The 101 recipes in this volume are all short and simple with easy-to-follow steps, using readily available ingredients and are accompanied by a full-colour photograph of the finished dish.

Based on the successful methods used in the hit BBC-1 series Smart Spenders, this is the first book that helps you to save serious sums of money forever, in a practical, human and holistic way whilst rebalancing your attitudes to spending. Overspending can be a family problem. The book uses the latest thinking on shopaholism to give you psychological insight into the role of money in your ...

A guide to living in one of the world's most competitive consumer economies. It helps you start on the path to beating the system, grabbing the best deals and avoiding being ripped off.

Feeling poor because of recession? Feeling like you'd quite like to tighten your belt, but aren't quite ready to embrace DIY macrame handbags? This book shows you how even a dedicated consumer and child of the more-is-more 1980s can mend her ways, embrace the New Thrift, and find her life improved in the process.

Includes hints and tips on: how to budget; cooking from scratch; cleaning for pennies; gardening; making homemade gifts; and, how to shop.

Careful changes in our kitchen practices can make a vital difference to the environment - as well as to our gas and electricity bills. This book discusses the 'Magic Lid' and how to use the saucepan to achieve a crispy finish and the use of the oven. It also discusses food miles, kitchen consumables, cleaning and storing, and green kitchen design.

Aims to demystify various aspects of money and money management. This book covers such topics as bank accounts, living on a budget, the dangers of credit cards, and how to cope with money at university. It addresses money matters for the teenager and young adult. It is useful for teenagers as well as their parents.

It's no secret that people want to make the most of their money. Does switching credit card every six months really pay off? What are the pitfalls of re-mortgaging? How can you save money on fuel bills? This guide shows you how to be smart with your money and how best to protect it.

It's time for us to tackle our car dependency. This book is a practical guide to reducing car use by making changes - whether large or small - to our daily travel choices. It is intended for those who want to reduce their car use and those who want to give up the car altogether.

A guide for anyone who is trying to save for the future - whether it's for a house, a child's education, or a new car. It can be used immediately, and in the future, as readers' lives and finances change. It seeks to help readers restructure debt, save for retirement, or look for ways to trim everyday expenses and help them get in the black fast.

Shows you how to spend less, make more and invest what's left over, even in hard times. This book tells you how to: be the King or Queen of cash by getting the best deals on utilities, credit cards and food; assess and manage your finances with easy-to-follow techniques; and make more money instantly using what you have already.

Adopting a 'back to basics' approach, this book helps you with home cooking using fresh, seasonal produce, with weekly planners, recipes and shopping lists that enable you to maximise the weekly shop for you and the family. It includes recipes for almost every kind of occasion, helping you to create healthy and economical meals.

From starting seeds to preserving produce, and from compost to water conservation, this book offers advice which ensures that garden growers waste neither time nor money. It provides dozens of lists, including 'pennywise plants' and 'best ofs', and covers various types of gardens - including vegetables, flowers, houseplants, and landscape foliage.

Helps to discover the power of less and create more time in your life to find the kind of happiness that money can't buy. From simple tactics such as never shopping on an empty stomach, to lesser-known tricks like importing goods to pay for your holiday, this title offers various tips that help you save between GBP5 and GBP50,000.

Jocasta Innes illustrates that delicious and stylish cooking does not have to rely on expensive ingredients and that budget food need not simply mean opening an tin or packet. More than 250 recipes are presented here and should cover every occasion, from quick snacks to impressive party dishes.

What would happen if you didn't buy anything for a year? Judith Levine, tired of her own over-consumption, sets out to surivive for a year without shopping.

Where do we look for the answers to questions like how much effort does it really take to grow your own food? Is beekeeping difficult? Is solar power really worth the bother? From a small terraced house in the middle of a big city, the author has made it his business to find out, and while trying it out himself.

The only multi-sensory, holistic approach to childbirth, where the mother learns to make use of her existing knowledge and experience.

The seventies classic -- more relevant now than ever!