Food

After a bumper haul of yellow sticker bargains the other day, I grabbed some chicken drumsticks out of the freezer before the morning school run, in readiness for tonight's dinner.

We are not Vegetarian or Vegan, however I am determined to bring more plant based meals in to our diet this year and with Veganuary in full swing, why not start with this Vegan Herb and Pistachio Pesto. It is simple to prepare and healthy and delicious to boot.

Give it try, it won't disappoint. It literally only took a few minutes to prepare and Can be served with pasta (as we did), or tossed in with roast potatoes, added to a salad, spread on pizza or added to roast vegetables perhaps.

My favourite dish from my local Indian Take away is a Jalfrezi. I have always wanted to make it. So with the kids at their Mums for the weekend, tonight was the night.

On my way home from work I picked up all the required ingredients and even got lucky and found a pack of fresh prawns in the yellow sticker section reduced down to £1.20. So Prawn Jalfrezi it was.

This easy prawn jalfrezi recipe could easily be upscaled for more people by slightly tweaking the ingredients.

I have been wanting to try tofu for ages now. Then I got thinking about going the whole hog and make a tofu dish, but ensuring it was vegan too. Nothing like jumping in the deep end! As it turns out it wasn't to difficult, it was created with good reviews too.

Watch this space Dad Does Vegan and will do it again soon.

Going back to the 80's today with this one and using soft cheese with herbs for this delicious bacon and chicken roll. Well under a fiver with yellow sticker chicken breast.

Chicken wrapped in pancetta with a garlic and herb centre, on a bed of pureed potato with a chicken jus, served with honey glazed puree carrots. OR, as it's known in my house; chicken wrapped in bacon with mash potato, chicken gravy and mashed carrots.

I need quick and simple for tonights dinner, we had loads going on and lot's of homework to catch up on. This dish certainly didn't fail us. Simple and bursting with Mediterranean flavours.

When the lunch box's come back from school just as full as when the arrived at school in the morning, you know its time for a change. They all love the shop bought Scotch Eggs, so I thought I would save some money and give it a go making them.

So, the kids are away with their Mum for a few days, finally giving me a chance to catch up with the house work and work. If I get another phone call about accepting the game request from the App Store, or asking for more data I'm going either scream or sit in the corner shaking......... Anyway, ignore my ramblings....... This recipe we had the day before they left. Easy, quick and very popular, so we will have again I'm sure. I did have a lot of this in the cupboard and only needed to buy the Chicken, also I have lost the receipt. So you will have to take my word for the fact it came to less than a fiver!

Fresh & Tasty Cucumber Salad

Easy Potato Wedges