From One Mum!

Recipe - Chicken & mushroom puff pastry pie, with broccoli cheese, carrots (& an onion!), honey roasted parsnips, mash & Yorkshire puddings 🙂  I had leftover pastry so made Jimmy a cheesy bean bake to take to work tomorrow, & the broccoli was massive so made 2 dishes full, will freeze one for next weekend 🙂 Also have Yorkshire puds to freeze for next weekend too 🙂  Cooked chicken fillets free from Olio 1/2 tub mushrooms on offer 50p 2 onions 12p Gravy granules 16p Broccoli 86p Butter milk flour & cheese for sauce 70p ish 1/4 bag carrots 11p Mash free from Olio Flour eggs & milk 50p ish  £2.95 fed 5 for 59p each 🙂

Recipe - Cheesy bacon, spinach & ricotta lasagne 😀 The original recipe used shredded ham hock but wanted to use up what we already had, so bacon lardons it was! 🥓. Smoked bacon lardons free from Olio Bag of spinach £1.15 Ricotta free from Olio Milk, butter & flour 80p ish Mustard & spices 10p ish 1/6 block cheese 44p 1/3 box lasagne sheets 26p 1/2 tub coleslaw 64p Garlic bread 37p £3.76 fed 4 for 94p each 🙂 I have some leftover too as Jimmy isnt here so will whack that in a tub for the freezer.

Recipe - Homemade Leftover Gammon & leek pie, carrots, swede & mash 😋 We tried a custard apple too after tea, I got it from Pak foods for £1. We liked it but didnt love it, I liked the flavour but the texture was quite odd! Good to try new things though 🙂  Leftover gammon free as costed previously Leek 64p Onion 6p Butter & flour for pastry 40p ish Egg 11p 1/4 bag carrots 11p Swede free from Olio 1/4 bag maris pipers 34p Gravy granules 16p £1.71 fed 5 for 34p each 🙂

Smoked sausage pasta recipe 😋😋😋 Was supposed to be smoked sausage with sage, & with garlic bread… but couldnt get any sage, & completely forgot the garlic bread… in my defence I havnt felt v well, & ive been to the Drs this morn & have ear infection & laryngitis 🙈🙈 but we still have to carry on done we so just adapted slightly 🙂  The kids absolutely loved it so im calling it a winner! 😀 Smoked sausage £1 Poundland 2/3 bag pasta 27p 1/2 tub passata 22p 1/4 tub double cream 29p 1/6 block red leicester 46p 1/4 block Grana padano 59p Sprinkle of crispy onions 14p £2.97 fed 5 for 59p each 🙂

Turkey pot pie with stuffing topping. Served with sweetcorn, peas & mash. I dont do peas unless they are mushy, but the kids like them!  This was a really tasty, quick to put together meal! I found it on the Supercook app but its literally leftover chicken/turkey, with made up gravy poured over, then pour your made up stuffing mix over the top whilst still liquidy, & bake for 45 minutes 🙂  Leftover turkey free as costed previously Stuffing 43p Gravy granules 16p 1/6 bag frozen sweetcorn 15p 1/6 bag frozen peas 9p Mash free from Olio  84p!!!!!!!! Fed 5 for 16p each!! Thats just wild isnt it! 😀  Top tips for this one… UTILISE OLIO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN… most things can be frozen! Also… save your leftovers! I never ever throw leftovers… even small amounts of veg can be used in a stew or soup! Look out for reductions! The turkey I used originally was £2 in Iceland only a few weeks ago, well after Xmas, made 4 trays of meat including gravy made with the meat juices, & I saved the

Recipe - Beef bourguignon, with Cheddar mash & broccoli 😋 We all loved this except Anaïs, she was absolutely disgusted 🤣😅😅😅 . It was quite an expensive one today, we dont have beef a lot (unless its mince) as its just too expensive… the frozen diced beef worked out cheaper per kg than fresh, good quality too, but still pricey. I get a lot of good reduced bits but never ever see beef reduced! Any tips welcome!  Frozen diced beef £4.50 Beef bourguignon sachet 5p Tub mushrooms reduced 50p 2 onions 12p 3 carrots 9p ish 1/3 bag Maris pipers 53p Broccoli 79p 1/6 block cheese 44p £7.02 fed 5 for £1.40 each (we have a tub of leftovers too for the freezer).

