This eBook is to share our experiences and the recipes we use regularly to help provide meals and other necessities our family has needed over the last few years after having to live on a very restricted budget. 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, dishwashing and laundry detergents, household cleaners and school supplies such as non toxic paints, play dough and glues etc.
