Tomatoes and bacon with pasta. Quick, delicious and easy…. and cheap! What could be better!
Bacony tomatoey pasta
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Dinners
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Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan – Vegan Walnut and Chestnut Crumble
A savoury christmas crumble, chestnuts in the base, walnuts in the topping
Kounoupidi tiganitó or Greek Fried Cauliflower
Fried cauliflower is a traditional Greek recipe. I’ve been exploring Greek food recipes following my recent Greek holiday and this batter is utterly wonderful
Jacket Potato Fillings
Jacket potatoes are a very popular lunch or dinner. Properly frugal, very versatile, filling, a good dieting meal if you want it to be and can be prepared in advance for convenience. What do you have for your jacket potato fillings?
Oven Baked Frittata. Takes literally 2 minutes to make, then just bung it in the oven
I knocked this up for tea this week. I was looking for something slimming world friendly that involved lots of vegetables and remembered the three bags of mixed veg in the freezer. Aha, frittata, thought I.
Do you need, or want, extremely cheap meals, to eat for 50p a day for a bit, or even longer?
Are you extra skint this month? This post shows how you can eat well, on an incredible 50p PER DAY!
Busy, busy, busy, plus a long lasting Tzatziki. Make a sandwich with it for lunch, with lettuce, for 14p
The reason I want to pass on such a simple recipe is that today, 9 days after I made it, the bit of that Tzatziki I still have is still perfectly ok. I would expect it to be extremely watery and disgusting by now.
Green lentil, mushroom, raisin and cucumber salad, with a brinjal pickle and yoghurt dressing
Green lentil, mushroom, raisin and cucumber salad, with a brinjal pickle and yoghurt dressing. A long name for a green lentil salad which is very simple to put together and utterly delicious
Spaghetti Carbonara – 41p a portion
Absolutely delicious! Spaghetti carbonara this authentic is wonderful. It’s much easier to make than many people think, using just basic ingredients and a couple of pans.
Pork meatballs with added veg and barley
Meatballs with added veg and grains are having a bit of a moment. They’re super easy to make and a 5 meatball portion easily fits into a £1 a day budget
Basics ……. How To Make Soup
There are literally thousands of recipes for soup. If you don’t yet know how to make it, Google may prove to be more confusing than enlightening. So, what to do? I’ll try here to demystify the art of soup making and give you a base to work from.
Lentil nut loaf vegan, versatile & rather delicious
I tried this Lentil & Nut Loaf tonight. What a little gem! Cheap, super nourishing and needing no super cookery whizzery skills