Based on my original Feisty Soup recipe, I’ve made myself a batch of this this afternoon to try to combat a very heavy cold. It normally works very well; the chilli blasts the sinuses, the lemon and ginger eases that accompanying stomach ache, the onion and garlic are packed with antioxidants and the carrots and … Read more
Photography by Susan Bell. There are many different recipes entitled Love Soup – I’ve seen some rich chicken soup recipes, some with heady garlic and some deep red tomato ones. By chance, the ingredients for this were what I had kicking around in the fridge last Valentines Day, so this warming carrot, ginger and onion … Read more
As featured on Great British Chefs: How to make budget friendly almost-florentines. It’s rare that I do a ‘sweets and treats’ recipe, but sometimes you just want one, you know? This little beauty came about on Saturday evening, after I’d been buried in work all day, and finally came up for air craving a florentine … Read more
One-A-Penny Little Duck Pizzas, 1p each. Made 28, for less than 27p. Fed two adults, a Small Girl and a Small Boy 🙂 Number of pizzas will depend on the size of your cookie cutter. Little duck optional but adorable! Ingredients: 200g plain flour, 9p (Sainsburys Basics, 65p/1.5kg) 7g fast action dried yeast, 11p (89p/8, … Read more
With the headlines today about David Cameron’s £139 bread maker and ‘artisan’ £30.20 Cotswold flour, the first thing to pop into my head was my own ‘Airy fairy easy peasy soda bread’ recipe – with no fancy bread maker required and around 32p a loaf… Oh but you think you can’t make bread? That’s something … Read more
I’ve blogged each of the recipes individually – click the links below! Simple sprat starter: http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/12/10/have-yourself-a-cheaper-little-christmas-simple-sprat-starter-37p/ Honey roasted ham with vegetables: http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/12/10/have-yourself-a-cheaper-little-christmas-honey-roasted-ham-with-veg-1-53/ Liver and sultana casserole: http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/12/10/have-yourself-a-cheaper-little-christmas-liver-and-sultana-casserole-30p/ Christmas pinwheels: http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/12/10/have-yourself-a-cheaper-little-christmas-pinwheel-biscuits-8p/ First published in the Guardian and G2 magazine: Jack Monroe’s budget Christmas. As always, all prices based on Sainsburys and Sainsburys Basics range where available. … Read more
Vinegar and Tonic by Jack Monroe. January 2015. Hello and welcome to the new year, everyone! As a new year has rolled in, one of my resolutions was to try to be a little healthier – starting with Dry January, or no booze for a month! Seeing we spent the new year on a very … Read more
I haven’t had a minute to blog every single one of the recipes, but I knew people would be curious about the individual costings for the Christmas dinner that I cooked for The One Show (Friday 19th December) so I’ve given them below. I cooked a roast chicken in place of the turkey, as it … Read more
Pappa al Pomodoro, or in other words, Bread-Crust-And-Tomato-Soup… I love a good tomato soup, and quite often with the humble tomato, simplicity is key. So imagine my delight, yesterday evening, idly leafing through the iconic River Café Cookbook (Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers), and finding a recipe for Pappa al Pomodoro. I’d never heard of … Read more
Tonight’s dinner came courtesy of some chicken liver at the back of the freezer, and some veg left over from a photoshoot yesterday. Idly flicking through my cookbook collection to find a new chicken liver idea, I came across a bolognese in Save With Jamie. Mine’s not identical – I’ve left out the bacon and … Read more