Category Archives: Main Course

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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No-cook Tomato and Feta Sauce

Posted on September 17, 2014 by annie

What can you cook for supper when your kitchen is covered in dust-sheets and there is sawdust everywhere? [Finally – having left it FAR too long – we have sanded down our lovely wooden kitchen worktops to re-oil them. So … Continue reading →

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Cook for a Day – Eat for (almost) a Month!

Posted on July 28, 2014 by annie

Phew. I’m writing this lying on the sofa putting my feet up after a marathon cook-fest – not quite sure how I feel about it all! I now have the best part of 20 meals sitting in my freezer waiting … Continue reading →

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Leftover Lamb, Pea and Rosemary Pasties

Posted on May 17, 2014 by annie

What do you make with leftover lamb? Roast lamb is one of my favorite meals, but I’ve always found it difficult to find recipes that work with leftover lamb. I’ve tried a ragu, shepherds pie, lamb curry – but somehow … Continue reading →

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Two-for-One: Roast Tomato and Red Pepper Soup and Roast Tomato and Marscapone Pasta

Posted on May 10, 2014 by annie

If you do a search on Google for ‘Tomato Sauce’ you will get over 20 million hits (- in 0.38 seconds – I wish I could think that fast!). But I still think it’s worth giving you this recipe. It … 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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Two-for-One Budget recipes: Lamb and Lentil Curry with Peas and Lamb Pasties

Posted on February 16, 2014 by annie

One of the tricks that people suggest to save money on your meals is to bulk out your meals with lentils and pulses. I have to admit that I’ve never been sure how that would go – or how they … Continue reading →

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