Caitríona Redmond: Creative thinking needed to budget for hungry children in grocery shop

"Sticking to a tight grocery budget while making sure that my children can continue to eat like hobbits involves some creative thinking."

This pocket-friendly orange cake ought to keep some wolves off the door... for a while, anyway

There is a problem with my quest to save money on my groceries - my kids are bottomless pits.

They like to treat the kitchen and the food I produce like an endless buffet and they are rarely sated. My boys seem to own several stomachs, one for mealtimes and at least one other for snacking, picky bits, and a separate stomach for sweet things.