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  • #842
    dipdip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 537 ✭✭✭dipdip


    Faith wrote: »
    ALL of our bills came at the start of this month, and my OH is out of work at the moment, so it's going to be a VERY lean food month. I see a lot of stews, soups and bulk meals in my future :(.

    I shall be raiding this forum for cheap food ideas!

    Been there.

    Some very cheap meals that have kept us going when pennies are tight:

    Dhal + home-made flatbreads
    Potato based soups + brown bread + cheddar
    Beef and bean chilli soup (with plenty of beef stock this lasts forever)
    Chicken portions (thighs, drumsticks etc.), served in a variety of ways (casserole, roast, curry, marinated)
    Pasta tossed with garlic, butter, salt and black pepper
    Scrambled eggs on buttery toast
    Fish pie, made from frozen fish
    Tomato salad with par-baked ciabatta (dirt-cheap in Aldi)
    Home-made falafel in pitta with hummus and salad
    Home-made pizza


  • #843
    Animord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Animord


    Faith wrote: »
    Haha I know! So annoying. I should really try beans again (of the non-black eyed variety). They might not be too bad. But the smell of them cooking is horrible too!


    I am not wild about them either. But there is a butterbean salad that (I think) the Real Olive company do - I have only ever bought it at their stall in the market in Galway but I am sure you can get it in the English market and I am seriously craving it at the moment. it has butterbeans, some kind of tomato paste/sauce, large bits of a fairly mild chilli in it and mint I think and it is really good. Maybe a good starting point for trying beans.

    I might go and get some tomorrow and try to replicate it. But of course a trip to the English market is hardly going to be a cheap affair and like you I need to be eating as cheaply as possible this month. Or indeed this year. :(


  • #844
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Mrs Fox wrote: »
    Koka.

    Noodles?
    dipdip wrote: »
    Been there.

    Some very cheap meals that have kept us going when pennies are tight:

    Dhal + home-made flatbreads
    Potato based soups + brown bread + cheddar
    Beef and bean chilli soup (with plenty of beef stock this lasts forever)
    Chicken portions (thighs, drumsticks etc.), served in a variety of ways (casserole, roast, curry, marinated)
    Pasta tossed with garlic, butter, salt and black pepper
    Scrambled eggs on buttery toast
    Fish pie, made from frozen fish
    Tomato salad with par-baked ciabatta (dirt-cheap in Aldi)
    Home-made falafel in pitta with hummus and salad
    Home-made pizza

    Some great ideas! I make pizzas a lot and they're so handy and cheap.
    Animord wrote: »
    I am not wild about them either. But there is a butterbean salad that (I think) the Real Olive company do - I have only ever bought it at their stall in the market in Galway but I am sure you can get it in the English market and I am seriously craving it at the moment. it has butterbeans, some kind of tomato paste/sauce, large bits of a fairly mild chilli in it and mint I think and it is really good. Maybe a good starting point for trying beans.

    I might go and get some tomorrow and try to replicate it. But of course a trip to the English market is hardly going to be a cheap affair and like you I need to be eating as cheaply as possible this month. Or indeed this year. :(

    No, I don't think I can allow myself into the English Market or any of the farmer's markets for a while. I went to Mahon farmer's market one day just to buy pesto, and I came away with €30 of various produce :o.


  • #845
    Animord
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    Faith wrote: »


    No, I don't think I can allow myself into the English Market or any of the farmer's markets for a while. I went to Mahon farmer's market one day just to buy pesto, and I came away with €30 of various produce :o.

    lol, I have had days when I have come home having spent more than I have taken on the stall. Which is a bit disappointing to be honest :p


  • #846
    Hermione*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭Hermione*


    Faith wrote: »
    ALL of our bills came at the start of this month, and my OH is out of work at the moment, so it's going to be a VERY lean food month. I see a lot of stews, soups and bulk meals in my future :(.

    I shall be raiding this forum for cheap food ideas!
    I shall be doing the same - my body and my bank balance need to atone for the indulgences of Christmas!


