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Budget Based Cooking is a low cost food blog, with budget recipes and opinionated thoughts on the current state of the world. I combine all my passions into a recipe for disaster. Like Budget Based Cooking on social media for the latest recipes and updates for the blog! Your support is appreciated. 

Lewis Capaldi’s (literally who?) £1 pizza

I've never been partial to pop music, so I had no idea who Lewis Capaldi was when I purchased this pizza. As my partner pointed out he was a singer. But she couldn't actually recall any of his songs, "he's a Scottish guy," was about all the information I got. 

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A Tasty Treat for Father's day!

Father's day, the only day other than birthday's made for men! Celebrate your chad dad and enter this awesome giveaway for a chance to win a load of presents to give to your father. Who could say no to that? 

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The big English Carbonara mistake!

The Carbonara, the comfort classic. The pasta you eat when you break up. The dish you order when you just want a hug. Or maybe you're just in that honeymoon phase at the beginning of a relationship, and you don't care what you order. You're not counting calories. The meaty classic, the cheap fantastic Carbonara.

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A Taste of India on The Tyne

I haven't been to India, I think I would find it too overwhelming. The hustle and bustle on the busy streets. Tuk Tuk's zooming here, there and everywhere. I'd imagine it would be crowded chaos, but you never know. It would definitely be an experience.

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Smart Revenge and my breakfast Flatbreads

Good morning, and welcome to Based Cooking. A place for real-life talk and food. After watching the world fall apart over the past few years, and the charade and circus of the pandemic, the crushing effect on people’s mental health, businesses closing, unemployment soaring, and now this ridiculous inflation, I decided I’d simply had enough.

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One leek and Tattie soup to Rule them all

As the tiresome Onion Rings of Power series drones on, at least in episode five we actually got some action, well sort of. The onion rings of power really is dismal, isn’t it? A lot like the financial crisis, actually, both leave you with the same feeling. Unengaging and flat, you're left thinking can it really cost that much?

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Hello world, now Rise like Yeast!

Greetings, this is my first blog post on Based Cooking, and I'm happy to be here creating recipes for you. I thought it would be apt to start somewhere, so here we are. The state of the world has forced many into economic poverty recently and so I have begun my quest to produce quality food, always for minimal prices. Welcome and I hope you will enjoy this blog!

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