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Dinners

Dinners

Need some ideas for cheap family dinners?

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Stretch A Chicken

Stretch A Chicken

How to stretch a chicken to make it last the family the whole week with seven budget stretching chicken recipes

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Almond ‘Nutella’ Tart

Almond ‘Nutella’ Tart

I made some almond ‘Nutella’ then started thinking about uses, as I do, and thought, bet it would work well in a tart.

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Would generic weekly meals help you meal plan?

Would generic weekly meals help you meal plan?

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.

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Lentil Ragu Lasagna

Lentil Ragu Lasagna

I recently made a really good lentil ragu. The flavour was strong enough that I thought it may well make a good lasagna. This is the result and it was very good indeed!

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Lentil Pate

Lentil Pate

I haven’t made this for the longest time. I’m enjoying it on a slice of my home made granary bread, toasted, for breakfast.  Do give it a go, super cheap, great for breakfast, hollow leg filling and packed lunches too

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Vegan Valentine Meal

Vegan Valentine Meal

This 3 course vegan Valentine dinner is easy, delicious and only £1.35 each – cheaper than any meal deal!

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Lovely veggie Nut balls in a tomato sauce

Lovely veggie Nut balls in a tomato sauce

These veggie nut balls are very simple to make, not requiring any complicated method, equipment or skills, although you’ll need to be able to chop the nuts and make breadcrumbs. They can’t really be frozen as they turn to mush, but they don’t take very long

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