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  • #847
    Malari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    I saw in a restaurant recently a salad with a pear dressing. Any idea how his could be made? I'm thinking blend a pear, oil and cider vinegar and sieve?

    Those are some great low-cost meal ideas, by the way. Sometimes I find I just need reminding of the simple home-cookin' dishes!


  • #848
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    We have 8 birthdays in our extended family between now and the end of February :(
    We'll be having a lot of cheap and cheerful dinners for a while too. Chicken thighs will feature largely.


  • #849
    IvyTheTerrible
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    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    We have 8 birthdays in our extended family between now and the end of February :(
    We'll be having a lot of cheap and cheerful dinners for a while too. Chicken thighs will feature largely.
    Nowt wrong with chicken thighs, I can think of lots of nice recipes using them and not expensive either...chicken and chorizo rice, chicken korma, chicken pie etc etc


  • #850
    Malari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    I love chicken thighs too, bonus that they are cheaper than breast!


  • #851
    pampootie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭pampootie


    I love chicken thighs. My OH hates the fiddliness of meat on the bone though so I usually get the thigh fillets from the English market, still pretty cheap!


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  • #852
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    I have chunks of Christmas ham in the freezer that will make a lovely pie with roasted thigh meat :)


  • #853
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    Made some lovely bread.

    On NYE we had Onion Rings with dinner, which were made by soaking the sliced onion in Buttermilk overnight, then trawling in seasoned flour and deep frying.

    I kept the onion-y buttermilk and used it yesterday to make a white soda bread with finely chopped sundried tomatoes and grated cheddar inside, and some more grated cheddar on top before sticking it into the oven.

    It's absolutely delicious, and I'll make another loaf to use up the rest of the buttermilk.


  • #854
    Animord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Animord


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    Made some lovely bread.

    On NYE we had Onion Rings with dinner, which were made by soaking the sliced onion in Buttermilk overnight, then trawling in seasoned flour and deep frying.

    I kept the onion-y buttermilk and used it yesterday to make a white soda bread with finely chopped sundried tomatoes and grated cheddar inside, and some more grated cheddar on top before sticking it into the oven.

    It's absolutely delicious, and I'll make another loaf to use up the rest of the buttermilk.

    That sounds really good!


  • #855
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    We bought some gorgeous cheddar made in Dingle yesterday, Dingle Gold I think it's called. It's really tasty!

    But now I can't decide whether to have a toasted ham and cheese sandwich for lunch (done on the frying pan, as was being discussed) or a ham and crisp sandwich...


  • #856
    IvyTheTerrible
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    Faith wrote: »
    We bought some gorgeous cheddar made in Dingle yesterday, Dingle Gold I think it's called. It's really tasty!

    But now I can't decide whether to have a toasted ham and cheese sandwich for lunch (done on the frying pan, as was being discussed) or a ham and crisp sandwich...
    One of each!


  • #857
    Animord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Animord


    Faith wrote: »
    We bought some gorgeous cheddar made in Dingle yesterday, Dingle Gold I think it's called. It's really tasty!

    But now I can't decide whether to have a toasted ham and cheese sandwich for lunch (done on the frying pan, as was being discussed) or a ham and crisp sandwich...

    Toasted ham and cheese with crisps on the side. Like a posh, gourmet sandwich. :p


  • #858
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Animord wrote: »
    Toasted ham and cheese with crisps on the side. Like a posh, gourmet sandwich. :p

    I did this :D.

    Ham, cheese and tomato cooked alá the HWIHFLunch thread - buttered on the outside and dry toasted on the frying pan. With salt and vinegar tayto on the side. Delish!


  • #859
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    Faith wrote: »
    I did this :D.

    Ham, cheese and tomato cooked alá the HWIHFLunch thread - buttered on the outside and dry toasted on the frying pan. With salt and vinegar tayto on the side. Delish!

    My favourite kind of lunch :)


  • #860
    ElleEm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭ElleEm


    I always struggle with lunch. I have a big appetite, but wanna try and stay a bit good so I can have a decent feed for dinner. Sometimes I skip lunch but then end of having chocolate with tea in the late afternoon due to hunger!

