The unexpected! I have for the past 50 years been using easy, tasty, nutritional meals to feed family and friends. I’d not considered writing my recipes down, but in the light of news that speaks of people and children going
Week 1 – Menu & Shopping List
Recipe number Meal Week 1 Day 1 Sunday Chicken with roast potatoes and vegetables 2 Monday Cold chicken with potatoes and salad 3 Tuesday Vegetable & chicken curry rice & naan bread 4 Wednesday Breaded Fish, potatoes and coleslaw 5
Recipe 1 – Chicken with roast potatoes and vegetables
Chicken: for 12 meals. This Recipe feeds FOUR adults x 3 meals Portions use in Recipe 2. Use shredded and small pieces in Recipe 3. Farmfoods frozen chicken 2.3 kg £2.25. Defrost overnight Lidl’s fresh chicken 1.7
Recipe 36 – Pancakes
BROUGHT FORWARD AS IT IS PANCAKE DAY ON TUESDAY Below the sweet pancakes is the recipe for Savoury Pancakes using the same ingredients as in Recipe 3 on Tuesday. You won’t need the rice or naan bread. Feeds 4 people
Recipe 2 – Cold Chicken, Potatoes and Salad
Feeds 4 adults Ingredients: £2.28 8 slices of cold chicken breast + 1 chicken leg (£1.68) 4 large potatoes = 1 kg (40p) Basic salad: (Prices can vary) £1.40 ½ Iceberg Lettuce (47p) Cherry Tomatoes 4 x 3
Recipe 3 – Vegetable & Chicken Curry, Rice & Naan Bread
Feeds 4 Ingredients: 98p Leftovers of cooked chicken pieces (shredded and small bits leftover -no cost) Add any cooked and uneaten vegetables from Sunday – dice into 1cm cubes 4 uncooked carrots (22p) Use remaining uncooked parsnips (21p) ½
Recipe 4 – Breaded Fish, potatoes and coleslaw
Feeds 4 Ingredients: £2.67 Packet of 4 fish steaks (£1.99) Potatos using remaining 500 grams (20p) Full portions of
Recipe 5 – Spaghetti Bolognese
Feeds 6 Ingredients: £3.64 75 grams Spaghetti per person (36p) 450 grams (1lb) mince (approx. £2.00) 1 Large onion (10p) 4 carrots (20p) 180 grams 6 ozs mushrooms (40p) Tin of chopped
Recipe 6 – Homemade pizza choice
Feeds 4 people: Base ingredients: 13p 220 gr (8oz) SR flour (10p), 8 dsp veg/sunflower oil (SC), 8 dsp water, 1 tsp. Oregano. (SC) Method: 1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl so dry, but malleable. 2. Use fingers to
Recipe 7 – Yorkshire Pudding with sausages & onions
Otherwise known as “Toad in the Hole” Feeds 4: Ingredients: 40p 8 ozs of Plain Flour 3 eggs Milk to mix Water Lard Method: 1 In large bowl/jug if possible place flour and break in two eggs 2.Stir in and