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Cheap Family Meals FM. The Podcast that shows you how to have cheap family meals without living off just chicken and rice. Learn that cutting costs on grocery shopping is not about living a boring foodie life. We eat amazing cheap family meals and we want to show you in our Podcast how you can do the same.

Cheap Family Meals 003 – This month we are sharing with you how to get started in growing your own fruit and vegetables from home.

Whether you have a small space or a large space, we want to share with you the benefits of growing some of your own in order to create your own cheap family meals.

You can listen to the Cheap Family Meals Podcast on the link above, alternatively access it on Stitcher. You can also read all about it below or click to download the ebook version. Or alternatively subscribe below to get the transcript of this Podcast:

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In January we showed you how to make a cheap KFC at home

* Last month we showed you how to bulk cook meals using clearance vegetables

* Growing Ginger From Scraps

* Growing White Potatoes From Scraps

* Growing Sweet Potatoes From Scraps

* Growing Avocado From Scraps

* Growing Celery From Scraps

* Growing Leeks From Scraps

* Growing Spring Onions From Scraps

* Growing Garlic From Scraps

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Welcome to our cheap family meals Podcast. In January we showed you how to make a cheap KFC at home, last month we showed you how to bulk cook meals using clearance vegetables and this month we want to show you how to grow your own fruit and vegetables.

Something that we started the process of back in October. What we wanted to do was give ourselves a couple of months to allow things to grow and then feature it as part of our Podcast. Well today as I record our Podcast, take videos and photos it is the 20th of February. Exactly 4 months to the day, that we started planting and turned into the accidental gardeners.

Accidental Gardeners You Say?

Yes, I am no gardener. In fact, I am so rubbish at it that I would probably manage to kill a tree, if I was left in charge of it. Which is crazy considering how many amazing gardeners I have in my family.

My Grandad Tom was obsessed with plants and had a back yard full of beautiful plants, they even looked good after Kyle (who was a toddler at the time and was named after him) hit them with his football.

My Grandad George (who my youngest son Jorge is named after) was not just a plant grower but had a massive allotment too. It was full of fruits and vegetables and I loved to eat his carrots raw, just after they had been picked out of the ground and rinsed, or binge on his gooseberries.

My Mum also grew a lot of beautiful flowery plants. She had a small patio and made good use out of them and ...

Cheap Family Meals FM. The Podcast that shows you how to have cheap family meals without living off just chicken and rice. Each one of them has a totally different theme and is perfect for if you want cheap family meals with your family on a regular basis.

Cheap Family Meals FM 002 is dedicated to clearance food and using it to bulk up your freezer with lots of cheap family meals for later!

You can listen to the Cheap Family Meals Podcast on the link above, alternatively access it on Stitcher. You can also read all about it below or click to download the ebook version. Or alternatively subscribe below to get the transcript of this Podcast:

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The Art Of Making A Massive KFC Feast

* #1 Leftover Christmas Soup

* #2 The Ultimate Leftover Soup

* #3 Carrot & Coriander Soup

* #4 Greek Eat Your Greens Soup

* #5 Curried Butternut Squash Soup

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Welcome to our cheap family meals Podcast. Last month we showed you the art of making a massive KFC feast for you and your family using your Air Fryer and reduced price chicken. But this month we wanted to share with you in more depth how we do our reduced price food.

Reduced price food has different names around the world. In the US they call it clearance, in the UK it is yellow stickers and here in Portugal it is pink stickers.

I go absolutely crazy for them and have turned into a pink sticker hoarder.

I decided to see how bad my problem really is and to bring everything out of my freezer that is a pink sticker deal and see EXACTLY how much of it I had. Dominic took the pictures as I wrote everything down.

It turns out that my pink sticker addiction has resulted in:

* 5 Large Christmas Turkeys

* Pack of 2 Pork Chops*5

* Packs Of Sausages*4

* Tray Of Chicken Wings*3

* ½ Whole Duck

* 3 Rump Beef Steak Pack*2

* Beef Strips Steak

* Tray Of Pork Bifanas*2

* Packs of 2 Chicken Breasts*8

* Single Chicken Breast

As well as this I also got pink sticker deals for the following items that thanks to my supermarket loyalty card were free:

* 1 Spatchcock Chicken

* Chicken Strips Pack

* Packs Of 2 Chicken Breasts*4

* Packs Of 2 Chicken Legs*4

* Packs Of 4 Chicken Thighs*3

But they are a true life saver. As a family of 5 we want cheap family meals. We don’t want to spend a small fortune on our meat and we want to be able to have a good supply of it in the freezer, that way when we do have to cut grocery shopping costs then we can.

