Chef Alice Taylor on budget recipes that actually work: $1.50 loaf, 20c noodles

Chef Alice Taylor on budget recipes that actually work: $1.50 loaf, 20c noodles

Published: November 16, 2025

Duration: 43:59

Supermarket total making your stomach drop? You’re not imagining it, food prices have become one of the biggest pain points of the cost-of-living crisis. In this episode of Making Cents, financial journalist Frances Cook sits down with chef Alice Taylor, creator of the Cheap and Realistic Eats Cookbook (available at https://www.alicetayloreats.com) to talk about how to eat well without overspending. From $1.50 loaves of bread and 20 cent noodles, to clever ingredient swaps that make baking cheaper and better, Alice shares practical, tested ways to feed a family for less. She explains how to: - Build a staple pa...