Lean times - and everyone is looking for ways to cut costs - so how about squeezing three hearty family meals out of one standard chicken?

This isn't a recipe, so much as a mildly philosophical ramble on the subject of culinary efficiency and frugality.

Here's a quick and easy recipe for a delicious savoury rarebit - perfect as a light lunch, or suppertime snack.

Here's a very quick and easy recipe for rich, fruity, nutty, chocolatey fudge-style bars.

This is a recipe for a light and moist fruit cake - it's what's known as a boiled cake, which might not sound too promising, but it's an easy way of achieving a reliable result where the fruit is evenly distributed throughout the cake - it's Boil-Bake Fruitcake

Here's a quick, simple recipe for light, delicate soft semolina cookies that melt in the mouth.