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A Girl Called Jack Jack Monroe

A Girl Called Jack By Jack Monroe

A Girl Called Jack by Jack Monroe


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Summary

Jack is a cash-strapped single mum living in Southend. When she found herself with a shopping budget of just GBP10 a week to feed herself and her young son, she addressed the situation with immense resourcefulness, creativity and by embracing her local supermarket's 'basics' range.

A Girl Called Jack Summary

A Girl Called Jack: 100 delicious budget recipes by Jack Monroe

100 simple, budge and basic-ingredient recipes from the bestselling and award-winning food writer and anti-poverty campaigner behind TIN CAN COOK

'A terrific resource for anyone trying to cook nutritious and tasty food on a tight budget' Sunday Times
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Learn how to utilise cupboard staples and fresh ingredients in this accessible collection of low-budget, delicious family recipes.

When Jack found herself with a shopping budget of just GBP10 a week to feed herself and her young son, she addressed the situation with immense resourcefulness and creativity by embracing her local supermarket's 'basics' range.

She created recipe after recipe of delicious, simple and upbeat meals that were outrageously cheap, including:

* Vegetable Masala Curry for 30p a portion
* Jam Sponge reminiscent of school days for 23p a portion
* Onion Pasta with Parsley and Red Wine - an easy way to get some veg in you
* Carrot, Cumin and Kidney Bean Soup - tasty protein-packed goodness

In A Girl Called Jack, learn how to save money on your weekly shop whilst being less wasteful and creating inexpensive, tasty food.
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Praise for Jack Monroe:

'Jack's recipes have come like a breath of fresh air in the cookery world' NIGEL SLATER

'A terrific resource for anyone trying to cook nutritious and tasty food on a tight budget' Sunday Times

'A plain-speaking, practical austerity cooking guide - healthy, tasty and varied' Guardian

'A powerful new voice in British food' Observer

'Packed with inexpensive, delicious ideas to feed a family for less' Woman and Home

A Girl Called Jack Reviews

A terrific resource for anyone trying to cook nutritious and tasty food on a tight budget * Sunday Times *
A plain-speaking, practical austerity cookery guide - healthy, tasty and varied. -- Patrick Butler * The Guardian *
Prepare to feel very inspired, and very hungry. * Look *
A powerful new voice in British food * Observer *
100 tasty, cheap-as-chips - but much healthier - recipes * Good Housekeeping *
Sassy, political, and cooking amazing food on GBP10 a week. We need more like her. -- Xanthe Clay * The Telegraph *
Packed with inexpensive, delicious ideas to feed a family for less * Woman and Home *

About Jack Monroe

Jack was awarded the 2013 Fortnum and Mason Judges' Choice Award for the impact that her blog, A Girl Called Jack, has had. She is now a well-known campaigner against hunger and poverty in the UK, weekly recipe columnist for the Guardian, and winner of Women of the Year 2014.

Additional information

GOR005598685
9780718178949
0718178947
A Girl Called Jack: 100 delicious budget recipes by Jack Monroe
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
2014-02-27
224
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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