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Peanut butter and dark treacle popcorn
This is one of those tweak recipes that makes you go WOW. It’s sweet, salty, savoury, and with a touch of bitterness. It’s also gluten free and vegan. Feel free to substitute to cater for allergies. This recipe makes a decent snack size portion for 2 to 3 people. It’s also quite filling! 1/4 cup…
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Sweet potato and chickpea curry
Sweet Potato and Chickpea Curry 2 medium red onions, peeled 1 clove garlic, peeled 1 bird’s eye pepper, Thai chili or other very hot small pepper with its seeds 1 2 ½ to 3 inch piece of ginger, peeled and cut into chunks 3 tbsp vegetable oil ½ tsp hot red pepper flakes ½ tsp…
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Deliciously cheap burgers
So, not that you have some canned beans, what are you going to make with them? How about bean burgers? Laughably cheap and really easy? Of course! Ingredients 1 1/2 cups cooked beans (any variety), drained and rinsed 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, pine nuts, or steel cut oats 1/2 cup minced onion 1/2 cup grated…
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Pressure canning – beans
Beans are a powerful ally in living frugally. They have the best “bang for the buck” in terms of nutritional return for money: insoluble and soluble fiber, high in protein, complex carbohydrates, folate, and iron. Once you get a stockpile of dried and canned beans in your pantry you are opening up new vistas of…