While testing recipes for my book this week, it was inevitable that I would start to put leftover ingredients together to come up with accidental dishes. This speedy and satisfying late lunch was born of some scraps of cooking bacon left over from Spring Piggy, and some sad looking Brie from the Courgette and Brie … Read more
Oh My God Dinner (or, ‘I Was Going To Make Pasta Alla Genovese And Then I Remembered That Sodding Courgette Rolling Around In My Fridge…’) 55p for 2 portions, or just under 28p each. Ingredients: 70g bacon, 11p (£1.09/670g, Sainsburys Basics) 1 chilli (free, grows on my window ledge) 80g spaghetti, 6p (39p/500g, Sainsburys Basics) … Read more
Like many of my recipes, this was a toss-together of some ’fridge stuff’ – some rogue Greek cheese and a courgette that was kicking about. harking back to my Cypriot roots for what was initially going to be a tzatziki, this ended up as something else entirely. The sauce or dip, or whatever it should … Read more
Mushroom, Bacon and Ale Casserole, 56p, serves 2 at 28p per portion. I’ve got three of a four pack of very cheap Bitter under my sink from making this bread, so decided to put one to use with a hearty winter warming dinner. Along with my trusty cheap bacon (£1.09 for 670g of perfectly good … Read more
People often ask me why I don’t buy items from the Reduced chiller at the supermarket: well I do, I just don’t tend to blog about them, on the basis that they aren’t dependable, and price reductions vary from supermarket chain to supermarket chain, and even store to store. However, on finding a packet of … Read more
Spring Piggy, serves 4 for £1.34, or 34p each. This is an adaptation of a Nigella Lawson recipe for spring chicken, which was adapted in turn from a traditional rabbit recipe. That’s the thing about food, we all fiddle with it and tweak and make it posher or make it cheaper and add our own … Read more
I discovered a bit of a trick with falafels last night – goodness knows I’ve made enough of them over the past year, and sometimes they just seem to crumble and fall apart. However tonight, I discovered that 2tbsp water and 2tbsp flour was the best falafel-rescue-remedy so far. Forget eggs or ‘excessive mashing’ – … Read more
This meat-free Bolognese sauce is perfect over a bowl of pasta and topped with a handful of grated cheese. Allow 70 to 100g of dried pasta per person. I like to eat mine with some garlic bread as well, to mop up any leftover sauce. Serves 2 1 onion 1 clove of garlic 1 carrot … Read more
“Hey Sprout, do you want tomato and cheese with your pasta, or peas and cheese?” “Cheese!” “Yes, but do you want tomatoes, or peas?” “Peas!” “Peas and cheese?” “PEAS AND CHEESE!” That’s how that conversation went with SB today, having spent all day painting and cleaning and coming home to a rather limited cupboard (and … Read more
Simple Herb Bread, 28p for 4 servings at 7p each. Ingredients:* 250g plain flour, 11p ( 65p/1.5kg) 7g fast action dried yeast, 11p (89p for 8 sachets) Fistful of chopped parley (free, growing on my window ledge) Fistful of chopped thyme (free, growing on my window ledge) Fistful of chopped basil (free, growing on my … Read more