Feast And Glory

I first tried Albanian Liver at Lokanta restaurant in Sheffield. It was a few years ago, but it was so nice that I haven't forgotten it...

Steak and chips is probably my favourite treat meal. That and a bottle of red makes any Friday night in feel special. Especially as it's...

No such thing as a free lunch? Not the case if you like wild garlic. Not that the thought of eating a plate of wild garlic leaves reall...

Ok, so I'm moving house, which means that I'm trying to save some pennies. And, whenever I'm trying to save pennies, the first t...

Since shopping at the market (Castle Market and then the Moor Market) I have wanted to cook a beef heart. After cooking with chicken and lam...

I cooked a LOT last week... so much so that I don't plan to do any this week as we will be eating out of the freezer, which is great a...

A couple of weeks ago I got a huge meat box from The Schoolrooms  and my freezer is now well and truly stocked up with top quality meat. I ...

Apologies for being a bit quiet on the whole cheap eats side of things. We were out for a lot of last week and we just ate out of the freeze...

I'm not too sure how cheap this week's cheap eats actually are and I'm conscious of the fact that I've stopped working out t...

It's been a bit quiet on the Cheap Eats front - mostly because we've been eating out of the freezer (that Thai beef curry is lovely...

Well this is a relatively quick one as it seems that I managed to live off leftovers for the majority of the week, which is great for the b...

I feel as though I've barely cooked this week. Monday was leftover pulled pork for lunch and pasta with tomato sauce for tea (onion swea...

This past week has been a funny one; I've been off work, but I've been really busy. We were also without a fridge freezer for two wh...

When I need to cut back on spending, the first thing I look at is the food we eat at home. It's not that we are all that extravagant at ...

I had quite a bit of chicken leftover from our dinner on Sunday and rather than just throw it into a curry I decided to split it, bag it up ...

So... the ham hock lives on!  After my pea and ham soup yesterday I was pleased to find that I had enough ham left over for a decent si...

I probably should start this with a bit of an apology, as it's been a while since my last post. To be honest, I didn't realise peopl...

The light at the end of the tunnel... I can see it... just. After feeling incredibly sorry for myself yesterday (thanks to my crap lunch f...

Urgh. I've been so confident about this challenge and I've just hit a brick wall. I want out. I've just been for a walk arou...

By 'eck it's a good job I like pasta isn't it?! After buying 500g of the stuff I have been determined to make the most of it and...