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
Minestrone soup – Slimming World friendly
Favourite frugal recipes: Main courses
Bacon and mushroom quiche, crust less (low fat)
Beef and mushroom casserole, slow cooked
Cheesy mushroom and lentil cottage pie (V)
Chestnut, mushroom and parsnip roast (V)
Chilli chicken
Creamy mustard chicken (Jack Munroe)
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)
Leek and potato pie (V)
Liver and bacon, Hairy Bikers
Moroccan rice with chicken and sausage
Pasta with bacon and vegetables
Pasta with leeks, cheese and bacon
Pork and lentil casserole
Pumpkin risotto (V)
Rice with Mediterranean vegetables (V)
Sausage, Apple and herb stuffing
Spaghetti cheese casserole (V)
Spanish eggs (V)
Spiced almond risotto (Sarah Brown) (V)
Stir fried vegetables with noodles and toasted cashews
Tomato sauce, slow roasted (V)
Vegetable curry, cheap and easy (V)
Vegetable paella (low fat and V)
Cakes, desserts & preserves
Eve’s pudding
Farmhouse fruit cake
Immune boosting sunshine fruit salad (Slimming World friendly)
Pancakes
Pavlova fruit trifle