Chorizo & Green Bean Ragù – a delicious sauce served on a bed of spaghetti! A quick and tasty midweek meal the family will love! You may or may not be following my social media but if you do you will have seen my various fruit and vegetable bargains which I have been enjoying by…
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Rainbow Chard Soufflé
Rainbow Chard Souffle if a light and fluffy souffle bursting with flavour from the Cheddar and Parmesan cheeses as well as a kick of cayenne pepper! I was lucky enough to pick up 2 packets of Rainbow Chard for pennies on one of my recent bargain shops; it’s becoming like a lucky dip and I…
July’s Credit Crunch Munch Roundup
It was my pleasure to host Credit Crunch Munch during July and I was blown away by the wonderful number of entries – 34 in total!I have found there is so much money to be saved just by changing the time I go shopping and in turn this has inspired so many recipes because there’s…
Cajun Chicken Fajitas with Schwartz Perfect Shake
Cajun Chicken Fajitas – a classic Tex-Mex dish that your family will love! Marinated chicken breast strips with bell peppers, onion, cajun seasoning, served with sour cream and lime wedges in tortilla! We love spicy food in our family so when Schwartz sent me some of their products recently I made a bee line for…
Mushroom, Spinach & Chickpea Curry
Super tasty and fuss-free, this Mushroom, Spinach and Chickpea Curry is a vegan dish that will please the whole family! I love curry as does my family and it really doesn’t have to be a long drawn-out affair when you just want a quick and nutritious meal on a weeknight. I came up with this…
Pork & Mushrooms in a Cream & Tarragon Sauce
Pork & Mushrooms in a Cream & Tarragon Sauce – sliced pork tender loin and mushrooms in creamy tarragon and white wine sauce. You’ll think you’re dining out it’s that good! You may have noticed, especially if you follow me on Facebook, that I recently entered the world of ultra bargain shopping which happens late…
Green Soup with Sea Spaghetti & my 1p bargains!
Green Soup with Sea Spaghetti is made with cabbage, greens, leek, celery, courgette, spinach, and kale which is finished off with a garnish of fried sea spaghetti seaweed! Healthy, vegan & delicious! Last Sunday I popped out for some sugar to make some Gooseberry Jam as my dad, ever the fruit magnet, had been invited…
Spicy Black Turtle Bean Burgers
Vegetarian Spicy Black Turtle Bean Burgers have added sweetcorn, Cheddar cheese, sriracha and coriander etc. So delicious, even meat eaters will love them! The other day I came across a bag of black turtle beans that had recently gone out of date at the back of my cupboard. I’d been sent them last year and…
Curried Egg Mayonnaise with Ham & Sweetcorn Jacket Potato
The great thing about growing older is the fact that you have an abundance of food memories and every now and then you can dig one out and relive it. One such food memory for me is this Curried Egg Mayonnaise with Ham & Sweetcorn Jacket Potato. When I was a teen there used to…
Poor Man’s Crispy Duck (Pulled Hoisin Pork Tortillas)
Poor Man’s Crispy Duck (Pulled Hoisin Pork Tortillas) has all the flavours of crispy duck with pancakes but made with pulled pork and flour tortillas – just fab! Today I’m sharing my Poor Man’s Crispy Duck (Pulled Pork Hoisin Tortillas). Do you ever find that when you go looking for a pair of shoes or…