The Affordable Dinner
I recently revisited a clipping I had saved from last year where Nigel Slater gives about fifteen different ideas (not recipes mind you, just suggestions) for VERY affordable dinners. It was a little more boring than I remember featuring noodle soup, macaroni and cheese and bubble and squeak. In my mind I had married the article with a great episode of Simple Suppers where he made dishes that featured one very flavourful ingredient. This is a brilliant strategy for saving money, think about highly spiced or flavoured ingredients where a small bit can flavour a whole soup or stew. Ham and sausage are obvious choices, but you can also think about things like coconut oil, sundried tomatoes, and roasted garlic. These are equally as effective when trying to make a lentil dish. All too often, when you try to save money with a simple lentil supper, you end up spending too much money on spices and other accompaniments. Try these following suggestions for affordable and creative stews:
- Fry a head of garlic in a generous amount of coconut oil until it is golden brown and fragrant, add in yellow split peas or lentils that have been rinsed and cook until soft.
- For a cheap and cheerful bean and sundried tomato spag bol, use cheap passata, add in two to three whole sundried tomatoes, blend with a hand blender until smooth, then add in a tin of beans, sweet corn, and chopped carrot, cook until all of the vegetables are soft and well combined.
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