Tuna, mushroom & sweetcorn pasta, a Jack Monroe recipe (adapted slightly to suit us!), avo for me, & garlic bread for everyone else!  Lily had Marmite pasta (its her flavour of the month 😅) because she doesnt like tuna, I just took the pasta out before I added the sauces etc to ours. 2 tins tuna £1.10 300g pasta 39p Mushroom soup 50p Small tin sweetcorn 50p Tbsp tom puree - pennies 1/6 block cheese 60p Avo 75p Garlic bread 32p £4.16 fed 5 for 83p each 🙂

Recipe -  Beef & pumpkin stew (tasted amazing!) we had mash with ours, the kids had mini bread rolls, & then they cracked a loaf open as well!  Diced beef £3.79 Pumpkin 81p 1/2 tub mushrooms 25p Onion 6p 2 garlic cloves 6p 2 beef stock cubes 6p Gravy granules 16p 1/4 bag maris pipers 37p 1/2 pack mini petit pain 40p £5.96 fed 5 for £1.19 each 🙂

Freezer tea for us tonight recipe! ❄️❄️❄️ Pork chop for me, pork steaks for Jimmy, & Christmas turkey twizzlers for the kids, all with potato waffles & beans 😀  The kids absolutely loved the twizzlers - £1.50 from Poundland & we also had some bacconnaise with it, from Heron 59p 🙂 Turkey twizzlers £1.50 Pork chop £1.16 Pork steaks free from Olio Potato waffles £1 2 tins beans 64p £4.30 fed 5 for 86p each 🙂

Recipe - We had a really lovely tea tonight recipe! Chicken taco broccoli bake, with sweetcorn 🙂 Jimmys gone to Beni on his stag do today so just 4 of us for tea tonight! Will definately make this again, but precook the frozen broccoli a bit as it wasnt quite soft enough for us! Tasted really nice, & it makes a lot too, Arlo had seconds & I still have leftovers that ive popped into the freezer for Shawne when we have a fish meal.  Ive also made egg mayo for tomorrows dinner 🙂 one less thing to fuss about tomorrow! 2 packs chicken chunks free from Olio 300g rice 45p Taco seasoning sachet 10p 2/3 tub soft cheese 66p 1/3 bag frozen broccoli 40p 1/6 block cheese 44p Couple of handfuls of frozen sweetcorn 16p £2.21 fed 4 for 55p each 🙂.

Recipe - Homemade cluck & moo pies (cheated with the pastry today!), with chips, peas & loads of gravy Christmas yule log for pud with custard. All the cheapy £ shops sell these for a quid, they do a different one for every season 😂 its always overly sickly sweet but the kids love it, & for £1 I wont complain! Leftover roast chicken free as costed previously Steak £2 Puff pastry £1.25 Gravy granules 16p 1/6 bag petit pois 25p 1/2 bag potatoes 45p £4.11 fed 4 for £1.02 each 🙂 (Ashtons at a birthday party so hes having food there).

Recipe - Toad in the hole, carrots, fairy cabbages, red cabbage, honey roasted parsnips, mash & cranberry gravy 😋. Sausages reduced £1.81 Eggs milk & flour for batter mix 60p ish 1/2 bag brussels (19p veg offer) 9p 1/4 bag carrots (19p veg offer) 4p 1/3 red cabbage (19p veg offer) 6p 1/4 bag potatoes (19p veg offer) 4p Parsnips reduced 11p Gravy granules 16p  £2.91 fed 5 for 58p each 🙂.

Recipe - Chicken pasta bake, olives & avo 😜  Back on the WW today (I didnt ever stop just had a semi Xmas break!) My pasta, cheese & olives were all weighed out!  * 13 WW points *  Sliced cooked sandwich chicken free from Olio 2/3 bag pasta 27p Tuna pasta bake sachet on offer 50p 1/6 block cheese 44p Plain crisps 14p Garlic bread 36p Olives free from Mum 1/2 an avo 39p  £2.10 fed 5 for 42p each 🙂.

