recipes

[stylinsam]

im thinking abour cooking for my mum, dad and boyfriend at the weekend and want to make them something really nice but which isnt to expensive maybe �20.

[rosy posy]

How about leg of lamb? I got a really nice recipe from the BBC website for "Weeping Lamb", it was so nice! And, handy for me, so simple!

[BigMac]

OK, lets try:

Starters for �5.00 - should get you some very nice Irish soda bread (or other good, brown bread), smoked salmon (Sainsbury's do quite cheap packets of smoked pieces rather than slices), butter and a lemon

Main course �10.00 - should get you a reasonable sized leg (or half leg) of lamb, potatoes, carrots, green beans and/or other vegetables of your choice.

Sweet for �5.00 - buy a frozen/chilled lemon cheesecake and a punnet of raspberries. Liquidise half to 3/4 of the raspberies to make a coulis and use the remainder to decorate the cheesecake. Serve with cream. [Could also use strawberries but I think raspberries offer a more sophisticated flavour.]

Hope your wine cellar's full cause there'll be nothing to drink but water on your budget!!

Have fun - and remember, the treat is having someone else cook for you as much as what you eat.

[stevie-p]

not much of a cook myself but hey......extra large deep pan pizza,side of onion rings,garlic bread,and you get a free bottle of coke !!!! ...lol :)

[bellasasha]

Starter- bruschetta( ciabatta loaf, diced tomatoes with garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper) very cheap and easy

Main- roast chicken with lemon and rosemary, roast potatoes and broccolli

Dessert- Fresh fruit salad with creme fraiche/Ice cream.

[nickmo]

Suggestion:

Starter - finger food, and pretty. Easy to prep ahead: baby sweetcorn - wrap 1 piece of chorizo round each. Heat in oven 5 mins.

Main: pork fillet - cut into rounds, dust with flour, fry 3 mins a side. Remove from pan. Add a little stock to pan with double cream, diced apple and ginger jam. Season. Heat and reduce to thicken. Return pork, warm through (don't over cook as it will toughen) and serve on white rice with green side veg.

Pud: Choc mousse - dead easy to make - break very dark choc into bowl over hot water. Stir in butter and 2 egg yolks. Melt completely and add few drops rum / orange liqueur / whisky to flavour. Whisk 3 egg whites to stiff peak - fold choc into egg whites and pour carfully into glasses. Set in fridge. Serve with topping of double cream, and dust with coca / cinnamom / curls of orange peel / mint leaf and strawberry (Cut a deep gash in the base of a strawberry and push the cut side down on the rim of the glass) or whatever you like to dress it up. Have a couple of sponge fingers / brandy snaps / lange du chat type crispy bics on the side.

Get cheffy and serve the glass on a white plate - put a teaspoon on the plate and dredge cocoa over the spoon. When you lift it off - the outline of the spoon remains in the powder.

Finish with a good coffee.