I also have a really good batch of leftover meals that have been built up over time too. Each time I cook, if there is enough to make up a portion for another day, then I will.

Here is the grand list of leftover food from my freezer:

* Thanksgiving Soup

* Carrot & Coriander Soup*2

* Homemade Tomato Sauce

* Pork Stock*2

* Sausage Stock

* Homemade Jerk Sauce

* Cheese Sauce*2

* Bean Dip

* Homemade Ginger & Garlic Coconut Sauce
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Welcome to our thirtieth Podcast at Recipe This and welcome to our latest cooking tips Podcast. And here is the in season Podcast for December.

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What Is Featured In This Podcast?

Introduction – in this section I will be introducing you to the December Podcast and sharing with you more information about the foods that are in season in December and why we love them at recipethis.com.

December Foods In Season – here you will find a list of the top 10 foods that are in season in December. Expect lots of clementine’s, cranberries, the Christmas turkey and of course parsnips to be featured.

National Food Holidays – Discover what food holidays are happening in Decmeber. From the one off national food days, to the monthly traditional food holidays. There are lots of great days for you to get into the Deecember spirit with.

Airfryer Ham & Cheese Quiche – A quick easy Airfryer recipe. Use up your Christmas leftovers and make a quick frugal quiche.

Links & Resources Mentioned In Cooking Tips FM 030

* Cheese and Onion Nuggets

* Instant Pot Liver & Onions

* Flourless Onion Rings

* French Onion Soup

* Sage & Onion Stuffing Balls

* Lemon Chicken Traybake

* Honey Mustard Brussel Sprouts

* Cheesy Garlic Brussel Sprouts

* One Pan Roasted Chicken & Vegetables

* Salmon Traybake

* Easy Roasted Root Vegetables

* Simple Roasted Parsnips

* Parmesan Parsnip Fries

* Turmeric Parsnip Fries

* Honey Roasted Parsnips

* Eileen’s Asian Coleslaw

* Slow Cooker Lime Chicken

* Honey Chicken Taco Salad

* Seafood Detox Salad

* Veggie Thai Noodle Bowls

* Chocolate Orange Muffins

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Welcome to our twenty ninth Podcast at Recipe This and welcome to our latest cooking tips Podcast. And here is the in season Podcast for November.

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What Is Featured In This Podcast?

Introduction – in this section I will be introducing you to the November Podcast and sharing with you more information about the foods that are in season in November and why we love them at recipethis.com.

November Foods In Season – here you will find a list of the top 10 foods that are in season in October. Expect lots of root vegetables, cabbage and of course brussel sprouts.

National Food Holidays – Discover what food holidays are happening in November. From the one off national food days, to the monthly traditional food holidays. There are lots of great days for you to get into the autumn spirit with.

Airfryer Mediterranean Pork Chops – Lets share delicious pork chops in the Airfryer. Served with cherry tomatoes, olive oil and fresh rosemary it is a meal pleaser.

Links & Resources Mentioned In Cooking Tips FM 029:

* Celeriac soup

* Roasted Root Mash

* Low Carb Breakfast Hash

* Healthy Celeriac Soup

* Celeriac & Apple Soup

* Parsnip soup

* Pork Tenderloin With Apples & Vegetables

* Roasted Parsnips & Brussel Sprouts

* French Beef Stew With Old Fashioned Vegetables

* Parsnip Pizza Crust

* Asian Brussel Sprouts & Shrimp Traybake

* Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Brussel Sprouts

* Brussel Sprouts Gratin

* Brussel Sprouts Salad

* Slow Cooker Brussel Sprouts

* Cabbage soup

* Fish Taco Cabbage Bowl

* Twice Cooked Cabbage Bake

* Sausage & Cabbage Soup

* Warm Red Cabbage Salad

* Carrot and swede soup

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Welcome to my half and half pumpkin pizza dough recipe. A delicious quick and simple pumpkin pizza dough recipe. Using half traditional pizza dough and half pumpkin pizza crust. The perfect in between if you want a squash pizza crust with some real pizza dough.

I love my pizza dough made from vegetables. It is the best. It’s a great way to reduce your carbs and then you feel less and less guilty about what you have just eaten. Then you can load it up with your usual favourite pizza toppings knowing that you can have that bit of cheese, knowing that your pizza dough is lower in calories than usual.