Recipe - Nandos peri peri pittas with salad, & spicy cous cous 😋 We really enjoyed this! The burgers were the Asda essentials ones, weve had them a couple of times now & they are super for the price 👍🏻 Lily doesnt like spicy so she had sausage, scrambled egg & hash browns 🙂  6 chicken burgers £1.12 4 pittas 36p Salady bits 15p ish Homemade pickled onions cheap cheap cheap maybe 2p 2 packs spicy cous cous 90p £2.55 fed 4 for 63p each 🙂

Recipe -  Chicken korma, rice, samosas & naan bread 🥘 (No post last night as we had a child free eve 😀 which doesnt happen v often! I drank Shawne under the table, & hes been the one rough all day 🙊🙊 Will add pics below!) 2 packs chicken korma free from Olio 2 packs plain naan bread 78p Heron 1/4 bag rice 11p Samosas reduced £1.20 £2.09 fed 5 for 41p each 🙂 Awww it all looks amazing, food and the night out 😘xxx.

Yasssss! Been waiting for this allllll day!! Recipe - Sticky Chinese char sui spare ribs, mushroom chow mein, spring rolls, gyoza & kimchi!  Mushrooms free from Olio 1/2 bunch spring onions reduced 13p 1/2 pack sugar snap peas on offer 34p Onion 6p Egg noodles free from Olio Pork ribs free from Olio Soy sauce, sesame oil, hoisin sauce, garlic 20p ish 1/2 pack spring rolls reduced 82p 1/2 pack frozen gyoza £1.82 £3.37 fed 2 for £1.68 each 🙂  The kids had pizza as we were back late from the theatre… 2 pizzas £1.58, chicken pops free from Olio… 52p each = happy kids 💕💕

Chicken dinner recipe! As I said before I wasnt going to do one but I enjoyed it thoroughly! With homemade Malteser cheesecake for pud 😀. We have leftovers so made 2 dinners (plus gravy) for me & Jimmy tomorrow eve when hes back (kids will have cheese toasties or something, they wont want another roast)… & even after that we still have leftover Yorkshires, stuffing & chicken which has all gone into the freezer 🙂. The carcass is in the oven getting some colour on it to make stock! This is a definite rubber chicken, I feel like its gone much further this week, dont know if the weight has gone up of the one I usually buy?! Not that im complaining 😊. Whole chicken £3.66 Stuffing 46p 1/3 bag carrots on offer 6p 2 onions 12p Broccoli reduced 50p 2x swede on offer 38p 1/3 bag red potatoes on offer 26p Eggs flour & milk for batter mix 50p ish Gravy granules 16p ish  £6.10 made 7 plates for 87p each 🙂.

Tuna pasta bake & garlic bread recipe! 🐟🐟 Menu change today… tuna pasta bake is proper comfort food to me. Nay had cheesy Marmite pasta as she doesnt like tuna. I use the Colmans tuna pasta bake sachet as we just love it, & I buy it only when on offer!  2 tins tuna £1.10 Tuna pasta bake sachet 50p 2/3 bag pasta 27p 1/4 block orange cheese 67p 2 bags ready salted crisps 27p Garlic bread 37p £3.18 fed 5 for 63p each 🙂

Turkey dinner recipe! 😀 with pigs in blankets, cheesy veg bake, carrots & onion, green beans, sweetcorn, mash & Yorkshire puddings!  I had a massive jug of gravy left & loads of turkey, so 3 tubs of turkey in gravy to go into the freezer 😀 also the bones have gone into a bag to make stock for when ive used the last lot up!  Pud was a croissant bread & butter pudding with whipped cream, croissants were from Olio 🙂  Turkey reduced £2 Pigs in blankets reduced £1.34 Cheesy green veg bake reduced £1.54 1/4 bag carrots 11p Onion 6p 1/4 frozen green beans 14p 1/6 bag frozen sweetcorn 15p 1/3 bag potatoes on offer 43p Gravy granules 16p Leftover Yorkshire puds free as costed previously £5.93 fed 5 for £1.18 each, & with lots of leftovers 🙂

