Summary

"Jack is a woman of our times, facing head-on the realities of recession-hit Britain and responding with a 'make do and mend' way of thinking that we should all consider.

"Jack is a woman of our times, facing head-on the realities of recession-hit Britain and responding with a 'make do and mend' way of thinking that we should all consider. When she found herself unemployed and with a food budget of just 10 pounds a week, she decided to address the situation by adapting her weekly shop and embracing the value range of her local supermarket. Keeping to her budget, she created recipe after recipe of nutritious food for herself and her son, which she then posted on her blog, A Girl Called Jack. In her first cookbook, Jack shows you how to adapt the way you shop to be less wasteful, and to value the techniques of inexpensive but good cooking. Her recipes are reassuring and just the thing to make confident, budget-conscious cooks of us all, suggesting great alternative ingredients and different approaches to getting a good result - this is real food for real people"--Cover