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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Joe Woodhouse, Joe Trivelli, Poppy O'Toole, Melissa Thompson and Fuchsia Dunlop

DARK SECRETS: Five staple ingredients five delicious budget recipes | Vintage Vibes

Joe Woodhouse’s cheese souffle. Prop styling: Kate Whitaker. Food styling: Bianca Nice.
Joe Woodhouse’s cheese souffle. Prop styling: Kate Whitaker. Food styling: Bianca Nice. Photograph: Kate Whitaker/The Observer

How we did it

Aside from allowing for basic store cupboard ingredients – such as salt, pepper, olive oil, flour, dried herbs – we asked our cooks to calculate the cost of shopping from scratch at major supermarkets. You will have some leftover ingredients which will, of course, keep for other meals. The cost of each recipe was correct at time of going to press.

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