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Easy Budget friendly burger recipe

Beef, Recipes / beef, beef burger, beefburgers, budget, burger, meat, most popular recipes, savoury

making homemade beefburgers using a burger press

Making burgers at home is simple, cost-effective, and customizable. Using quality ingredients like fresh minced beef and your preferred seasonings can result in restaurant-quality burgers tailored to your taste, minus any mystery additives. Additionally, burger-making is a family-friendly activity. Recommended tools include a burger press and digital thermometer to ensure cooked burgers reach a safe internal temperature.

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Bread Rolls Recipe

Bread, Recipes / baking, bread, budget, most popular recipes, yeast

Bread rolls are so easy to make at home and with our Everyday Bread Rolls Recipe dare I say we’ve made it almost fool-proof! Bread rolls are very versatile. They are easily portable when filled for lunch on the go, great for dunking in soups and are a more refined option for serving with dinner

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Chocolate Brownies

Cakes & Buns, Desserts & Puddings, Recipes, Snacks, Sweet Recipes, Vegetarian / brownies, cake, cakes, chocolate, dessert, most popular recipes, sweet, vegetarian

Almost everyone loves intensely chocolatey and perfectly fudgy chocolate brownies and if there is one time of year when we can treat ourselves to some decedent baking it has to be in the depths of winter. Chocolate brownies are indeed a real indulgence and, when made properly, definitely give you a feeling of treating yourself

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Toad In The Hole Recipe

Budget, One Pot/One Tray, Pork, Recipes, Sausages, Savoury / batter, most popular recipes, recipe, sausages, savoury

Toad In The Hole is a really traditional British comfort food! At it’s simplest, toad in the hole is a simple combination of sausages baked in batter but it can also have other ingredients added to ring the changes. This recipe is our favourite, with just a couple of additions. Onions add a lovely savoury

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chocolate mousse recipe – how to make this simple dessert

Chocolate Recipes, Desserts & Puddings, Recipes, Sweet Recipes / chocolate, cream, dessert, most popular recipes, mousse, pudding, sweet

chocolate mousse recipe – how to make this simple dessert Chocolate mousse can seem quite an indulgent dessert but it’s really very simple to make! We all need to indulge every now and then and many of us turn to chocolate when we need something sweet! This recipe for Very Easy Chocolate Mousse perhaps isn’t

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Cheese Onion Potato Bake Recipe

Budget, Casseroles & Hotpots, Cheese, One Pot/One Tray, Recipes / bake, budget, cheese, comfort food, most popular recipes, onion, potato, recipe, sides, supper, vegetarian

Potatoes are great! Roasted, chipped, fried, boiled, mashed, there are endless ways to serve them. Sometimes though, it’s nice to have a change and this recipe for our so simple Cheese & Onion Potato Bake is a tasty way to give potatoes a twist. Simple flavours of cheese and onion are a classic combination and

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Shortcrust Pastry Recipe – the very best for Mince Pies

Flans & Tarts, Pastry, Recipes, Snacks, Sweet Recipes / baking, Christmas, mince pies, mincemeat, most popular recipes, pastry, shortcrust pastry

On the face of it, pastry should be such an easy thing to make. A simple mixture of flour, fat, salt and water shouldn’t cause too many difficulties! However, for years I never seemed to be able to get the hang of making light, melt in the mouth shortcrust pastry. All too often my pies

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Fudge – Luxury Dairy Cream Recipe

Recipes, Snacks, Sweet Recipes, Sweets & Confectionery, Vegetarian / Christmas, cream, fudge, gift, handmade, homemade, luxury, most popular recipes, recipe, sweet making, sweets

Fudge has got to be one of the classic gifts of all time! There are very few people who won’t appreciate a beautifully wrapped box of smooth and delicious fudge. Better still, homemade fudge can be so much nicer than mass produced versions and is definitely on a par with the amazing artisanal fudges that

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Bread – How To Make Delicious Homemade Crusty Bread With Your Stand Mixer

Bread, Budget, readers recommend, Recipes, Savoury, Vegetarian / baking, bread, bread recipe, breadmaking, crusty, flour, home baking, homemade, kenwood chef, Kitchen aid, loaf, mixer, most popular recipes, readers recommend, recipe, stand mixer, white bread, yeast

One of the most rewarding ways of saving money has to be learning to bake your own bread. However for many the process can seem overwhelming – critical points like the temperature of the water, what’s the correct technique to knead the dough, how long to knead the dough, all of these things are enough to send the

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Hot Cross Buns

Bread, Cakes & Buns, Recipes, Sweet Recipes, Vegetarian / cake, cakes, hot cross buns, most popular recipes, recipe, yeast

Hot Cross Buns are a very special treat once-a-year for Good Friday but over the years the ones available from supermarkets have become more and more disappointing and more and more expensive so why not have a go at making your own? This recipe is really easy and full of the traditional flavours; spices, candied

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