We have had that opinion so much, that so far, we have made the following veggie pizza doughs:

* Broccoli Pizza Dough

* Butternut Squash Pizza Crust

* Cauliflower Pizza Crust

But it got me thinking that whenever I do make a pizza dough from my favourite vegetables it is always rather costly. It’s the one time when people say that eating healthy is expensive that I agree with them.

I mean when you do a cauliflower pizza for example you will use a whole cauliflower. Then you will squeeze out all the excess water out of it after you have cooked it. This is a lot of water to go and then when you are done you will end up with a cauliflower dough ball of cauliflower, egg and cheese.

It will be a small cauliflower dough ball and then when you are done you are left with this small bit, that if you are lucky will cover a 8 inch pizza tray.

And you are like is that it????

You kind of wonder if there is a magician hiding somewhere with the rest of your cauliflower. I mean that can’t be it can it?

But it is.

But you want to reduce your carbs, you want to save money and you still want pizza so what do you do…….

Well instead you make yourself a half and half pumpkin pizza dough.

That way you have reduced your regular pizza dough amount by half, you still have a healthy portion of vegetables in your pizza crust and it will taste truly amazing.

Trust me when I say, this is the perfect in between for you.

A pizza dough that still has olive oil, flour, vegetables, egg and cheese.

It also allows you to have your flour, but you can at least say that you are eating it in moderation and getting healthier. Just perfect for if you are on a diet!

It’s a winner in the Milner house and you can use this pumpkin pizza dough for an entire range of pizza toppings. You can also swap the pumpkin pizza dough for butternut squash, broccoli, cauliflower or whatever vegetable that you have in.

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Half & Half Pumpkin Pizza Dough Recipe

A delicious pumpkin pizza dough recipe loaded up with loads of cheese and pumpkin. Perfect for leftover pumpkin and great for a lower calorie pizza option for families.

* Soup Maker

* Pizza Tray

* ½ The Recipe Flatbread Dough

* 250 g Pumpkin

* 50 g Pumpkin Chunks

* 1 Small Egg

* 150 g Cheese

* 1 Tbsp Tomato Puree

* 1 Tbsp Oregano

* Salt & Pepper

* Fresh Thyme

* Peel and dice your pumpkin and cook it for 25 minutes in your soup maker or until it is nice and soft.

* Mix out the ingredients of your flat bread and place them into a mixing bowl. Though don’t make them into a dough just yet.

* When the pumpkin is cooked,

Welcome to our twenty eighth Podcast at Recipe This and welcome to our latest cooking tips Podcast. And here is the in season Podcast for October.

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You can listen to the Podcast on the link above, alternatively access it on Stitcher, AudioBoom. You can also read all about it below or click to download the ebook version on the banner above.

What Is Featured In This Podcast?

Introduction – in this section I will be introducing you to the October Podcast and sharing with you more information about the foods that are in season in October and why we love them at recipethis.com.

October Foods In Season – here you will find a list of the top 10 foods that are in season in October. Expect lots of apples, sweet potatoes and pumpkins to be featured.

National Food Holidays – Discover what food holidays are happening in October. From the one off national food days, to the monthly traditional food holidays. There are lots of great days for you to get into the autumn spirit with.

Crockpot Apple Butter – A quick easy crockpot pot recipe for apple butter. A delicious use of your leftover apples and perfect for October when apples are always in season.

Links & Resources Mentioned In Cooking Tips FM 028:

* Strawberry apple crumble

* Apple Coffee Cup Muffins

* Cinnamon Apple Blondies

* 3 Ingredient Crockpot Apple Sauce

* Gluten Free Cranberry Apple Crisp

* Erin’s Plum Crunch Steel Cut Oats?

* Overnight Crockpot Plum Butter

* Plum Turnovers

* Plum BBQ Sauce

* Plum Cobbler

* Spiced Pear & Cranberry Coffee Cake

* Autumn Spice Pear Cobbler

* Pear Chips

* Pear Tart

* Onion & Pear Jam

* Big Mac Stuffed Peppers

* Airfryer Balsamic Glazed Chicken

* Slimming World Best Ever Chinese Chicken

* Cauliflower Rice Stuffed Peppers

* Red Pepper & Red Tomato Soup

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Welcome to Photosensitive Epilepsy and You Tube Food Videos. I wanted to talk to you today about my battle with Photosensitive Epilepsy and what it is really like for people like me when it comes to food videos.

I know. I know. We all hate it when a food blogger goes off topic and talks about something really random on their food blog and then calls it LIFESTYLE content. As I note more and more people are doing that.

