One more recipe to go for the Christmas Meal Plan, the gnocchi. But before I do that one, I wanted to have a play around with some of the possible leftovers from the festive week. There will be some pork roast leftovers, so I started with those, and a Pork, Apple...
Dinners
Christmas Meal Plan – HM pasta, cream, mixed veg, mustard 30p
I had this for lunch today, from the Christmas 2014 Meal Plan. Serves 2 160g flour, value, 1.5kg/45p, 5p 200g frozen mixed veg, Asda 1kg/77p. 15p 120g frozen parsnips, Asda Chosen By You 680g pk/91p, 16p 100ml double cream, Asda Fresh cream 300ml/85p, 23p tsp mustard,...
Christmas Meal Plan – Roast Pork Lunch, 84p
This is the lunch for Christmas Day itself from the Christmas Meal Plan. 1.6kg Asda Butchers Selection British Pork Shoulder joint, £4.61, 300g, 86p Stuffing, Asda Smartprice 85g/15p, half the pack, 7p 500g Potatoes, Asda white potatoes, 2.5kg/£1.69, 34p 200g...
Easy Moussaka Recipe
Using the lamb ragu that was made yesterday, today I made a moussaka. Moussaka might seem like a complicated recipe if you haven't made it before, but it's just a lamb ragu with grilled aubergine slices on top, and those topped with a custard mix that's just been...
A big pot of lamb ragu to make 3 dinners
Three meals from one big pot of ragu. Shepherds pie, moussaka and a pasta dish
A main course soup, based on Scotch Broth. About 47p for my unreproducible version
Not so much a recipe today, as almost a serving suggestion. I was supposed to be testing Miss South’s Scotch Broth from her book, Slow Cooked today. <br /> However, I had a lot of various minced meat in the freezer, so decided to use some minced beef...
Crumpets and pikelets, savoury and sweet
A little experiment today with the fridge dwelling Magic Dough. I thought I could almost certainly make crumpets with it. So I put a little in a bowl and beat in some water, so it looked like a Yorkshire pudding batter, greased some rings and poured a little batter...
Home made herby chicken goujons, mash and peas, 97p. Plus how to stay on budget for the day
We had these home made chicken goujons this evening. I used 250g chicken, half of a pack. But there was plenty, and a third of a pack would have been fine, so that is what I have priced it at. It works out 92p for the meal per person, which is more than we usually do...
Roast Parsnip & Apple Salad, with Carrot, Raisin & Peanut Salad and Jacket Potato, total of 54p each
Roast Parsnip & Apple Salad, Carrot, Peanut & Raisin Salad and Jacket Potato
Green lentil cottage pie, 4 very generous portions, 56p each
This is a dish I have been making for many years and was passed on to me by my Mum. It is filling, delicious, doesn’t take too long to make and is freezable.The portions are pretty generous, so if you don’t want that much, divide it up however you like. We generally have it with some kind of green veg, even if only a few peas.
Meal Plan 7 – Scone Based Pizza
I based this on a recipe I devised whilst doing the LBLUK challenge earlier this year. The picture comes from then, and I apologise for the blocky image it is! 50g soft cheese, Asda Smart Price (SP) 200g/88p, 22p 50g bacon, Asda SP 500g/75p, 8p 200g onion, Asda SP...
Chicken & Vegetable Tart, delicious hot or cold
Here is the recipe I promised you yesterday pastry 150g self raising flour, value flour 45p/1.5kg, 4p 75ml vegetable oil, £1.25 litre 9p filling 130g chicken, priced as in this post 99p 160g carrots, Asda SP £1.18p/2kg 9p 100g onion, Asda £1.08/2kg, 5p 3 eggs, Asda...












