The Skint Cook

Top nosh, less dosh: over 80 affordably delicious recipes

From Friday night fake-aways to succulent Sunday roasts, The Skint Cook is all about feel-good food at feel-good prices.

There’s updates on classics, flavour combos to die for and recipes that are about to become your new staples - alongside a showcase of thrifty tips and tricks that are ingeniously simple and incredibly effective.

Whether it’s swapping butter for margarine or turning leftover doughnuts into the bread pudding of your dreams, The Skint Cook shows you how to get resourceful and make your cooking affordably delicious.

Hailing from Leicester, Ian Bursnall - aka The Skint Roofer - competed in Jamie Oliver’s ’Great Cookbook Challenge’ in 2022, where he won the judges over with his inventive twists on crowd-pleasing, budget-friendly recipes for all the family, such as ’Pimped-up pigs in Blankets’ and ’Donna’s Spuds: Roasties with Stilton’. Ever since his mum taught him to cook at 16, Ian’s passion has been to make cooking accessible, helping and encouraging people to understand flavours and feel confident in the kitchen.