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Christmas Meal Plan – Gnocchi, pork bits and stuffing, 36p a serving
Goodness, how December has whizzed past, we'll be talking leftovers in no time at all. Are you all ready now? I'm off in a bit to wrap a couple more little presents and we're as good as there. Went up to Hackleton, a little village near Newport Pagnall to see my Mum...
Stilton Quiche with Red Cabbage Coleslaw, 39p
This flavoursome blue cheese quiche is served twice on the Christmas Meal Plan, along with an unusual coleslaw made with red cabbage and mustard. Strong festive flavours Pastry 150g flour, value 45p/1.5kg, 4p 75g Best for Baking, Asda 49p, 15p Filling 100g...
Christmas Meal Plan Leftovers – Pork, Apple & Stuffing Lasagna, 26p a portion
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...
Kitchen update
I'm off to a funeral today. We weren't really close, but she was a relative, so I'm off to pay my respects. So I thought I would show you a quick kitchen update. You can see the size of the space more now. The table is out there now and being used every day. We still...
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 – super simple mixed veg soup, with fresh crusty roll, 18p
A really super simple soup, barely any cooking involved!
Christmas Meal Plan – Parsnip Soup, Scone & Mince Pie, 37p
This Christmas Meal Plan parsnip soup could scarcely be easier. Serves 2 240g parsnips, Asda Chosen By You, 680g pk/91p, 32p 750ml boiling water Total of 32p Put the parsnips and boiling water in a pan and simmer gently for about 15 minutes, until the parsnips are...
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...
Christmas Meal Plan – Stilton Jackets with Clementines & Yogort for pudding, 73p each
Busy, busy day today. Had to move loads of DP’s stuff out of the way and clean up loads of grit and grime in preparation for the photographers visit. And that was before starting any of the food to be cooked and photographed. I did all the dishes for Christmas Day...
Kitchens, Christmas Menu and avoiding debt
The kitchen is coming along beautifully. Most of the floor is down now and I hope to get the tree up in the next few days. We moved the table out there today and had our first meal on it. I didn’t remember to take a picture of that until it was too gloomy! The...
Muscovado and mixed fruit pudding, with double cream, 32p
This is the pudding for the Christmas week 2014 plan. Plump dried fruits, rich muscovado flavours, double cream trickled over. Very naughty at 600+ calories, and very, very nice. I tested one with DP this evening, we shared, as calorific treats like this slip down...
Lamb ragu 2 – Moussaka 92p a portion
Using the lamb ragu that was made yesterday, today I made a moussaka. I have actually ended up using half the ragu yesterday and half today. But yesterday, the shepherds pie I made for the boys working hard plastering had enough left over to feed me as well, so that...