As a student, Charlotte Pike spent four years learning to survive on a meagre £10 a week and still eat seriously well. The skills she picked up in her university kitchen led her to train as a qualified cook and set up her own company called GoFreeFoods for people with food intolerances. Charlotte blogs on student cookery for the Guardian, writes a regular food blog for Hello! magazine and gives frequent cooking demos at food fairs around the UK.

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• Introduction. Kitchen kit. Love your oven. Stocking up your store cupboard. Watching your budget. How not to poison your friends. Clever cooking. Keeping it veggie. Pasta. Stir-fries, noodles and rice. Soups, stews and curries. Salads, veggies and sides. Jacket potatoes and toppings. Easy dinners. Feeding friends. In bread and on toast. The morning after. Sweets. Index. Acknowledgements.

As a student, Charlotte Pike spent four years learning to survive on a meagre £10 a week and still eat seriously well. The skills she picked up in her university kitchen led her to train as a qualified cook and set up her own company called GoFreeFoods for people with food intolerances. Charlotte blogs on student cookery for the Guardian, writes a regular food blog for Hello! magazine and gives frequent cooking demos at food fairs around the UK.

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• Introduction. Kitchen kit. Love your oven. Stocking up your store cupboard. Watching your budget. How not to poison your friends. Clever cooking. Keeping it veggie. Pasta. Stir-fries, noodles and rice. Soups, stews and curries. Salads, veggies and sides. Jacket potatoes and toppings. Easy dinners. Feeding friends. In bread and on toast. The morning after. Sweets. Index. Acknowledgements.

As a student, Charlotte Pike spent four years learning to survive on a meagre £10 a week and still eat seriously well. The skills she picked up in her university kitchen led her to train as a qualified cook and set up her own company called GoFreeFoods for people with food intolerances. Charlotte blogs on student cookery for the Guardian, writes a regular food blog for Hello! magazine and gives frequent cooking demos at food fairs around the UK.

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• Introduction. Kitchen kit. Love your oven. Stocking up your store cupboard. Watching your budget. How not to poison your friends. Clever cooking. Keeping it veggie. Pasta. Stir-fries, noodles and rice. Soups, stews and curries. Salads, veggies and sides. Jacket potatoes and toppings. Easy dinners. Feeding friends. In bread and on toast. The morning after. Sweets. Index. Acknowledgements.