Frugality
comes in many guises. One form is to simply take what is on offer. It might
seem a little cheap but hey, if something is being provided as a tempter and
you try but don’t buy, that is life. C’est la vie.
The current
age seems fascinated with food; cooking shows, celebrity chefs, diets, diets,
diets, gluten free, lactose intolerance, glycaemic index, whole grains, ancient
grains, fat free, guilt free. It is difficult to keep up on a budget.
Cook books
are in vogue, celebrity chef how to do’s, sumptuous photography, gastroporn
rules!. However their luscious presentation comes at a price and not a price I
am prepared to pay. In fact what I realised pretty early was that one never
needs to buy a cook book to have access to the latest recipes, news of inventive
cooking and new food trends. It is all there on the world wide web.
You will
develop your own list of go to sites. If you are new to the game, check out the
lifestyle sections of on line newspapers. Discover a world of on line food
magazines. There are a million food blogs out there. Find the best and most relevant
to you. Some of my overall favourite start places are as follows;
Has links to most newspapers of the world and a
selection of food magazines.
http://www.world-newspapers.com/
Some great magazine sites to start your
journey;
Food blogs;
https://lucysfriendlyfoods.wordpress.com/
A couple of
hints;
·
Some
sites will not easily permit copying recipes. I simply use the print screen
function, paste to the program paint and save the file as jpeg file, this works
fine.
·
Ensure
you have a good filing system on your computer to easily find recipes.
Personally I have found the easiest way is to start a filing system based on
the main ingredient e.g lamb loin chops or beef mince. When I take something
out of the freezer or buy something on special, I can simply go to that file
for some ideas of what to do with it. I have embellished this by also adding
files such as breakfasts or soups and may have one file in a number of
different locations. I have amassed a mountain of recipes that have really proved
their worth as far as giving me ideas and meaning I cook to what ingredients I
have rather than selecting a recipe and then buying the ingredients. This way I
can use items I have bought on special or utilise the glut of food that might
come from the garden.
Not only
has searching out recipes been a lot of fun that has allowed me to venture deep
into the on line world of food all over the world but it has allowed me to sell
and give away most of my cook books. It is amazing how much space they
occupied!
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