Sorry I am a bit behind in my blogging dairy :/ had the weekend off and then had a “sporadic” (polite term for shagged!) tinternet connection.
Anyway enough of my technical trials….so this is the last 2 days of the frugal week!!!
Its been a real eye opener into how much money (and food) I waste, so i think I’ll carry on ….I am cured!
Now I just need to curb my shoe, pretty fabric, paint brushes,cookbook and vintage tea cups obsessions ;D
Its OK to have a few vices and I’m off the wine and the chocolate this week as I am on a bit of a diet, so I have to have fill my life with some joy!
My new mission is to create lots of lovely yummy filing food, under 400 cals and under £5 for frugality.
I’ll road test them on the ickle family and if they are up to scratch I’ll put up them for you here.
Not that you guys need them, I know your all a size zero with great hair and big bank balances xxx
Day 5 was just me and big J, so this a fancy smamancy recipe for 2, but if you wanted it to go further you could add a couple of spuds chopped, and the other half a tin of toms.
Romantic Lamb Passanda
(lamb gently cooked in red wine and medium spices, at least that how its described in my indian take away menu…works for me!)
350 g lamb cubed (£2.10)
1/2 tin of toms (30p)
5 fresh tomatoes (70p)
2 garlic cloves (10p)
1 onion (10p)
6 mushrooms (65p)
3 tablespoons of full fat yoghurt (50p)
handful of chopped fresh coriander ( 25p, its only 50p a packet in Morrison’s)
From store cupboard-
1 glass of red wine,
1 bay leeaf,
about 5 curry leaves (optional, I get mine from the www.thespicemarket.co.uk as they are yum and cheap…. that is not an advert tho 
1 tablespoon of tomato purée,
1 teaspoon of ground ginger,
1 tablespoon of oil,
1 tee spoon of cumin seeds,
1 teaspoon of ground turmeric,
1 teaspoon of chilli powder,
3 cardamom pods,
100 ml of water,
1/2 a teaspoon of garam masala.
First warm the oil in a large pan and add the onion, garlic and all the dry spices for a few mins to release the flavour, my eyes were watering at this point, but don’t worry everything will mellow out lovely over the slow cooking time.
add the meat to brown for a few mins and then chuck in everything else, put a lid on it and cook really gently for at least 2 hours (3 ideally), the longer you leave it the more lovely it will become. I have put it on really low in the oven a couple of times and just left it all day, its just yummy and spicy and warm and mellow if you do this.
Either way, right at the end of cooking time stir in the yoghurt , garam masala and sprinkle on the fresh coriander, serve with rice …Yummy!
Sunday night we had Chicken sausage and stuffing pie, but instead of left over chicken I added 450 g of cubbed chicken breast (£2.40, going off isle) and sausages (£1.00 going off isle) that I just fried off and then follow the rest of the recipe, I have wrote it before (its Jack’s fav thing!)
And you can find it on here at Left over love! ……..
Tags: curry recipes, frugal food, lamb passanda recipe, recipe for two, romantic dinner recipes, valentines recipes
Oh and it would be great if you can tell me whether you’ve tried any of the frugal creations, would love to know how you get on! Nice to know the frugality is catching! Gordon Brown’s not much help, but we is doing it for ourselves…..init! ;D