Confession: I have a love/hate relationship with feeding my family. I love the satisfaction that fizzes through me when I watch my children lick their plates clean after a favourite meal. But I hate the monotony of weekly meal planning for a family of five, especially now that my food budget goes less far than it once did. Having been a parent for more than 18 years, I feel I’ve exhausted almost every avenue I can think of when it comes to creating nutritious, inexpensive meals that the whole family – two of whom are vegetarians, just to keep me on my toes – will enjoy.
But, recently, torn between the urge to nurture my
