Category Archives: Budget Meals

Sausage and Lentil Soup

Posted on May 29, 2017 by annie

Sausages never fail do they? I don’t know if its the same in your family – although I’m guessing it is – but whenever we have sausages for supper there’s very little problem getting everyone to clean their plates! But … Continue reading →

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Chicken Passanda

Posted on October 6, 2016 by annie

from Good Housekeeping A very tasty creamy, mildly spicy curry slightly adapted from a recipe from Good Housekeeping Money saving tip: Use chicken thighs rather than breast. Approximate cost: £2.62 for 2 (£1.31 each) (Prices are current from Sainsburys web-site … Continue reading →

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Cook Once – Eat Twice! Lamb Meatballs with Feta – Two ways

Posted on October 9, 2014 by annie

Don’t you just love those recipes that you can serve up in a number of different ways – cook double one night and serve it up looking like a whole new meal the next day (it saves all those groans … Continue reading →

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Once a Week (Budget) Cooking: and a £26 menu plan

Posted on October 6, 2014 by annie

If you’ve been here before you will know that I am a fan of Once a Month Cooking – at least for 29 days of the month. All those lovely stress free suppers are just brilliant! My problem is Cooking … Continue reading →

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£27 Make Ahead Menu Plan

Posted on September 29, 2014 by annie

The dust-sheets are gone and it’s time to fill the freezer again. But this month I’m finding it difficult to find the time (and – ok I admit! – the inclination) to spend a whole day cooking, so I’m going … Continue reading →

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Ham and Lentil Stew

Posted on April 25, 2014 by annie

This Ham and Lentil Stew recipe came out of a wish to use up a ton of cooked ham I had sometime last year. It is warm and comforting and substantial enough to serve up for a weekday supper and … Continue reading →

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Menu Plan : Quick Budget Recipes

Posted on April 21, 2014 by annie

One thing I’ve learned in my cost-cutting efforts is that if you want to make things cheaply it usually means cooking from scratch. Or, at least, cooking more from scratch than you did before. And that of course often takes … Continue reading →

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Five ways with Smoked Mackerel

Posted on March 31, 2014 by annie

Smoked Mackerel has become one of our favorite foods in the last few months. It seems to just about have it all, doesn’t it? One of the oily fish – healthy, bursting with omega-3s and one of the foods that … Continue reading →

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Paprika Chicken with Feta

Posted on March 14, 2014 by annie

Entertaining on a weekday can make for some interesting challenges, can’t it? The ideal is a sumptuous meal (of course), prepared with minimum effort, in not very much time, which will deeply impress your guests. Or so we hope. This … Continue reading →

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Bacon and Lentil Soup

Posted on March 8, 2014 by annie

The last low cost weeklymenu plan should probably have been called ‘Lentil Week’ in our house! (I wonder if there is one?) First there was the Lamb and Lentil Curry with peas, then the Lamb pasties – both of which … Continue reading →

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