Smoky Chilli Bean & Bacon Stew
20 Mar 2017
OK I have a confession to make – the ragu sauce I made recently wasn’t made with Italian pancetta. It wasn’t even some British bacon lardons. I bought the 60p cooking bacon from Tesco (I’m sure the other supermarkets have an equivalent). Money is tight at the moment and I thought to myself ‘ lets give this a go’. A housemate of mine way back in the 90s brought this stuff to my attention, with his student friendly throw-it-all-in chilli recipe, where pretty much everything came out of tins and he threw in this cooking bacon. Now I’m sure this is not going to be winning any sustainable farming awards, but at 60p for 500g of bacon, if you’re strapped for cash and looking to add some protein to a meal this can’t really be beaten – it’s cheaper even than liver and this is BACON! More
Cheat’s Chicken Korma
21 Mar 2017
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The missus is partial to a cheeky chicken korma – a combination of coconut and her sweet tooth make this a firm favourite in her book. If we get a takeaway this is almost always her goto option. The problem with this is I’ve really fallen out of love with takeaway curry.
I could probably talk about this at length but suffice to say the choices near to us vary vastly in quality, consistency and reliability. So much so that the last time we tried to order a takeaway, we ended up in a battle with Just Eat which resulted in them failing our order and us leaping on the 5 bus to get a Lahore Kebab House at 1am. More