Cheese Pancakes
Admittedly I added a little ham to the mix as well….. just rounded off this lunch time nibble Which was delicious… and fairly filling as well. We had 4 pancakes […]
Category Archives: Dinners & filling meals
Liver and Bacon Parcel
The liver was really sweet and creamy… not bad for 40p. Ingredients 400g – 500g Liver, cut into strips 1 packet (about 200g or so) Bacon (I used streaky to […]
Brisket of Beef
This was so good, I even had the leftovers for lunch… Ingredients: 1 lb mixed vegetables (carrots, turnips, parsnips etc) 1/4 lb steak… original recipe called for stewing but I […]
Hunt Pie
Ingredients 3/4 to 1 pint of water, in which lentils soaked 2 oz chopped leek 3/4 lb chopped root vegetables and cabbage 4 oz lentils (soaked over night) 2 oz […]
Steak and Vegetable Ragout
This is a 2 for 1 king of meal, the steak is used to flavour this ‘stew’ and is then kept aside for another meal… crafty! Ingredients 1lb root vegetables in season… […]
Cheesy broccoli pasta bake
This recipe is great to make in bulk and freeze… which is what we’ve done. Its so easy to add extra veg as well; carrots, cauliflower, peas…or even a little […]
Wellies…. my quick and tasty short cut to Beef Wellington on a budget
Okay first of all I call them my wellies because its not EXACTLY proper Beef Wellington. Just a thrifty approximation… especially thrifty as I bought the entire roll of puff pastry for 85p last […]
With the real sausage hotpot please stand up…
We haven’t had sausages in AGES. Mainly because they were hard to get during the war, and when you did get them the quality wasn’t always so good. (mainly meal […]
Haricot soup
This was particularly nice with home made bread…. nicer still since I have a stinking cold Ingredients 450g/ 1lb haricot soup 1 onion 2 small potatoes 1.1 litres/ 2 pints […]
Gnocchi
These were surprisingly easy and turned out very well. We ran out of plain flour and subbed with wholemeal… they turned out fine… VERY FILLING and gorgeous with some home […]
