6000 meals under 50p in 2010; feeding your family on a low budget

weezl74

SG I googled it when lesley posted, and this one looks nice, but I'm sure lesley has more up her sleeve.;)

Where's Mark, we are hungry for our stats!:T:T:T

Lesley_Gaye

SunnyGirl wrote: »

Leley No I haven't heard of Chole do you possibly have a recipe pretty please

Sure, here's one

Chole

250g dried chickpeas
2 tsp ginger, finely chopped
¾ tsp turmeric
1 chilli, deseeded and finely chopped (keep the seeds if you like the heat)
3 tbsp sunflower oil
2 small onions, finely chopped
1 fat clove garlic, finely chopped
2 cloves
½ tsp garam masala
140g fresh tomatoes, peeled and chopped or half a tin of chopped tomatoes
Salt
A handful of fresh coriander

Place the chickpeas in a saucepan or pressure cooker with 1 tsp finely chopped ginger, ½ tsp turmeric. Add 2 litres water to a saucepan or 1 litre water to a pressure cooker. If using a saucepan, boil for 10 minutes, then partially cover and simmer for 2 ½ hours or until very soft. If using a pressure cooker, seal the pan, raise the pressure and cook for 45 minutes for meltingly soft chickpeas

Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion, garlic, 1 tsp ginger and the chilli. Fry briskly over a medium heat for 3 minutes, stirring. The onion needs to caramelise and soften, but not burn. Stir in the cloves, garam masala, ¼ tsp turmeric and ¼ tsp chilli powder if you like a hot curry.

Cook for a minute or two, then mix in the tomatoes. Stir until the mixture forms a thick paste and starts to release oil.

Tip in the chickpeas with all their cooking juices. Return to the boil, then simmer for 20 minutes, or until the liquid reduces and thickens slightly into a delicious sauce. Season with salt and stir in the coriander.

Even better the next day

Lesley_Gaye

weezl74 wrote: »

SG I googled it when lesley posted, and this one looks nice, but I'm sure lesley has more up her sleeve.;)

Where's Mark, we are hungry for our stats!:T:T:T

that looks good. Really, Chole is just chickpeas in a tomato sauce made tasty with whatever spices you fancy using.

Lots of pulses taste good made that way

And yes, Mark, how have you been doing today?

newlywed

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

Went up to Tunbridge Wells today, and whilst there I dived in the Indian shop and had a lovely rummage and stocked up with pulses.

I love Tunbridge wells, often go for a day out. Where's the indian shop?

We usually go to the Pantiles and I lust after kitchen equipment in Mottrams - the best kitchen shop ever!!!

Sorry slightly off topic - still working my way through the thread for ideas due to upcoming redundancy :rolleyes: Hopefully will end up with some time on my hands to work out my recipes per person and how to do things cheaper

Lesley_Gaye

newlywed wrote: »

I love Tunbridge wells, often go for a day out. Where's the indian shop?

We usually go to the Pantiles and I lust after kitchen equipment in Mottrams - the best kitchen shop ever!!!

Sorry slightly off topic - still working my way through the thread for ideas due to upcoming redundancy :rolleyes: Hopefully will end up with some time on my hands to work out my recipes per person and how to do things cheaper

The Indian shop is in Grosvenor Road, going up towards the hospital and Southborough - completely the other end of town to the Pantiles (great shop Mottrams!)

SunnyGirl

Lesley & Weezl Thank you for the recipes I have copied & pasted them into my recipe file.

boredofbeingathome

Ditto sunnygirl- Thanks for the great recipes

Alison_Funnell

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

The Indian shop is in Grosvenor Road, going up towards the hospital and Southborough - completely the other end of town to the Pantiles (great shop Mottrams!)

Until very recently my OH worked in T/wells. LOVE MOTTRAMS! Have had many a b/day or xmas pressie from there. Also for few years it was the closest place with a Lakeland, but we have one in town now.:)

mark55man

Reporting back (late) for Thursday 21st January

Thanks for your concern ladies, but I was conked out on the sofa

Today's Summary - 17/18 meals 50p or under
Summary Total - 345/378 = 91.3% = Target 91.3%

Breakfast: 50p or under (6/6)
OP - ASDA SP Fruit & Fibre
OH - Lidl Crunchie Oats
DD1, DD2, DS1, DS2 : Cereal or nothing

Lunch: 50p or under (6/6)
OP: Chunk HM Bread, Carrot & 2 apples = 41p (apples 15p as from Tesco 2 bags for £2 = 14 in all)
OH : Poorly
DS1, DD1: Quorn Chicken Sandwich + Tomatoes + Apple
DD2 : Scrambled Eggs = 20p = 2x10p
DS2: Ham + Chunk HM Bread + Carrot & Apple = 43p

Supper: 50p or under (5/6)

All - Chicken A la King (White Sauce (NO CHEESE) (3p flour 7p milk) 10p with onions = 10p = 20p = 3p each for sauce. Rice = 500g Tesco Basmati = 80p = 13p each (6 portions)

OP, OH, DS2: 3 bits ASDA Thighs and Drumsticks = 2 for £4 = £2 per pack of 6 = 33p piece = 33p+13p (rice) +3p (sauce) = 49p (but DS2 had extra chicken bit = 82p for him)
DD1, DD2, DS1 : = 1 pack quorn chicken piece £1 from asda = 33p each
Meal = 33p + 13p rice + 3p sauce = 49p

newlywed

Alison_Funnell wrote: »

Until very recently my OH worked in T/wells. LOVE MOTTRAMS! Have had many a b/day or xmas pressie from there. Also for few years it was the closest place with a Lakeland, but we have one in town now.:)

I prefer it to Lakeland (and its the same distance as the nearest two lakeland shops). It's so old fashionedy feeling with everything hanging from the ceiling and from all those shelves, all those different egg cups and vinegar bottles, trivets, and the mini baking tins for doing sweets etc. With all the old fashioned kitchen stuff as well as new gadgets. I can't believe I used to find it boring when I was younger

Anyway, sorry OP for the somewhat off topic discussion