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What a quickie stir fry!!

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Stir frys are the perfect mid-week meal as they are incredibly quick to make and often involve using the left over vegetables that you have lying around in your fridge! This recipe is full proof and has never let me down! Ingredients 2 handfuls of noodles- Tesco udon £1/ Tesco egg noodle £1.20 1 red onion- Tesco 16p 2 cloves of garlic- Tesco loose bulb 30p 1/2 thumb sized piece of ginger- Tesco 99p 1/2 a head of broccoli- Aldi 42p 1 red pepper- Aldi 47p 1 carrot- Tesco loose 6p/ redmere bagged Sainsburys 45p 2 tbsp sunflower oil- Tesco 80p 2 handfuls of spinach- Tesco £1/ Sainsburys 90p 1 lime- Aldi loose 28p Soy Sauce- Tesco own brand 59p On a chopping board, peel and slice the onion then peel and finely chop the garlic cloves. Chop the edges off of the ginger and finely chop. Cut the broccoli florets of the stalk and then finely slice the stalk. Cut the top off the pepper and scoop out the seeds with your hands. Cut the pepper in half and chop into slices. Place...
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Long life banana bread!

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Growing up in a household with Caribbean influences, one of the many snacks we had lying around would be a tasty loaf of banana bread. My mother would often have a slice with butter and my father liked his with some marmalade but I would often eat it plain or with a cheeky spoonful of Nutella! Banana bread is great to make when you have some browning, uneaten bananas left in your fruit bowl and makes a great snack to quickly pack for the day or in your kids lunch boxes! Ingredients 225g Flour- Aldi plain flour 45p 100g Brown/Demerara Sugar- Aldi Demerara sugar 65p  75g Sunflower oil- Tesco 80p 3 tsp Baking powder- Sainsburys 90p 3 Bananas ( can be more)- Aldi loose 12p 3 tsp Cinnamon- Tesco 85p 1 tsp Nutmeg- Tesco 85p Make sure to pre-heat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius, so that it will be ready when you have finished making your batter. Peel and mash the bananas with a fork, I like to leave little lumps in my dough so that there are soft, chewy bits in my b...
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Delectable Dhal!

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I am one for a good curry and I enjoy coming how to the smell of cumin and chilli flakes after a long day! Dhal is great for when you want something basic but also flavourful. Although it takes a long time to make, you don't have to spend a long time slaving over it and you will still be guaranteed a great tasting dinner. Additionally, you can store it in your fridge and no one will go near it as it will not look like much! A humble life saver! Ingredients 1 tbsp sunflower oil- Tesco 80p 1 cup of red lentils- Tesco/Sainsburys £1.15 1 onion- Aldi 4 red onions 91p, Tesco loose onions 16p 2 garlic cloves- Tesco loose garlic bulb 30p Cumin- 85p Tesco Chilli flakes- Tesco 85p Mustard seeds Salt  Wash and boil the lentils. Make sure that the lentils have water just covering the surface. Allow to boil for 5-10 minutes before reducing to a simmer. Make sure to stir the lentils gentle every few minutes to make sure they don't stick to the bottom of the pan.  Redu...
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Tasty, Tomato Sauce!

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This tomato sauce is a necessity to learn and is great as you can adapt it to make anything that your heart desires!! You cannot go wrong with a tomato sauce and it is the fundamentals to cooking! Ingredients  1 tbsp of sunflower oil- 80p from Tesco 3 garlic cloves- 1 bulb 30p from Tesco 1 tin of chopped tomatoes- 31p Tesco own brand a pinch of sugar salt and pepper to taste Basil- 70p fresh from Tesco Optional; extra virgin olive oil- £1.30 Tesco In a saucepan, heat 1 tbsp of sunflower oil for a minute over a low heat. Then add the garlic and stir. Cook until the garlic is translucent but make sure to avoid browning! Add the tin of tomatoes and stir. Depending on how much sauce you want to make you can use a whole tin or half a tin but make sure to decant the remains of the tomato in a separate bowl. The tin itself will have a poisoning effect on the rest of the sauce when the can has been opened. Turn up the heat so that it reaches a simmer and add a pinch of suga...
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