Fry uppppp recipe 💕 guaranteed winner! Sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs (Lilys request), onions, mushrooms, baked beans, spaghetti hoops & hash browns 😛😋 Lily ate all of hers, & had a second helping of hoops! 😀 Sausages £1.50 Bacon £1.75 2 onions 12p 9 eggs £1.05 Spag hoops 16p 2 tins beans 52p Tin tomatoes 28p Mushrooms free from Olio £5.38 fed 5 for £1.07 each 🙂

Recipe - Jackets with a mismatch of toppings! I had trout, Jimmy had beans & cheese, Ash had tuna mayo, Arlo had both - cheese, beans & tuna mayo 😂 Nay had sausage, cheesy pasta & cucumber 🥒 Small bag of jackets 49p 1/4 bag pasta 8p 2 frozen sausages 12p Tuna 55p 1/8 block cheese 45p Tbsp soft cheese 14p Trout reduced £1.46 Tin beans 22p 1/2 tub coleslaw 49p Salady bits 40p ish £4.40 fed 5 for 88p each 🙂

Chicken & chorizo wraps recipe (they also had orange peppers, onions, mushrooms, spring onions & garlic in, with some chipotle paste - using up leftovers!), veg savoury rice & coleslaw 🙂. 2 frozen chicken fillets £1.26 1/2 chorizo 94p Mini wraps free from Olio Orange pepper 41p Onion 6p Handful of mushrooms 23p 1/2 bunch spring onions 25p 1/2 jar chipotle paste 75p 3 packs savoury rice £1.65 1/3 tub coleslaw 33p £5.88 fed 5 for £1.17 each 🙂

Recipe - JEEEEEZ this was a spicy one!! Dont recommend unless you can take spice… even Jimmy was sweating (although that could have been the alcohol sweating out of him still from Beni 😂). Cajun chorizo & halloumi spaghetti, with coleslaw & garlic bread 😋. Weve been at Conkers all day today so were well ready for this! 😀 Highly recommend if you are local-ish, better in nicer weather as theres lots of stuff to do outdoors!  1/2 chorizo free with work vouchers Halloumi £2.29 2/3 pack spaghetti 18p 1/3 double cream 39p Chicken stock cube 3p 1/2 tub coleslaw 49p Garlic bread free from neighbour £3.38 fed 5 for 67p each 🙂.

Fry up! Mostly air fried so sort of healthy-ish! 🥓🍄 Recipe - Wiltsure cured bacon, Jolly hog sausages (first time ive tried them & HIGHLY recommend… nicer than Heck!), mushrooms, scrambled egg, hash browns, beans, tomatoes & spaghetti hoops 😀 I had to micro the tinned stuff as ive got one hob ring broke 😣 waiting for new oven/hob to be delivered & making do until its sorted 🙂. Jolly hog sausages free from Olio Wiltsure cured bacon free from Olio 1/3 tub mushrooms 51p Tin tomatoes 27p Tin baked beans 26p Tin spaghetti hoops 16p 1/2 bag frozen hash browns 50p 6 eggs 70p £2.40 fed 5 for 48p each 🙂

Recipe - Chicken & mushroom pie (mine without the pastry!), cabbage, swede & carrot mash, & mashed potatoes 😝 Lily had the veg & sausage rolls instead of pie. Chicken & mushroom ready meal free from Olio 1/4 tub mushrooms 43p Flour & butter for pastry 60p ish Carrot & swede mash reduced £1.15 1/4 bag Maris pipers 38p 1/2 cabbage 32p Gravy granules 16p £3.04 fed 5 for 60p each 🙂

Curry night recipe! Amazing cheap tea for us tonight! Butter chicken, chicken tikka masala, rice, black dahl & garlic naan!  We loved the cinnamon kitchen range, we have actually been to the restaurant in London, founded by Vivek Singh, which is lovely & was an amazing treat, id love to go back!  The kids went to the pub with Jimmy this aft while I was shopping 😀  2 cinnamon kitchen butter chicken tiffin boxes free from Olio Tikka masala ready meal free from Olio Cinnamon kitchen black dahl reduced £1.47 2 packs garlic naans £1.50 £2.97 fed 5 for 59p each 🙂 much cheaper than a takeaway on a Sat eve!