AS EVERYONE feels the pinch in these recessionary times a new weekly multi-part TV series entitled ‘Economy Gastronomy’ will start on BBC on August 5 next
‘Economy Gastronomy’ is about eating better and spending less. It’s about cutting your weekly shopping bill whilst making the most of your ingredients. It shows you how to cook really good food and have some money left over at the end of the week.
With six parts to the series, the BBC2 show will look at how the credit crunch is having a massive impact on what and how we eat. The average family’s food bill went up by well over 1000 euro last year, with a staggering one third of all food we buy destined straight for the kitchen bin. The show’s chefs, Allegra McEvedy and Paul Merrett, not only show us how to slash our food bills, but not compromise on flavour and fun at the same time, through making a simple set of achievable changes.
The show will get you to find out how much you really do spend; plan what you’re going to eat for one week ahead at a time; Get two or three meals out of one; Imaginatively transform leftovers into new and delicious dishes; Freeze and store food to make what you’ve got last longer; but probably most importantly it will help you to waste nothing.
This new series and accompanying book, unlock the secrets of how to shop for, plan with, and use ingredients ingeniously to create amazing, flavour packed food on a budget. The show will run for 6 Wednesdays on August 5, 12 and 26 and September 2, 9 and 16 at 8pm on BBC2