I am normally the one doing the moaning and shouting that they should JUST post food content!!!

I mean I don’t want to know that somebody’s kids have started school and then have 50 pictures of them in their school uniform. Or when they have had a bereavement and there are 100 pictures in one post of their deceased Grandma.

Then they follow it up with another 10 posts over the month with more granny posts. I mean come on everyone – I am here for recipes and even though it is a sad and my grandmas have died too, it’s not something that you want to see in the masses.

Plus its great for the odd personal story on Instagram, but if you are there visiting a food blog. Then HELLO bloggers you want to see actual FOOD.

That is why there has never been a post dedicated to the birth of my latest child (he is a year old this month BTW) or how it went introducing my daughter to solids or her nappy training moments.

Of course I mention them a LOT. I mean how do you not as a mum that is super proud of her 3 amazing kids? But it will be within the context of the recipe or the cooking tips and not as them being the main topic of conversation.

I have shared with you my daughters favourite yoghurt, making custard creams with my little girl, Easter baking, Christmas baking and so forth. But at the end of the day, on all accounts there would be a recipe featured on the blog and it would just be a theme in the cooking.

But now I wanted to talk to you about Photosensitive Epilepsy as I have it and it’s such an important topic when it comes to food blogging and the experience of your readers.

What Is Epilepsy?

Some people are confused about exactly what Epilepsy is so here is the facts:

* Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by different types of seizures

* Some types of epilepsy are more serious than others

* Epilepsy can vary from staring into space to severe shaking fits

* Many physical injuries can occur from epilepsy

* There is often stigma attached to epilepsy

* Brain injuries are often linked to epilepsy

* Over 39 million people suffer from epilepsy

* Epilepsy means “seizure” in Greek

My Epilepsy Back Story

When my mum gave birth to me in the January of 1982 I had a stroke while she gave birth. It was a birth trauma that left me with slight brain damage. This wasn’t made aware of for many years as when my mum questioned my appearance with the midwives she was put down as being a crazy new mum that was having an overprotective, hormone moment.

Fast forward to my school years….The teachers quizzed my parents that I might be deaf (or hard of hearing) because I didn’t always respond as quick as what the other kids would. It was like I didn’t hear them or something.

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Several tests later it was revealed that I had epilepsy.

It was called “Petit Mal Epilepsy” and is also known as Absent Seizures.

Welcome to our twenty seventh Podcast at Recipe This and welcome to our latest cooking tips Podcast. And here is the in season Podcast for September.

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You can listen to the Podcast on the link above, alternatively access it on Stitcher, AudioBoom. You can also read all about it below or click to download the ebook version on the banner above.

What Is Featured In This Podcast?

Introduction – in this section I will be introducing you to the September Podcast and sharing with you more information about the foods that are in season in September and why we love them at recipethis.com.

September Foods In Season – here you will find a list of the top 10 foods that are in season in September. Expect lots of sweetcorn, chicken, celery, lettuce and pears.

National Food Holidays – Discover what food holidays are happening in September. From the one off national food days, to the monthly traditional food holidays. There are lots of great days for you to get into the autumn spirit with.

Airfryer Cheesy Chicken Sandwich Recipe – Lets make a delicious cheesy chicken sandwich in the Airfryer. It will be so cheesy that the cheese will squirt out of the sides when cooked.

Links & Resources Mentioned In Cooking Tips FM 027:

* Summer Carbonara

* Teriyaki Turkey & Rice

* Corn Chowder In The Soup Maker

* Slimming World Chicken Burrito Bowl

* Corn On The Cob Wrapped In Bacon

* Whole30 Airfryer Whole Chicken

* Crockpot Brazilian Chicken Casserole

* Airfryer Breaded Chicken

* How To Make Nandos Chicken In The Airfryer

* Nandos Chicken Wings

* Instant Pot Turkey Wild Rice Soup

* Shredded Chicken Salad

* Tarragon Prawn Salad

* Whole30 Beef Pot Roast

* Celery Soup

* How To Make Cobb Salad In A Glass Jar

* Nandos Beanie Burger

* Copycat McChicken Sandwich

* Whole30 Bunless Burgers

* Turkey And Lettuce Burrito Wraps...

Welcome to my Strawberry And Cream Crepes Recipe. Delicious crepes filled with fresh strawberries, sweet soft cheese and completely healthy too. It is Slimming World friendly and a gluten free winner. A family go to recipe our household and great fun to make with your kids too.

