Recipes for really bad times?

Lance_De_Boils

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Lemon Dahl serves 4

6 oz dried split red lentils (picked through and rinsed)
1 pint water
2 tablespoons margarine/butter/ghee
1 small onion sliced
1 clove garlic crushed
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1/2 tin of chopped tomatoes
2 tablespoonfuls of lemon juice
chopped fresh coriander leaves to garnish

Put the lentils into a saucepan with the water, bring to the simmer and cook until they are completely tender (add more water if needed) 20/25 minutes. Mash well. Heat the margarine/butter/ghee in a frying pan and saute the onion and garlic in it for 5 minutes to soften them, stir in the spices and cook stirring for 5 minutes, add in the mashed lentils and mix in well. Stir in the tomatoes and lemon juice, season to taste with salt and black pepper. garnish with the coriander leaves to serve.

Dry Carrot Curry (Aloo Gajjar)

8 oz diced peeled potato
8 oz diced peeled carrot
1 - 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon chilli powde2 teaspoons cumin seed
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon ground coriander
salt
4 fl oz water

Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the cumin seeds until they 'crackle'. Add the carrot and potato and fry gently for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add all other ingredients and cook over a low heat until the vegetables are tender and the mix is 'dry'

Cucumber Mint Riata

Greek yoghurt
mint sauce concentrate
3" piece of unpeeled cucumber grated
seasoning
1 clove garlic, crushed

Mix all ingredients together.

Hope you enjoy them, Lyn xxx.

Thanks for posting. I will give it a try.

domino3

I got inspired to make the veg pasties on the thrift cottage site mentioned above. Didnt have some of the ingredients so put in what I had - onion, carrot, squash and jerusalem artichoke sprinkled with some mexican cheese left over from christmas! I have no idea how they will turn out but a 12.5 hour shift depends on one of them turning out ok!!! They're in the oven at the moment I will let you know!!

MandM90

Another low cost recipe I often make is root veg and lentil stew from the BBC good food website, but I chuck whatever I have in there so last night I subbed half the potatoes for swede. I served it with cheese on toast and it went down very well!

Lleucu

yellow ticket roast veg - peppers, courgettes, carrots, small potatoes, onions, parsnips etc roast hard veg at 200 for 20 minutes then add the softer veg - lovely.

camNolliesMUMMY

thank you so much for all your replies!!!


The filo chicken piee went down well last night! I served it with mashed swede and broc.


today I have taken out some of the boneless chicken thighs and I haven't thought about what I am turning it into, hubby wants something with rice? I was thinking piri piri chicken? I have frozen sliced peppers but I don't know what herbs and seasonings I need to make it? I have lots of herbs and spices so I'm sure I can make it from all my jars I have.


I know the kids will eat it exceot for picking out the onions and peppers? so I may make them their nuggets and chips? any left over piri piri il freeze for next week or something.


I'm off to work now, I had another ironing order come in last night, so I am off to pick it up and go and clean a local office.


thank you so much everyone.

purpleivy

Money_saving_maniac wrote: »

If you have the time to make a bread dough, home made pizza is CHEAP and also loads better than bought ones. And they freeze well too. Onion, a red pepper, half a pack of Lidle peppered salami on each and a sprinkling of cheese. You make the tomato sauce for the base yourself out of a tin of cheap tomatoes and whatever herbs you've got in. I like to add some tomatoe puree to it to thicken it up. My OH has been known to make this using cheap tomato ketchup as the base!

...and if you can make bread dough, then you can make naan bread. My recipe uses part yeast and part baking powder.

Lance_De_Boils

camNolliesMUMMY wrote: »

thank you so much for all your replies!!!


The filo chicken piee went down well last night! I served it with mashed swede and broc.


today I have taken out some of the boneless chicken thighs and I haven't thought about what I am turning it into, hubby wants something with rice? I was thinking piri piri chicken? I have frozen sliced peppers but I don't know what herbs and seasonings I need to make it? I have lots of herbs and spices so I'm sure I can make it from all my jars I have.


I know the kids will eat it exceot for picking out the onions and peppers? so I may make them their nuggets and chips? any left over piri piri il freeze for next week or something.


I'm off to work now, I had another ironing order come in last night, so I am off to pick it up and go and clean a local office.


thank you so much everyone.

I am going to have a huge bowl of chicken and slurpy noodles. Kind of like in wagamama. Do the kids like that kind of thing?

MandM90

domino3 wrote: »

I got inspired to make the veg pasties on the thrift cottage site mentioned above. Didnt have some of the ingredients so put in what I had - onion, carrot, squash and jerusalem artichoke sprinkled with some mexican cheese left over from christmas! I have no idea how they will turn out but a 12.5 hour shift depends on one of them turning out ok!!! They're in the oven at the moment I will let you know!!

Let us know how you get on, they're a favourite here but the most laborious bit is chopping the veg fine enough so that it cooks well in the pasty.

CamNolliesMummy: I'd brown the chicken, then fry off an onion, some garlic, paprika, cayenne pepper, ground ginger (if you have it) then add tinned toms, the chicken, some sliced peppers, 1 tsp sugar, 1-2 tsp oregano, salt and pepper and simmer until chicken is cooked through. Then serve over rice. Hungry now!

Siebrie

Maybe a weird tip in this context, and maybe you already do it, but: go to bed before you feel peckish again. For me, that is around 10pm. After that, my body needs energy, either from sleep or from food. I prefer it gets the energy from sleep...

camNolliesMUMMY

kids are funny when it comes to veg. especially 3 year old, my pie yesterday was lovely and he just picked out all the chicken and left all veg.


I still put it on his plate in the hope he will eat it.
il try grating some veg or chopping tiny and hope they do not see it?


nuggets for them tonight with some miniature cubed roast potatoes and beans.


me and hubby are having a sort of piri piri chicken but using half a sachet I found in the cupboard of fajita mix, il be chopping up half a red onion up and using some of the sliced frozen peppers and serving it over rice along with some sweetcorn I think? if I had wraps in id put that to the side, oh well maybe a slice of bread n butter with a bit of grated cheese.


That should be filling? I have been naughty today though, as ive been running in and out of the house with ironing then off to work etc I didn't have any lunch? if I am hungry later il have a bowl of Weetabix? as I do not want to binge on rubbish.


I had warm Weetabix earlier with a tsp of golden syrup on top it was lovely? might try some golden syrup in my porridge tomorrow or have the same again?


once again thanks all, your tips are extremely helpful.