Cheap Wholesome Meal!

[saintpeter48]

It really annoys me when I hear or read about people saying that they cannot afford to eat, yet they order take-aways or take their kids to McDonalds!
Yesterday I bought 3 chicken breasts, 2 carrots, one leek, one onion, one parsnip, half a swede, a punnet of brown mushrooms(on offer for 50p), a couple of potataoes, altogether it cost about £7. I diced the chicken and coated the pieces in flour and fried in a large saucepan until a light brown, removed the chicken and added a little more oil and sweated down the leek, onion and mushroom(all sliced) for a few minutes then added all the remaining veg, all of which I had finely diced after a few minutes I covered it all with hot water, added S&P, spoon of mustard, stock cube (I use Bouillon powder), chicken gravy thickening, squeeze of tomato sauce, dollop of vegemite and added the diced chicken and let it all simmer gently for about 20 to 30 minutes, it was really lovely, I had it again tonight and there is plenty for another meal tomorrow! I live on my own and love cooking, that is a great value meal that would feed a family of 4 easily, all for about £7 and will satisfy you a lot better than McDonalds!!

[237SJ]

Retrochic - were you called Magsmay in a previous life?

[Retrochic]

237sj I don't know if I believe in previous lives but there was a thread on last week about it on here. Bit off topic?

[EcclesCake]

Is that a yes or a no Retro?

[Retrochic]

Mcfluff I'm really just insinuating what a FB friend told me who's been on here for a long time. Hissy fits, is it flounces you call them? then someone comes back with a new name and things carry on as normal. As for me I've been on since I think April , not been on before you are quite welcome to look me up on FB I could give you some clues but I don't want a load of daytrippers trying to .befriend. me to see who I am.

[ummmm]

Why...you've gave you FB details out before.

Is it really the done thing to let AB know that you're gossipping about users on facebook?

[Retrochic]

Ummmm it wasn't gossiping. I have no control over what comes up on someones FB page. I have never given details out about my FB account, I've given out info on my Business page and from that 3 people found me on FB and as they were 'sensible' I accepted their friend requests. Anyway this has gone far enough off Topic (sorry saintpeter 48).

[jourdain2]

This thread all seems to have gone a bit odd. I was only going to say that I had a small head of broccoli, a left-over leek, some cream, odds and ends of cheese and the remains of a packet of macaroni at 5.00 p.m. Later we ate broccoli, pasta and leek bake - and delicious it was! To make it pretty I sliced half a tomato, stuck it across the top and sprinkled the remains of the grated cheese over it before sticking it in the small oven to brown and crisp.

No, no-one taught me to cook. Mum was great at baking, but never passed it on to me, she was useless at main meals - I just learned as I went along.