Did some lovely muffins this afternoon, chocolate, coconut (using coconut powder), raisin and chopped nut. Really good
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Avocado, Tomato & Orange Salad, 62p
Best made in the summer with summer ripened tomatoes, and big fat oranges. If you can possibly manage it, olive oil will deliver a big punch of flavour here
Demo’s and anchovy pizza, 39p
We had pizza this evening, and I finally got to test some of the anchovy paste. I did the 2 big pizza mix and topped DP’s with HM tomato sauce, heavy on the onion, mushroom, pepper, sweetcorn and cheese. Then the other half, I split into two again, and did one half with just tomato sauce, more onions and a small sprinkle of cheese and a few half tsps of soft cheese, and the final piece with a smear of anchovy paste, onions, olives and a few tsps of soft cheese.
Chicken, Soy, Honey and Sesame with Rice
I am supposed to be recipe testing the anchovy paste, but after chicken-gate this morning, guess what we’re having this eve? So I thought I would write up this recipe. It’s something I found somewhere or other and tweaked, as you do.
Anchovy Paste – do you like it, what do you do with it?
Anchovy Paste – do you like it, what do you do with it?
Stunning 3 Course Valentines Day Dinner, £1.84 a head
We have a Smoked Salmon and Crispy Toast starter, a main of a warm Asparagus, Bacon and Egg Salad, and a pudding of Chocolate Cherry Cake with Cream. It all comes in at £1.84 a head, which I think is very good value.
Dahl Sambar 31p a portion, diet ideas, progress today & other kitchen happenings
There has been a lot going on in the kitchen today. Remember all those plums I had earlier in the year? I got a pot of them out of the freezer and cooked them up with a tsp of mixed spice and had them for breakfast with 25g porridge. Then lunchtime I had a soup. In...
12 portions of minced beef pasta bake, 34p each
Batch cook beef mince and make 12 portions of pasta bake. What vegetables will you add?
Eating during the festive week at £1.30’ish per person per day
This is a suggested week with approximate costs, and a few alternative ideas. I have plundered Thrifty Lesley archives for some of the cheaper recipes to bracket the more expensive provisions for Christmas Day itself. Suggested amounts are for 2 people, as usual. I have tried to put in as many festive flavours as I could, using seasonal spices, cranberry sauce, stuffing, sage and mince pies
Muscovado and Red Fruit Cheesecake, 50p a serving with the fruit, 33p without
A no-bake cheesecake, topped with a fruit compote, or what you will. Very moreish, so I only make it in small portions!
Lemon Dahl from 18p to 24p depending on if you use value or basmati rice
Any of the dahls could be used as a side dish with something else. They all freeze brilliantly and reheat well in the microwave, so great for work if you have a microwave there. This one is fragrant with lemon
Coconut Dahl, from 17p to 23p a portion depending on if you use value or basmati rice
Here is another dahl recipe, a coconutty one this time. I like to use brown basmati rice with most things, if you wanted to use value rice, it would reduce the cost to just 17p a portion. This is a very quick meal, from packet to table in 20 minutes, and most of that time is the lentils simmering, so you could get on with something else