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Recipe of the month – Bread and Butter Pudding

Ingredients Serves: 6   100g sugar (10p) 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (6p) 5 slices of any bread (20p) Butter or spread (10p) 3 handfuls sultanas (13p) 500ml milk (54p) 2 eggs (24p)   Total Cost £1.37 Method: Put the oven to 190 C / Gas mark 5. Lightly grease a baking dish. Mix together the […]

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Recipe of the Month for September

Corned Beef Shepherd’s Pie   serves 4 Ingredients Instant Mashed Potato 30p 1 onion peeled and chopped 50p 1 tin corned beef £1.50 Gravy granules 10p Tinned vegetables 21p cheese – if available Total 2.81   Oven Method Fry the peeled and chopped onion in a small amount of oil or fat until soft and golden […]

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Recipe of the Month for July

Tuna Pasta Bake Ingredients (Serves 3- 4 people)   Pasta (About 400 grams)                  95p 1 tin chopped tomatoes           45p 1 tin sweetcorn                        45p 1 tin tuna                                 65p 1 vegetable stock cube               5p Dried onion or 1 fresh onion   20p Salt and pepper (Grated cheese if you have some in the fridge) Total Cost   £2.75 […]

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Recipe of the Month for June: Chickpea and Potato Curry

Ingredients (Serves 2 or 3 people) 1 mug of rice (Or microwavable pack) 1 tin if curry sauce 1 tin chickpeas 1 tin potatoes 1 tin of carrots or other vegetable. Total cost = £1.69   Method (This recipe can be cooked in the microwave)   To cook rice. If using a microwave pack follow […]

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Recipe of the month

Sausage and Butter Bean Bake.          For 4 people. Preparation time                    10 minutes Cooking time (Microwave)    4 minutes Total cost                                £2.57       Ingredients 1 tin potatoes                                            15p 1 large tin sweetcorn                                35p 1 tin chopped tomatoes with herbs        45p 2 tins Hot Dog sausages                         90p 1 tin carrots                                               19p 1 tin beans          e.g. butter […]

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Recipe of the Month

Trifle Ingredients (Serves about 4 people ) 1 tin fruit cocktail 55p 1 ready made custard 54p 1 swiss roll 68p 1 packet of Dream Topping 83p Chocolate flake 27p Total £2. 87 Method 1.Slice the swiss roll and place in the bottom and around the sides of a dish. 2. Drain the fruit but […]

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Wishlist for Easter

Our new wishlist is out: Thank you for your generosity. If you would like to donate Easter eggs and chocolates now is the time As usual we need longlife milk and longlife orange juice but we also need: Packets of instant mash Packets of 40 or 80 Teabags Small jars of tomato based pasta sauce […]

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Great response to appeal for volunteers

So many people have responded to our appeal for volunteers that we have had to begin a waiting list.  This is wonderful news and we thank all who support us so generously.

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January Wishlist

Our January Wishlist is out.  Please click here to download it. Thanks for your help

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September Wishlist

Our September Wishlist is out – please click here to download it.   

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