I can’t actually take the credit for these delicious strawberry and cream crepes as I didn’t make them. I watched them been made and then I ate them! Which makes a change because 95% of the recipes on RecipeThis are personally recipe tested from me. But for today I got to have a day off.

Instead it was Kyle making these strawberry and cream crepes. My amazing 15 year old that loves to cook as much as his parents do, was showing me just how talented he is and being part of the latest recipe on the blog. Fresh healthy crepes cooked in the frying pan and then the filling made super fast in the blender.

At the time it was a Sunday morning and it was super hot and it was just one of those nice and tasty breakfasts that we should all have more often.

I sat on the chair in the kitchen as he crafted together some amazing crepes that were filled with soft cheese (Philly of course) along with honey and stevia, then loads of fresh strawberries. Because fresh strawberries rule the world right???

Then a sweet eggy mixture to make the crepes.

A very simple breakfast and a perfect start to the day. It is also rather quick to make too so perfect for if you’re in a rush. Though I may add it is hard to stop with just one of these strawberry and cream crepes as I want to eat loads and loads of them.

But first I am sure you’re probably wondering “why strawberries again”? After all they were only featured on the blog yesterday. Well we just LOVE fresh strawberries and right now in Portugal they are in season. They are everywhere and you can’t escape the beautiful red berry.

It is full of flavour and perfect for all kinds of summer treats.

Plus don’t forget its nutritional benefits:

I even got a shedload of strawberries from the market especially so that I could blog about them over 6 different strawberry recipes. We had an American cocktail on the 4th of July, Slimming World Eton Mess yesterday and then today these amazing strawberry crepes.

We got nearly 7 kilos of strawberries and in Portuguese culture got them for a real bargain. They cost just 3€ a kilo making them 15€. Plus we were charged for just 5 kilos and a couple of elderly ladies packed them all up for us and chose the nicest ones, as Sofia happily ate all the free cherries that they gave her. I don’t think I have ever seen her face so red!

We then brought them home and thought we had way too many of them, but then with how much Sofia loves her fresh strawberries we will be lucky if there is enough to make the recipes with!

In fact after we bought them she made a detour to the park to tuck into some before we went home:

We actually got our fresh strawberries yesterday and decided that the perfect use of them would be some fresh strawberry crepes for a summer Sunday breakfast. So out they came on a very warm late June morning.

We have put Kyle in charge of them as he loves this kind of thing and he often has them turning out just so perfect. So if you want to teach your kids to cook then start out with something simple like this!

Crepes Vs Pancakes?

One question often asked is what is the difference between crepes and pancakes? Well the main difference is that crepes are made with plain flour compared to pancakes with self raising flour.

Though some recipes use self raising flour for both and then when they make crepes they just make them with much less batter.

Welcome to our twenty sixth Podcast at Recipe This and welcome to our latest cooking tips Podcast.

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You can listen to the Podcast on the link above, alternatively access it on Stitcher, AudioBoom. You can also read all about it below or click to download the ebook version on the banner above.

What Is Featured In This Podcast?

Introduction – in this section I will be introducing you to the August Podcast and sharing with you more information about the foods that are in season in August and why we love them at recipethis.com.

August Foods In Season – here you will find a list of the top 10 foods that are in season in August. Expect lots of garlic, cherries, figs this month from your local markets.

National Food Holidays – Discover what food holidays are happening in July. From the one off national food days, to the monthly traditional food holidays. There are lots of great days for you to get into the summer spirit with.

Slimming World Air Fried Aubergines – Showing you the best way to cook aubergines via the Airfryer and how this can make the perfect side for your lunch or dinner.

Links & Resources Mentioned In Cooking Tips FM 024:

* Roasted Figs With Goats Cheese

* Small Batch Fig Honey Jam

* Fig & Caramelised Onion Flatbreads

* Fig Butter

* Gluten Free Fig Newtons

* Chocolate, Banana and Avocado Mousse

* Banana Muller Light Yoghurt

* The Ultimate Thick Banana Milkshake

* Airfryer Banana Bread

* Paleo Banana Ice Cream

* Mini Cherry Cheesecakes

* Lemon Butterfly Buns & Cherries

* Peach Cherry Smoothie

* Cherry Chocolate Truffle Cupcakes

* Black Forest Brownie Bites

* Summer Burrito Bowls

* Instant Pot Orange Turkey

* Turkey & Vegetable Hash

* Cajun Chicken Pasta Broth

* Slow Cooker Chinese Chicken

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