Chickpea and spinach cuury

Last week I cooked a delicious spinach and chickpea curry.  A very economical meal it was too; stretching to several lunches at work.

I followed this recipe:

Oxtail Stew And No Spend Days

Tonight I have put an oxtail stew into my slow cooker.  I was going to follow the Hairy Bikers recipe, but did not have red wine.  So, instead have used Tesco Everyday Value mixed vegetables, frozen onion and frozen garlic, with a Tesco packet mix.

38p

Should do the job.  Have never used oxtail before.  Intrigued about how it will turn out.  Will post a picture of finished result.

Also used up some potatoes.  Have peeled them ready.  Will use my ricer to mash.  A very effective gadget.

Plus Monday and Tuesday have been NSDs - no spend days.

Merrange and lemon[ish] loaf.

Yesterday. the teenager and superscout returned.  So far, so good. No arguments to  report!

Once they were settled back in, and I had got their laundry going, I made:

• Some merranges, with left-over egg whites. [I shall freeze them and get them out for a treat, when I see some super reduced cream.

• A lemon[ish] drizzle loaf.  As I did not a fresh lemon, I used lemon juice and added some of my super economical mixed fruit, with peel.

 

I also made a homemade cauliflower cheese, which I have not photographed yet.  I used an Aldi packet mix  [36p] approx and a cauliflower which had been reduced to 45p in the Co-Op.

Today is going to be quite expensive, because both the teenager and superscout need new school shoes. However, we are going to explore the possibility of getting them re-soled.  We shall see.

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Easter Sunday

Yesterday, I had an extremely relaxing, yet domestic goddess type day.

I made some lentil, carrot and oat burgers.

Thanks FRUGAL GRADUATE.  I have not eaten them yet; some are for today.

Then I made the most delicious treat of a meal:  Smoked salmon dauphinoise.

 

I used this recipe, without the celeriac, because I did not have any:

BBC GOOD FOOD SMOKED SALMON DAUPHINOISE.

I ate some of this last night and it was DELICIOUS.

No major cooking today, because I am off to Ikea.

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