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Credit Crunch Munch – THE Frugal Food Link Up!

Published on November 1, 2015 • Last updated July 22, 2017 by Elizabeth

Credit Crunch Munch - image via ShutterstockFor the month of November I have the pleasure of guest hosting Credit Crunch Munch, the frugal food recipe sharing challenge developed by Helen over at Fuss Free Flavours and Camilla over at Fab Food 4 All!

This challenge features:

  • Dishes using cheaper ingredients – cheap cuts of meat or vegetarian
  • Meals using leftovers
  • Meals using up the ends of packets
  • Substitutions of cheaper ingredients
  • Packed lunches
  • Meals that use less energy to cook
  • Pressure cooking
  • Slow cooking
  • Faster cooking – less oven time for example
  • Batch cooking for the freezer
  • Sustainable foods
  • Food you have grown yourself
  • Meals from reduced food in the supermarket

Credit-Crunch-Munch

Credit Crunch Munch

To take part, simply blog about any money saving idea that is vaguely food related, we are especially keen to hear about substitutions for when you run out of something this month.  We do do a full round up so I will be mentioning all the recipes that are submitted.

There are a few rules

  • Please link to the Credit Crunch Munch pages on Fuss Free Flavours and Fab Food 4 All
  • Please link to the current host (ME!)
  • Please use the Credit Crunch Munch Badge above
  • Tweet using #creditcrunchmunch
  • Closing date – last day of the month – so 30th November 2015 at 11:59 pm
  • You are welcome to link up one or two old posts, but please republish them
  • By entering you are agreeing to let us use an image from your entry on this site, and to pin to Pinterest
  • If blogging a recipe from elsewhere on the internet or a book please be mindful of copyright

But feel free to

  • Send to as many other events as you like, let’s help everyone save money!

Tell me about your money saving ideas on the linky below! I am also making this a blog hop, so feel free to grab the code and add to your post too. Let’s spread the money saving meme!



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Comments

  1. Lynda

    November 9, 2015 at 11:39 am

    Balsamic roast potatoes using basic range tinned potatoes from my store cupboard. Cheap and tasty! http://www.frugallywell.co.uk/search/label/Balsamic%20roast%20potatoes

    I can’t make the linky work 🙁

    Reply
  2. Sarah James

    November 3, 2015 at 2:18 pm

    Looking forward to checking out his month’s frugal recipes Elizabeth, thanks for hosting. I’ve always got plenty of dried lentils & beans in my pantry, they’re perfect for adding to meat to make a meal go further.

    Reply
  3. Dom

    November 1, 2015 at 12:25 pm

    great that you’re hosting!

    Reply
  4. Rhian Westbury

    November 1, 2015 at 11:26 am

    I tend to use frozen quern mince instead of meat as it’s much cheaper and with the right seasoning can taste just as nice. x

    Reply

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