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Favourite Frugal & Healthy Recipes

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Favourite frugal recipes

RECIPES WE HAVE ENJOYED

I firmly believe that it is possible to eat a varied and healthy diet on a budget. These aren’t all my creations and I have given credit where I am using other people’s recipes. Here are some favourite frugal recipes we have enjoyed here at Shoestring Cottage:

Soups, salads and starters

Carrot salad (V)

Cream of celery soup

Courgette and celery soup

Croutons, garlic and oregano

Minestrone soup – Slimming World friendly

Pea soup – easy peasy (V)

Poultry stock

Roasted pumpkin soup

Vegetable stock (V)

Favourite frugal recipes: Main courses

Bacon and mushroom quiche, crust less (low fat)

Beef and mushroom casserole, slow cooked

Brown rice cashew nut pilaf

Brown rice with Mediterranean vegetables (V)

Cashew and mushroom roast (V)

Cheesy mushroom and lentil cottage pie (V)

Cheesy potato bake (V)

Chestnut, mushroom and parsnip roast (V)

Chickpea burgers (V)

Chick pea curry (V)

Chilli chicken
Creamy mustard chicken (Jack Munroe)

Chicken with chickpeas

Chicken and chorizo casserole

Chicken, maple roasted

Chicken pasta with chorizo
Chickpeas with spinach (V)

Courgettes stuffed with feta (V)

Courgette and tomato eggy bake (V)

Curried vegetable and chick pea stew (V)

Frugal fish pie

Greek salad (V)

Lentil vegetable stew (V)

Leek and potato pie (V)
Liver and bacon, Hairy Bikers

Macaroni cheese (V)

A marinade for meat

Mediterranean fish stew

Moroccan rice with chicken and sausage

Meatloaf

Pasta with bacon and vegetables

Pasta with leeks, cheese and bacon

Pork and lentil casserole
Pumpkin risotto (V)

Ratatouille (V)

Red Dragon Pie (V)

Rice with Mediterranean vegetables (V)

Risotto, leftovers

Sag aloo, Jamie Oliver (V)

Sausage and vegetable ragu

Sausage, Apple and herb stuffing

Spaghetti cheese casserole (V)

Spanish eggs (V)

Spanish omelette (V)

Spiced almond risotto (Sarah Brown) (V)

Spicy courgette stew (V)

Spicy chick peas (V)

Spinach cheese frittata (V)

Stir fried vegetables with noodles and toasted cashews

Tarka  Dahl (V)

Tomato sauce, slow roasted (V)

Tuna penne with black olives

Tuna plait

Turkey and mushroom risotto

Vegetable curry, cheap and easy (V)

Vegetable paella (low fat and V)

Vegetable gratin (V)

Cakes, desserts & preserves

Apricot fool

Banana and walnut loaf (GF)

Banana muffins

Barabrith

Cranks bread pudding, spiced

Chocolate brownies (GF)

Chocolate cake (Hairy Bikers)

Eve’s pudding
Farmhouse fruit cake

Flapjacks

Immune boosting sunshine fruit salad (Slimming World friendly)
Pancakes
Pavlova fruit trifle

Pumpkin cake

Redcurrant jelly

Spiced apple cake

Yogurt, home made

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About Me

Would you like to take control of your finances, pay off your debts and save for the future? At Shoestring Cottage we aim to show you that you can live a good and happy life on less than you think, you can get off the consumer treadmill and you can live more simply and healthily and not feel deprived.
We are also moving toward a less wasteful, more sustainable lifestyle and believe frugality and sustainability go hand in hand. Read More…

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