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The Thrifty Cookbook: 476 ways to eat well with leftovers Paperback – September 20, 2011

by Kate Colquhoun (Author)
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
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In the UK we throw away 6.7 million tonnes of food a year - that's a third of all the food we buy, and a fifth of our total domestic waste. And about half of it could be eaten.
Kate Colquhoun shows how to make your food go much, much further than you thought possible. On her mission to use up leftovers, wrinkly fruit and past-it veg, she includes modern, tasty recipes for:

Bakes

Casseroles

Chutneys

Crumbles

Curries

Fishcakes

Gratins

Marinades

Meatballs

Milkshakes

Pies Soups

Stews

Stir-fries

And more!

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  1. Print length
    256 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Bloomsbury Paperbacks
  4. Publication date
    September 20, 2011
  5. Dimensions
    6.03 x 0.8 x 8.28 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1408800810
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1408800812
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About the Author

Kate Colquhoun is the author of A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton, which was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, and of Taste: A Biography of British Food. She reviews regularly for the Daily Telegraph and has written for The Times, the Financial Times, BBC History Magazine, Saga Magazine, The (RHS) Garden and Country Life Magazine. She lives in London.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Paperbacks (September 20, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1408800810
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1408800812
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.03 x 0.8 x 8.28 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 43 ratings

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3.8 out of 5 stars
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Ilse Petermann
5.0 out of 5 stars The title said it best
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2018
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Grown up in war- and postwar Europe, it was like coming home. But sometimes the American cook might need to substitute a similar item on hand. Cooking with what you got is not the same as poor!.
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Peter Miles
5.0 out of 5 stars The Thrifty Cookbook - brilliant
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2014
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Does just what I wanted: what to do with left overs and/or an overstocked fridge! The "Year-round vegetable soup" recipes make delicious soups that can be stored frozen and are still wonderful a week or so later.
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Patricia
4.0 out of 5 stars I like the book
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2016
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I like the book, but the first thing I had to do was to go online and print out a metric conversion chart, as a lot of the recipes use metric measurements. Also, the book was written in England, and some of the recipes call for ingredients that I have never heard of, but that I think are very well known in the U.K. I think the title of the book says it all - it's a book that will help me not waste food, thereby saving $$$.
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William E. Lavinghousez
3.0 out of 5 stars Some good ideas
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2013
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The book has some good ways to use leftovers. It uses a lot of British terminology and metric measurements. Thanks!
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Tangnefedd
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing little book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2012
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This is an amazing little book, not only does it give you ideas on what to do with all your left overs it gives tips on shopping to avoid waste and basic cookery methods on a whole host of basic kitchen skills, basic recipes and gives you the run down on what you should have in your larder,freezer etc to knock up a nourishing meal from what you have left or from scratch. Americans generally do more with their leftovers than we Brits, they save and utilize the last scrap of everything.... in this economic climate its something we all need to learn.
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Lesley22
5.0 out of 5 stars Great ideas
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2021
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Great book for using up leftovers
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keennovicecook
2.0 out of 5 stars rubbish
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2010
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I made cauliflower cheese using the recipe in this book which was lovely but there are thousands of books with that in, I just wanted to test it out as I made the shepherds pie and it was way too much tomato (even my husband commented on the tomato) and he normally eats anything!
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Mrs M Frid
3.0 out of 5 stars ... as readable as I expected but still informative and good value.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2017
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Book not as readable as I expected but still informative and good value.
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Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars thrifty cookbook
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 8, 2019
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a bit basic but ok
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