Today I fancied doing some old-style cooking, things I love eating but not always in the mood to make. I often make pastry with oil but decided to return to lard and butter for these today in the true “old-style” theme. I tend to use what I have available rather than setting firm ideas about […]
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Created by Stephanie Keith-Johnson Maybe you don’t want a whole turkey this year, or maybe times are difficult and you need to save some money. This is a great idea by StephanieFor those of you looking for a cheap alternative to a turkey. This is Stephanies tried and tested invention. You may like to vary
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This makes a good lunch or supper dish and is a great way of using up meat and vegetable oddments you have lurking in your fridge.Feel free to swap ingredients to suit what you have available. If you wish to make a Vegetarian version just swap the bacon for a vegetarian food of your choiceIf
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This is my version of a Lentil Cottage Pie. It is one of these where I just “wing it” and throw in whatever bits I want to use up so some of the ingredients are optional. I soaked lentils last night and then boiled them for about 20 mins. I also soaked the soup mix
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Quick and easy to make and super cheap. Great with a salad, chips or on their own as a snack. You could even have one for breakfast. If you buy Aldi stuffing or a larger box, you can cover 4 eggs. The smaller packets such as Asda or Sainsbury’s will cover 3 eggs. Alternatively, make
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This lovely Gala pie is made easy and you can vary the ingredients as you wish. Add stuffing mix in with pork mince or sausage meat, sage, chopped onion, herbs and spices as you wish-the variations are many.You can make this from Lorne Sausage-frozen item or you can skin some sausages. Ingredients 110g lard 280ml
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Making the most of my oven so I made fairy cakes. We are not great cake eaters in this house so it is mainly for me. I will freeze some. I’ve adapted this recipe to my own liking as I don’t like things too sweet. Ingredients 125g butter/marge/spread. I used Dairy free one from Home
I’m making bread and butter pudding now with leftover dry bread. The loaf was only 10p and I’ve used under half of it. about 4p. 3 eggs were gifted to me a while ago-out of date but passed the water test. Ingredients About 8 slices of bread 3 eggs beaten 1 and a half pints
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This is a recipe for a nice thick one. If you prefer it thinner, use less rice. Ingredients 200g of arborio rice 80g of granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 litre of milk 1 teaspoon approx ground nutmeg Method Grease a large casserole dish and add the rice and sugar. Add the milk and
This is not something you see much of today but I recreated this from a memory in the 1980s when I had a frozen one. Really cheap to make and no special equipment is needed. This is the “cook from scratch version” but if you prefer to make some shortcuts using premade sauces, ready-cooked chicken,
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