    Today, I had cheese and Ballymaloe red pepper relish toasted on cottage brown bread with a side salad and caramalised red onion relish. It was so good! I rarely eat cheese but now I am converted!


  • #861
    Animord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Animord


    Faith wrote: »
    I did this :D.

    Ham, cheese and tomato cooked alá the HWIHFLunch thread - buttered on the outside and dry toasted on the frying pan. With salt and vinegar tayto on the side. Delish!

    I did it too :D Except without the crisps. I did briefly consider driving to the shop to get some but then I realised what a ridiculous waste of money that would have been :p so in the spirit of January frugality I did without :mad:

    I have been doing a massive spring clean/skip filling today and there is a little voice in my head whispering about Chinese takeaways. It is years since I have had one - probably two years due to austerity measures. But the whispers are getting louder.

    or maybe I am just losing my mind :p


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  • #862
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    We inherited a box of Tayto from our families after Christmas, so they've to be eaten. I'd never really just eat a bag of Tayto, but in or next to sandwiches is fine :pac:.

    Chinese takeaways always sound better than they taste. I've really, really gone off them in the last two years.

    KCs, however...


  • #863
    Animord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Animord


    What is KCs?


  • #864
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,465 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Kings?

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



  • #865
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Animord wrote: »
    What is KCs?

    You live in Cork, right? KCs chippers in Douglas. Queues a mile long because it's so brilliant. It's not your bog standard chipper either, which is nice.

    I'm completely addicted to the Atlantis, and their garlic mayo is out of this world. It's also really reasonably priced - enough food for 2 of us with drinks never costs more than €15 and you're bloody stuffed at the end.


  • #866
    Animord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Animord


    Faith wrote: »
    You live in Cork, right? KCs chippers in Douglas. Queues a mile long because it's so brilliant. It's not your bog standard chipper either, which is nice.

    I'm completely addicted to the Atlantis, and their garlic mayo is out of this world. It's also really reasonably priced - enough food for 2 of us with drinks never costs more than €15 and you're bloody stuffed at the end.

    Not Cork city (is this more stalking?:p) North Cork, nearer Limerick really and I am a blow in from Co Galway anyway. It looks good. Now to work out where Douglas is... :D


  • #867
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Animord wrote: »
    Not Cork city (is this more stalking?:p) North Cork, nearer Limerick really and I am a blow in from Co Galway anyway. It looks good. Now to work out where Douglas is... :D

    Ah, that explains it. Douglas is here. Well worth a visit if you're in the area, but you'd have to eat it in the car because it wouldn't hold up for the trip home (or the smell would get the best of you and you'd eat it like a savage whilst driving anyway :D).

    There's also a farmer's market in Douglas on Saturday mornings.


  • #868
    Animord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Animord


    Faith wrote: »
    Ah, that explains it. Douglas is here. Well worth a visit if you're in the area, but you'd have to eat it in the car because it wouldn't hold up for the trip home (or the smell would get the best of you and you'd eat it like a savage whilst driving anyway :D).

    There's also a farmer's market in Douglas on Saturday mornings.

    Thanks Faith. I have never been to the market, its run by the same guy that runs Mahon Point I think. I might get there one day.

    I will have to make a special trip to KCs, I haven't had a decent burger in years.


  • #869
    Animord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Animord


    Hello? Hello?

    Is there anybody out there?


  • #870
    The Black Oil
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    We are back.

    Chicken and leek stroganoff tonight.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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  • #871
    gg2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭gg2


    Faith wrote: »
    I did this :D.

    Ham, cheese and tomato cooked alá the HWIHFLunch thread - buttered on the outside and dry toasted on the frying pan. With salt and vinegar tayto on the side. Delish!

    Tried the grilled cheese like 5 minutes ago, just used normal dunnes grated mix, think next time I'll use some smoked chedder thats knocking about in the fridge, also the pan got really smokey - I suppose using a smaller pan would counter act this.

    I've been trying to eat healthy after the Christmas fat fest but tomorrow is deffo the day the new me will arrive! Can't wait to make a lovely hearty stew with lots of veg and pearl barley mmmmmm


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