to make food easily
Unlike most recipe books, not all of the meals start ‘from scratch’. Many of them use things like crisps and philadelphia. All of the recipes fit on a single small page and are very easy to follow. RRP is £4.99 but Amazon have it cheaper:
Book 4. 101 One-pot Dishes
This is another BBC Good Food book, this time including recipes you can make with just a single pot.
This is perfect for a single person or a couple. Easy, quick recipes that you can make even if you only have a tiny kitchen. The RRP is £4.99 but Amazon have it cheaper:
Book 5. Budget Meals: Eight Weeks of Delicious Dinner and Dessert Recipes
This book does exactly what it says. Eight weeks of different recipes for dinner and dessert. It comes with shopping lists to make it even easier and get you into the habit of buying cheaply and cooking cheaply.
