Kidney beans and rinsed baked beans are heated in a paprika and tomato sauce. A small amount of yeast extract adds savoury flavour. Serves 4–6 Ingredients 1 × 400g tin red kidney beans 1 × 400g tin baked beans, or plain borlotti or cannellini beans 1 onion 1 large garlic clove 4 tbsp oil 3 … Read more
Tomato & White Bean Soup, 15p per portion. Always challenging myself to ‘cook it cheaper’ without compromising on taste or nutrition, I’ve had a fidget with my tomato and white bean soup recipe today, and come up with this one at less than 15p per portion… Allow to cool before freezing in portions, and this … Read more
Aubergine, breadcrumbs and herbs form these meat-free balls. Lemon and optional black olives season the mixture before it is shaped and fried. Serves 2 Ingredients 1 aubergine 1 onion, red or white 1 large garlic clove 1 red chilli or a pinch of dried chilli 1 tbsp finely chopped black olives, optional 3 tbsp oil … Read more
As part of my ‘health binge’ that I’m currently embarking on after the carbtastic Live Below The Line challenge followed by scarcely and sleep and a lot of crap sandwiches to power through a General Election, I decided to experiment and see if I could make gluten free pasta. I’m not a fan of … Read more
These savoury muffins use plain flour and mashed sweetcorn, with onion, herbs and a little chilli. The same mixture can be baked as a loaf. Makes 8 muffins or 1 loaf Ingredients 250g plain flour ½ tsp salt 10g baking powder, approximately 2 tsp 50g sugar ¼ tsp chilli flakes or 2 pinches cayenne pepper … Read more
Feisty Soup, 45p, makes two portions at 23p each. I made this for myself this afternoon as i’ve come down with an awful cold – I’ve not worked out if it’s the dreaded flu yet, but i’m shaky, exhausted and feeling generally sorry for myself. So I did what I do best, and I’m trying … Read more
This recipe came about after seeing the tins of soup in the supermarket and thinking, ‘I can do better than that.’ So rather than stocking up on thin tomato soup (with suspiciously few tomatoes) I thought I’d treat myself to some cheap, versatile, protein-packed spicy goodness instead. The quantities here make four generous portions. Serves … Read more
Jardaloo Ma Murghi (Curry With Apricots) 87p for 4 portions, or 22p each. This is my favourite curry, my go to, my easy but perfect comfort food. I used to make this with turkey, which at £1.75 for a 600g drumstick would serve four people easily (pre-roast the drumstick and just peel it off the … Read more
This tomato sauce is exactly what its name says – a wonderfully versatile sauce for all occasions. It was inspired by a basic tomato sauce in Economy Gastronomy by Allegra McEvedy and Paul Merrett – which is a brilliant guide to cooking fantastic food on a budget. With mine, I make a batch, eat some, … Read more
These are my sad black bananas. I wanted to make them happy again, by making them into supercake. What do you do when you have a pile of black bananas sitting in the fruit bowl? I don’t even know how this happens – I generally work from home, bananas are my go-to snack because I … Read more