Cheap Dinner Ideas
Create Great RECIPES
The perfect place to unwind with friends, the kitchen where the magic happens
Creating great food does not have to cost the earth, in money and sustainability. We make great food using what we have, leftovers ingredients from the cupboards and what we have in the freezer. Its estimated that 35% of people are single so we will be creating tasty meals for one.
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Our Passion For Food
We love creating cheap dinner ideas
Comfort Food
We all love a bit of comfort now and again. Something that gives you a little hug after and while you’re eating it. Discover some comfort food recipes.
About Cheap Diner ideas
I was lucky my parents enjoyed eating out and usually about once a month they took me. Thats how I discovered my love of food and cooking. Find out more
Follow The Tags
If you are cooking for one and always have leftover shop bought ingredients then follow the tags on the post as I always try to make them taste different so I can stick to my budget and not waste food
Cooking In Season makes it easier to create cheap dinner ideas
Our Passion For Food
Budget Foods From Around The World
Most every country around the world have their peasant food and most of these we spend a fortune on as takeaways. However the staples of other countries are cheap. The Italians have their pasta and polenta, the Chinese have their rice dishes.
Chinese Food
China covers a vast region and each province has its own style of cooking. Some go from very hot too mild. A truly diverse area traditional Chinese Recipes.
Italian Food
Italian food changes throughout its regions, the recipes in the south are very different from the north. Local cooking is always shaped by the food that grows around you.
Scottish Food
Well know now for their love of fried foods but the people of Scotland needed to keep warm. However, they have some beautiful produce, salmon, Aberdeen Angus. Traditional Scottish Recipes.
Most Popular Recipes
How to Cook Vacuum Packed Mussels
Cooking with vacuum packed mussels is so easy and quick, its a great recipe for one person. They come ready flavoured, such as white wine and garlic, just garlic butter…
Kidneys, The Most Underrated Ingredient
Which Kidneys Are Best for Cooking It depends on what type of dish you are cooking, for quick cook recipes you would choose the most tenderest of the kidney’s. Just…
Yorkshire Puddings Fit For Any Dish Not Just Roasts
Yorkshire Puddings Fit For Any Dish Yorkshire Puddings ! a badge of pride to honour our ancestors, it must be one of the most posted food picks ever and just…
Dauphinoise Potatoes with Milk Cream Butter
Dauphinoise Potatoes with Milk Potatoes and milk ? Yes I always add milk with the cream and butter to my Dauphinoise Potatoes. It stops the cream from drying out to much…
Cheap Cheats Easy Egg Fried Rice
Easy Egg Fried Rice Recipe When planning any Chinese meal either a quick snack or an emperor’s banquet you just have to have my easy egg fried rice. Period it…
Cheats Keema Rice How To
Cheats Keema Rice I confess I do not like my curry dishes to hot with chilli as it make my eyes water and my head perspire. No its not funny…
Kebab Shop Salad Dressing Super Simple
Kebab Shop Salad Dressing Have you ever indulged in a nice kebab at the weekend with the greasy meat filled with flavour and then the crisp crunchy refreshing cabbage kebab…
Classic Greek Moussaka Recipe
Classic Greek Moussaka Recipe Perhaps we have been there once or even seen the film Shirley Valentine ( I know showing my age now) and wanted to taste a piece…
How To Make Bolognese Sauce Throw Away The Dolmio Jar
How To Make Bolognese Sauce PUT DOWN THE DOLMIO Put down that jar of Dolmio and save those pennies, make your own bolognese sauce. grab a tin of basic tomatoes…
Latest Recpies
Special Fried Rice
Once you have mastered the easy egg fried rice then you can create your very own special fried rice. It is a great easy quick dish and great cheap meal…
Pan seared salmon on a bed of creamed VEGETABLEs
Originally this was just a dish that I made up from leftovers, I had a nice piece of salmon but was unsure what to put with it. So I raided…
Smoked Mackerel Omelette (Frittata)
When your hungry and need food in a flash there is nothing quicker than eggs. If you want maximum flavour then smoked mackerel is the answer, a perfect quick flavoursome…