The Thrifty Cookbook

Reviews for The Thrifty Cookbook

"A finely balanced book where commonsense and thrift are blended with passion and pride... encouraging us to celebrate the storecupboard, be best-before savvy, waste less and make meals by raiding our larder and imagination".
Good Housekeeping

"…Kate's detailed research and great prose ensures The Thrifty Cookbook is an animated and interesting read. Simple, honest and delicious recipes and suggestions are all presented in a refreshingly unpretentious voice... Sensible stuff that will come in handy for everyone buying for a family or a crowd".
Hello Magazine

"…with a verve that chimes with the current make-do-and-mend mentality, Colquhoun takes fit-for-the-bin food and turns it into a feast - good for you, your bank balance and the environment."
Easy Living

"Delicious food doesn't have to be pricey. Gastro-thrift guru Kate Colquhoun conjures up a fabulous feast on a budget…"
Sunday Times Style Magazine

sing up leftovers or languishing food that would otherwise be binned is NOT about boring frugality. It’s not about belt-tightening or showing off on a budget. Nor is it about buying organic, free-range, seasonal ingredients or picture-perfect dishes that glow with self satisfaction. No. It’s about honouring food by using it all up. Deliciously.

ou might not have noticed, but we Brits chuck out an enormous amount of viable food. It costs us a fortune, but it’s also costing the earth: in landfill, it rots and creates the greenhouse gas methane as well as a black sludge that pollutes our waterways. Even the most conscientious cooks waste food – we all do it. But for all the best reasons – economic, moral, environmental – it’s a habit we have got to curb.

“ with this perfectly balanced guide to thrifty cookery, Kate Colquhoun has proved her timing is immaculate. We all need to know how to use more and waste less in a way that feeds the soul as well as the conscience, and Kate shows us exactly how to do that. You will never look at a plate of left overs in the same way ever again”

Jay Rayner, The Observer.

he Thrifty Cookbook is all about inspiration – packed with ideas for giving leftovers and languishing fruit and veg a bit of a kick, with very little effort and almost no washing up. It’s the book I’ve been waiting for in my own kitchen. Here you’ll find ideas for using up wrinkly fruit, past-it veg and the dog-ends of cheese. There are some old favourites as well as plenty that’s new – all of it rustling up seriously scrumptious ‘free’ meals from what otherwise might have gone in the bin.

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