Living on a severely restricted budget can be a difficult and harsh reality that many people are now faced with. This eBook is to share our family’s experiences, how we coped with and prospered over the last few years after having to live on a very restricted budget, included are a few of the recipes and budgeting skills we use regularly to help provide meals and the other necessities our family has needed to ensure we not only survived but enjoyed a reasonable realistic standard of living. My experiences as a chef over the last 40 years have given me a reasonable knowledge of basic food preparation, this I have adapted to suit our economic situation. I make all our food from scratch using mainly organic fresh produce, much of which we grow ourselves in our organic mulch garden. We use very little processed foods of any type; instead make our own vegetable and nut flour for breads, biscuits, cakes, desserts and other baked goods. We make our own preserves including jams, marmalade's, condiments, fermented vegetables, pickles, chutneys and pesto. Ham, bacon, sausages sardines and marinated seafood, yoghurts, cheeses and other dairy foods, beverages and home and body care products, such as soaps, toothpaste and shampoo replacements, moisturizers, insect repellents, skin lotions, cough syrups and health tonics, as well as dishwashing, laundry detergents, and household cleaners.
Living on a severely restricted budget can be a difficult and harsh reality that many people are now faced with. This eBook is to share our family’s experiences, how we coped with and prospered over the last few years after having to live on a very restricted budget, included are a few of the recipes and budgeting skills we use regularly to help provide meals and the other necessities our family has needed to ensure we not only survived but enjoyed a reasonable realistic standard of living. My experiences as a chef over the last 40 years have given me a reasonable knowledge of basic food preparation, this I have adapted to suit our economic situation. I make all our food from scratch using mainly organic fresh produce, much of which we grow ourselves in our organic mulch garden. We use very little processed foods of any type; instead make our own vegetable and nut flour for breads, biscuits, cakes, desserts and other baked goods. We make our own preserves including jams, marmalade's, condiments, fermented vegetables, pickles, chutneys and pesto. Ham, bacon, sausages sardines and marinated seafood, yoghurts, cheeses and other dairy foods, beverages and home and body care products, such as soaps, toothpaste and shampoo replacements, moisturizers, insect repellents, skin lotions, cough syrups and health tonics, as well as dishwashing, laundry detergents, and household cleaners.