Sitting down at the table with my husband, Rob, and our two kids, Evie and Sam, I dished up a steaming sausage casserole, packed with onions, garlic, peppers, potatoes and cannellini beans.
‘Delicious,’ Rob, now 49, said. I’d always enjoyed cooking and it had been important to me to teach Evie, now 16, and Sam, 13, to do the same. It was something I’d learned from my mum, and I know the importance of value too – I make healthy, hearty food for as little as £1 per serving per dish.
The cost-of-living crisis made this all so obvious, but there were other reasons too…
Growing up, our family hadn’t had much money but my mum, Gloria, and dad, Peter, always made sure me and my older brothers, John and…
