My thrifty living twenty something diary...

littlerussiandoll

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littlerussiandoll

I cheated yesterday and had the rest of that reduced chinese from the freezer. However I did find loads of chestnuts and today I am going to make Marrons Glace

http://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/marrons-glace/

also I had a carton of ice cream mix and a tin of peaches so made this last night

http://www.jamieoliver.com/magazine/recipes-view.php?title=peach-ice-cream-2

Tastes wonderful

littlerussiandoll

I made this chicken and potato dish yesterday - slices of potato with olive oil drizzled over. Then on top I put chunks of chicken that had been mixed with cream cheese, chilli and garlic. i baked this covered for 40 mins then put a little grated cheese over the top and baked for a further 20mins at about 180c. It was okay...missing something but not sure what.....anyway I made 2days worth

RonnerS

I have the best two dishes that are cheap one is a rice one and the other spaghetti/pasta. Its indian though (as i'm indian) so you do need a couple of spices but if anyone interested please let me know xxx

p.s both are veggie but i guess you could add meat x

littlerussiandoll

Sorry for the delay been working my butt off! I made lasagne and it lasted me 5 days!!!!!

Here is the recipe -

Lasagne!!!

Lasagne Sheets
Grated cheese


Bechamel Sauce
50g butter
plain flour
1.5 pints of milk
bay leaf
half chopped onion
salt and pepper

Melt the butter in a saucepan then stir in enough plain flour to make a very thick paste. Slowly add the milk bit by bit and whisk to keep it smooth. The sauce should be nice and thick when brought to the boil. Add bay leaf, chopped onion and season then leave to sit while you made beef part -

Tomato Beef Mix
400g beef mince
25g tomato puree
rest of onion
2 cloves garlic
glass of red wine
salt and pepper

Fry the onion and garlic, add beef mince - fry until all brown. Add tomato puree and red wine the leave to simmer for about 10 minutes.

Lasagne Construction!

Layer half the beef in a lasagne dish, then cover with 1 layer of lasagne sheets. Cover these with half the sauce, sprinkle this with cheese. Cover with 1 layer of lasagne sheets. Cover this with rest of beef. Cover with 1 layer of lasagne sheets, pour on rest of sauce and sprinkle more cheese on top.

Bake in oven for about 30-40 minutes at 180c gas mark 5.

:T

littlerussiandoll

Thinking of making this first recipe, will let you know how it turns out! Am tempted to add more onions.

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/season-taste/green-tomato-recipes_21898.html

littlerussiandoll

Today I found a huge pack of Tesco Finest Salmon originally £15 marked down to 75p!!!!! Split it into 3 and froze. Will be very nice.

The good news is I estimated I would be £200 in debt...but I am only £88 thanks to new food budget and voucher usage!!! This forum has been a utter stress saver! Thank you Martin :.) :j

kerrirobberts

I made your pasta bake again last night, it's going to last 4 meals for just myself. I did make some alterations to it though to include some veg and I needed some iron as my diet is currently lacking any:

1 whole chopped red onion fried in a small amount of butter, then add 10 small mushrooms to the pan, add a tin of chopped tomatos and leave to simmer with some salt and pepper. Add half a tub of cream cheese to the frying pan. Boil kettle, add 1/2 pint of water to the dish filled with pasta. Add contents of frying pan to dish, then push lightly with a spoon to mix. Put some spinach on top (iron). Then 5mins before finished add thinly sliced cheese.

It was less watery this time because of the tinned tomatos.

Thank you again for the original recipe.

littlerussiandoll

Been living off amazing reductions and food gifts going really well

Thomas_The_Tank_Top

I'm subscribing too. I can't save for toffee me.