for fabulously frugal food
As many budgeters know, there are certain generic meals that can be endlessly modified, as well as all the wonderful recipes for these generic recipes, they will swallow whatever you have available, help in the weekly fridge clean out and use up all kinds of bits and pieces. I’ve been musing about it for a while and this week I thought that it would be perfectly possible to meal plan around generic meals.
A savoury christmas crumble, chestnuts in the base, walnuts in the topping
This spiced pot au chocolat with a spiced biscuit is from the Vegetarian Christmas meal plan. It’s even more lovely than I thought it would be.
On Monday evening, I hosted this weeks regular Twitter chat between the Money Bloggers using the hashtag #MondayMoneyUK. We tweeted from 9pm to 10pm, then for 10 minutes the next morning, I spoke about our discussion on Share radio. We were talking about...
Had this for lunch today. It’s a dinner from Meal Plan 10. I used a potato rather than frozen chips, as on the plan, as that is what I had. I chopped it up into chips, skin and all and dusted it with a pinch of garlic powder and tandoori spice, my favourite. You...
This is for Meal Plan 10 and is a version of the Cheesy Bean Lasagna. I can't use the same ingredients as they aren't all available on this plan. So it's a tweak of a tweaked recipe. The bean sauce layer 2 onions, chopped, Asda 2kg/£1.07, 10p 2 garlic cloves, Asda...
This is breakfast on days 1 and 4 on Meal Plan 10 Serves 2 2 eggs, Asda 70p/6, 23p 120g value flour, 45p/1.5kg, 4p tsp dried herbs, or tblsp fresh if you have them, 25p pot, 2p? 15ml oil (a tblsp) £1.10/litre, 2p Total cost 31p, 15p per serving Per serving 346 cals,...
Use any herbs you have to hand, fresh are nicer than dried if you can get them. If you want to, and have any available, many additions can be made to an omelette. A few fried mushrooms, a sprinkle of cheddar, a couple of oven dried tomatoes, 3 or 4 prawns, a crispy rasher of bacon, a few shreds of chicken. Have a look and see what you have got in those little dishes in the fridge – you do keep your leftover bits and pieces – don’t you?
Delicious little herb flavoured savoury scones from meal plan 10
This is breakfast on Meal Plan 10 on days 1 and 4 Serves 2 120g value self raising flour, 45p/1,5kg, 4p 2 eggs, mixed weight £70p/6, 23p Pinch or so of dried mixed herbs, 1-2p 15ml veg oil to cook, 2p Total cost 28p, 14p a serving 380 calories, 16g protein, 16g fat,...
Very protracted journey home on Monday due to the closure of the A27, the A358 and the usual delays on the M25. Took us hours to get home – exhausting Tuesday was unpacking, washing, sorting the pile of post and all the usual jobs after a holiday. In the morning, the...
Simmered down a little more, you can use this as a pizza base, or over a plate of steamed veg, or with rice. Or tip it over your pasta, with or without any extra veg, and put it in an oven proof dish and bake it in the oven for a pasta bake. A tin of value tuna stirred through before baking is extra nice.I think this sauce is much nicer than the bought ones, and nearly as quick.