7 Meals for 7 Days and a Spare

Jan 16, 11 7 Meals for 7 Days and a Spare

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This week, I’ll show you ways to make new foods using the same recipes you already know and stretch more expensive ingredients into 2 or more meals. Three meals contain sausage meat on this menu plan. The packs of sausages I like were on sale, 2 packs of 6 for £4, letting me stock up. 1 pack will be used to make the...

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7 Meals for 7 Days and a Spare

Jan 01, 11 7 Meals for 7 Days and a Spare

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Life is slowly returning to normal once again as we enter the New Year. It’s time to move away from the heavy and rich foods we were eating over the holiday time, back to simpler meals. These family favourites take advantage of foods that are in season at this time of year. Monday – Butternut Squash Risotto Tuesday...

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7 Meals for 7 Days and a Spare

Nov 27, 10 7 Meals for 7 Days and a Spare

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We were delighted to discover that our local butcher had packs of venison for sale and immediately decided to make my mother-in-law’s recipe for venison and chestnut casserole this week. You’ll find the recipe below. Monday: Butternut Squash risotto Tuesday: Pork Curry with rice Wednesday: Venison and Chestnut...

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7 Meals for 7 Days and a Spare

Nov 06, 10 7 Meals for 7 Days and a Spare

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Monday – Butternut Squash risotto with smoked fish; fish fingers and chips Tuesday – Bangers and mash, chips, gravy, baked beans Wednesday – Chicken pie Thursday – Pork steaks with onion gravy, mash, fresh veg; pork steaks, mash and veg Friday – Beef stir fry with rice/ chicken nuggets and...

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7 Meals for 7 Days and a Spare

It’s getting colder each morning as we move into Autumn. We had frost on the windows and grass the other morning and there’s a chill in the air. It’s time to move away from the lighter foods of summer and think more about winter foods – stews and casseroles and such. In the days before central heating these...

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7 Meals in 7 Days and a Spare

Oct 16, 10 7 Meals in 7 Days and a Spare

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Monday – Butternut Squash Risotto with poached smoked haddock Tuesday – Chicken Strips with swede chips and broccoli spears Wednesday – Chilli Thursday – Pork Loin with Onion and Mushroom Gravy, mashed potatoes, steamed chard with bacon Friday -  Bangers and Mash Saturday -  Spaghetti Bolognaise Sunday - ...

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