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Conclusion
Thank you for journeying with me on this experiment and hope you have enjoyed the recipes we eat on a regular basis. The last few have been more time consuming, but well worth it. To begin with I didn’t take
Recipe 40 – Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding Dinner
Feeds 4 (with meat for enough of 2 x 4 more meals) Ingredients: £2.42 920 grams joint of beef (£6.88) This meal uses a third of joint: 371 grams (£2.29) Beef stock cube (13p) Method: 1 .Place the
Chocolate Easter Fridge Cake
This is a family favourite, made by our son in 1986 aged 10. The picture above has sprinkles on the chocolate topping, and shows only half the amount these ingredients make in a 12 x 15 inch tray = 48
Recipe 39 – Fish in pastry pockets
Feeds 8 (Makes 8, freeze 4 for another day) Ingredients: £3.95 Pocket Contents: £3.02 250 grams of cod fish (£2.75) ½ pt of milk (12p) 1 knob of butter Pepper A handful of frozen
Fruit Crumble with a twist
An age old recipe, but with a twist that the children will love. Feeds 6 Basic Crumble Ingredients: 60p 230 grams/8 ozs Plain Flour (12p ) 180 grams/6 ozs hard margarine chopped into small cubes (42p) 100 grams/4 ozs ozs
Recipe 38 – Lasagne with salad & Garlic bread
Feeds 6 Ingredients: £3.64 8 sheets of Lasagne Pasta (39p) 500 grams of mince (£2.00) 1 large onion (10p) 1 tsp Oregano 1 finely chopped garlic 1 beef stock cube
Bread & Butter Pudding
In helping to cook for the elderly in 2007 I learnt the Lemon Curd version of this recipe and have used it many times since. Feeds 6 Ingredients: 90p 8 slices of bread buttered (10p) 4 eggs (32p)
Recipe 37 – Country Chicken Risotto
Feeds 4 – (Freeze 2 chicken breasts from pack of four) Ingredients: £2.99 (using chicken leftovers £2.15) 2 tablespoon of oil 225 grams rice (20p) 1 large onion chopped (10p) 2 chicken pieces (84p) 100 grams chopped mushrooms (65p)
Recipe 36 – Pork chops in Orange Jus & vegetables
Feeds 4 (2 chops left from packet of 6 – freeze and use another day) Ingredients: £2.68 4 pork chops 2 tablespoons of Orange Marmalade 2 cups of Orange Juice 1 tsp of cornflour mixed with water Pinch of