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Cooking meal at home can be just as expensive as dining out. Save on costly ingredients but splurge on taste with our savvy entertaining suppers
Steak out
Ask your butcher for a cut of skirt steak or bavette a tastier alternative to fillet steak as a main course. Start with a vibrant beetroot soup made for pennies to finish a delicious trifle for two.Beetroot & parsnip soup
Bavette steak with roast potatoes and parsley salad
Apple trifle
Catch of the day
Substitute whole slices of smoked salmon with inexpensive trimmings and save on your starter. For the main, classic vongole pasta is a thrifty dish, keep the Italian theme and finish with a low-cost zabaglione.Smoked salmon crostini
Spaghetti vongole
Warm pear, cinnamon and almond zabaglione
Veggie Valentine
Put the posh into pancakes with creamy mushroom crepes and save on dessert with a simple soufflé made from store-cupboard custard powder.Pomegranate, fennel and grapefruit salad
Mushroom and cognac crepes
Banana and custard soufflé
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