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Hi, my name is Annie!
As a busy working mum I'm always looking for ways to save time (and money) in the kitchen but still produce healthy home-cooked meals. Here you can read about my continuing attempts to make delicious quick - & cheap - meals in no time! (and a few other recipes too...).
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Tag Archives: Chicken
Creamy Chicken and Tomato pasta
I use this blog as my cook book – except of course for those recipes I haven’t shared with you yet! So every now and then I update them when I find an easier/quicker way to make them. This is … Continue reading
Paprika Chicken with Feta
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
Posted in Budget Meals, Main Course, Student Cooking
Tagged budget-friendly, cheese, Chicken, Tomato
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Chicken, Courgette and Feta Crustless Quiche
During my recent browsing on the internet for recipes to use up leftover chicken, I came across this delicious Chicken and Feta Frittata. True to form I fiddled a bit, added in some leftover vegetables and thought I would try … Continue reading
Posted in Quick Meals
Tagged Chicken, courgette, feta, leftovers, less-than-£1-a-portion, peppers, quick budget recipes
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Take One Roast Chicken and make three (+) meals
You will be pleased to hear that our chicken did NOT end up in the bin. Yes – ‘only’ 86,000,000 chickens thrown away this year, not 86,000,001. One chicken turned into: Roast Chicken with all the trimmings on Saturday before … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Menu Plan
Tagged Chicken
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Chicken Kurma
This is one of our family standbys – simple, reasonably quick and not expensive. I’ve cooked it for years and it’s always popular – a good solid four star meal. So having packed Student Son off to Uni after a … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Meals, Main Course, Student Cooking
Tagged budget-friendly, Chicken, leftovers, less-than-£1-a-portion, quick budget recipes
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Take One Roast Chicken…
Apparently we throw away the equivalent of 86 million chickens every year (so it says here). I didn’t think there were 86 million chickens in the UK. Clearly I was wrong. The Daily Mail tells us that we eat 2.2 … Continue reading
Posted in Cook Once - Eat Twice, Weekly Menu Plan
Tagged budget-friendly, Chicken, leftovers
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Another budget menu plan – £21 for five quick weekday meals
Do you know the actual price of the meals you put on the table? I used to think that I had a rough idea, but since I’ve started costing up meals in detail, I’ve been amazed at just how much … Continue reading
Spatchcock Chicken and a Weekly Menu plan
March appears to be disappearing at a rush with Palm Sunday next weekend. Then it’s Easter and everyone will be on holiday for a week or two! Last weeks menu had its high and lows. Spatchcock chicken was a definite … Continue reading
Weekly Menu Plan – Pancakes and Valentines Day!
Last week was a really busy week. I had to work late a couple of nights so the children had to cook supper – and (brilliant kids that they are) they did too! It was great to come home late to find …
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Tagged Chicken, fish, Pasta
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Two-for-One: Bacon and Tomato pasta sauce with creme fraiche and Chicken Cacciatore
Everyone needs a good standby pasta sauce. Easy and quick to make – ideally from store cupboard ingredients. This one fits the bill beautifully.
It was inspired by a …
Posted in Budget Meals, Cook Once - Eat Twice, Main Course, Quick Meals, Two-for-one
Tagged budget-friendly, Chicken, Pasta, quick budget recipes, Tomato
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