Did you know that by using cheaper ingredients, your lunch can stay both healthy and delicious too! Lunch can be an expensive time of the day if you do not make a plan before about what you will eat. However, fortunately, there are many ways to save money on lunch here is a list of recipes that you can love and save money on.
Jacket Potato With Whipped Feta & Sumac
Boiled Jacket potato that you can fill inside whatever you like. This is a both healthy and affordable recipe that you can save from lunch and tasty!
Ingredients
1 baking potato
2 tsp olive oil
½ tsp garlic salt
50g feta
50g Greek yogurt
1 roasted red pepper from a jar (about 25g), finely chopped
½ tsp sumac
How to make:
Before starting heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/ gas 6. And start with boiling the potato, when it becomes soft inside put it into an ice bucket to cool down the potato. Then take it out into a bowl and let it absorb the mix of 1 tsp olive oil and the garlic salt.
Cut a deep cross into the top of the jacket, drizzle the garlic oil into the cross and rub it all over the outside. Return to the oven and bake for 15 mins more until the edges are golden and crispy. While preparing the whipped feta. After the oven, fill the inside of the jacket with the whipped feta and spread sumac all over the dish.
Bon appetite!
Lemon & herb chicken traybake with butter beans & potato wedges
You will love this delicious and inexpensive recipe on the baking tray. Let’s learn the ingredients!
Ingredients
800g potatoes
3 tbsp olive oil
1 red onion, finely sliced
4 garlic cloves, chopped
400g can tomatoes
2 x 400g cans butter beans, drained
2 tsp mixed dried herbs
1kg skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs
1 lemon, cut into slices
How to make:
Firstly start by cutting the potato into large wedges, then toss well in a large bowl with 2 tbsp of olive oil and some salt. Later then fry the onion and the garlic with the oil you used and, add the tomatoes, butter beans, and some seasoning. Simmer for a few minutes, then pour into a baking dish.
Throw a pinch of salt and mix with herbs into a bowl. Stuff evenly under the skin of each chicken thigh. Put a slice of lemon on each calf, then pop the tray in the oven. The oven must be at 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and bake it for 45 mins.
Bon appetite!
Enchilada pie
Imagine a pie made with Mexican beans and chili. It is both delicious satisfying and budget-friendly. Here is the recipe that you are feeling crazy about!
Ingredients
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 sliced peppers
1 red onion, sliced
400g can mixed beans, drained
2 tsp – 2 tbsp fajita spice mix
400g can of chopped tomatoes
small bunch of coriander, chopped
4 corn tortillas
100g low-fat soured cream
30g grated cheddar
How to make:
First, heat the pan while oil in it then add peppers and onions. When they became softer you must add all the beans, fajita spice mix, chopped tomatoes, and some seasoning and cook them for 5 mins.
Besides that, heat the grill and warm the tortillas in the microwave for 30 seconds. The next step is to Spread a quarter of the pepper and onion mixture over the base of an ovenproof dish and put some of the soured creams on this mixture and a warm tortilla, then repeat the layers four more times. Finally, add cheese over the dish and grill it for 5 mins.
Bon appetite!
