Recipes – COOKING ON A BOOTSTRAP

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Carrot & Coriander Falafels, 23p.

March 6, 2013, 11:30 am

Carrot and coriander falafels, 91p. Makes 12ish falafels, serves 4 at 23p each. Ingredients:* 3tbsp vegetable oil, 6p (£4.50/3l) 1 onion, 5p (£1/20pc veg bag) 400g can of chickpeas, 69p shake of...

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Bubbles And Squeaks, 7p each.

March 13, 2013, 12:00 pm

Bubbles And Squeaks. Makes 10 bubble and squeak patties at 7p each, eat one or two or five, depending on how hungry you are. I was really hungry, so didn’t even get a picture of these. However I have...

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Gigantes Plaki, 17p.

March 20, 2013, 1:26 pm

Gigantes Plaki, serves 4 for 68p (17p per portion) Heading back to my Med roots with this simple but delicious dish, and I can have it for dinner, and lunch the next day, and pulse any leftovers into a...

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Sunshine Bread – Pineapple, Carrot & Sultana – 8 pennies

March 20, 2013, 4:14 pm

Sunshine Bread (Pineapple, Carrot and Sultana) – 49p for 6 pieces at 8p each Ingredients:* 250g flour, 11p (65p/1.5kg) 1 sachet fast action dried yeast, 11p 30g sultanas, 6p (99p/500g) 1 carrot, 5p...

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Feisty Soup, 23p

March 24, 2013, 7:35 am

Feisty Soup, 45p, makes two portions at 23p each. I made this for myself this afternoon as i’ve come down with an awful cold – I’ve not worked out if it’s the dreaded flu yet, but i’m shaky, exhausted...

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Earthy Red Wine & Mushroom Risotto, 36p.

March 24, 2013, 11:53 am

Earthy Red Wine & Mushroom Risotto, Serves One. 36p. Still needing easy but comforting food with this cold, I decided to go for carbs and wine and goodness… I’ve never known anyone else to use red...

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Mexican Chocolate, Chilli & Black Bean Soup, 25p

March 26, 2013, 12:29 am

Mexican Chocolate, Chilli and Black Bean Soup, 99p. Serves 4 at 25p per portion. In a fit of organisation, I got up an hour early this morning to make myself some of this for my lunch. I’d popped the...

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Lemon Curd Sponge Puddings, 24p.

April 5, 2013, 2:00 am

Lemon Curd Sponge Puddings, 95p for 4 or 24p each. Luckily for me, as I shop very carefully, I have most of the ingredients for this in the cupboard at all times. Unluckily for my jeans, that means I’m...

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Carrot, Cumin & Kidney Bean Burger, 9p

April 6, 2013, 12:41 pm

This was today’s lunch – although the burger cost 9p to make (I’ve frozen the other three for days when I get home from work and want something quick and easy!) the salad, bun and chutney probably...

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Jardaloo Ma Murghi (Curry With Apricots) 22p

April 9, 2013, 12:26 pm

Jardaloo Ma Murghi (Curry With Apricots) 87p for 4 portions, or 22p each. This is my favourite curry, my go to, my easy but perfect comfort food. I used to make this with turkey, which at £1.75 for a...

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Airy Fairy Easy Peasy Soda Bread

July 2, 2013, 11:07 am

Think you can’t make bread? Or that you need a fancy pants bread maker to do so? RUBBISH. You have a natural, free bread maker in your palms and your knuckles – and this easy recipe with no proving or...

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Brie and bacon risotto, 26p

July 4, 2013, 4:20 am

While testing recipes for my book this week, it was inevitable that I would start to put leftover ingredients together to come up with accidental dishes. This speedy and satisfying late lunch was born...

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Roasted courgette and feta, Greek inspired potato salad. 13p.

July 9, 2013, 1:06 pm

Mm mm mm – recipe testing for The Book still, I had some rogue Greek cheese and a courgette kicking about in the bottom of the fridge, and felt compelled to make some simple food out of such a classic...

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Baked trout in best tomato sauce, with lemon and herb rice. 33p.

July 10, 2013, 3:30 pm

People often ask me why I don’t buy items from the Reduced chiller at the supermarket: well I do, I just don’t tend to blog about them, on the basis that they aren’t dependable, and price reductions...

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Guardian: Jack Monroe’s kale pesto pasta recipe

October 30, 2013, 7:05 am

For the full recipe, click here: Jack Monroe’s kale pesto pasta recipe, The Guardian Jack Monroe. Twitter: @MsJackMonroe. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/agirlcalledjackFiled Continue reading →

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