Hello Dear Reader,
I was recently sent a voucher by Sainsbury's and asked to try their value range. Here's another recipe where I have used their products.
My recipe for vegetable chilli changes according to the vegetables I have in the fridge.
I used
1 finely chopped leek - 80p
1 finely chopped onion - basics - 5p
3 finely cloves of garlic - 5p - basics
2 tins of peeled tomatoes - 70p - basics
1 chopped courgette - 60p - basics
4 peeled and finely diced carrots - 36p - basics
2 veggie stock cubes - 5p - basics
150g of rice- 6p - basics
100g of red lentils - 22p
200g of plain yoghurt (strained to thicken) 18p - basics
paprika, chilli powder and cumin to taste - from my store cupboard
2 tablespoons of olive oil - from my store cupboard.
a sprinkle of lemon juice - again from my store.
Total cost - £2.78- serves 4 people - 70p per portion.
To make this
- Heat the oil in pan
- Add leek, onion, garlic, courgette and carrots
- Saute until the leeks have softened.
- Add the tinned tomatoes and lentils
- Crumble in the stock cubes
- Add 2 tablespoons of chilli, 1 tablespoon of cumin
- Keep stirring and add water if required.
- Simmer for 30 minutes
- Cook the rice as required.
- To thicken a basic yoghurt -place a coffee filter in a sieve and pour in the yoghurt. Stand over a bowl to drain and this gives the yoghurt the 'Greek' yoghurt texture.
- Serve with yoghurt and sprinkle of paprika.
This is delicious and even though I was effectively given the ingredients, my opinions are entirely my own. I have the option of many supermarkets, farmer's markets and budget supermarkets. However, if Sainsbury's is your nearest or simply your supermarket of choice then I can't find fault with their budget range.
Quite simply, there is nothing to beat a good veggie chilli on a cold Saturday night. My heart goes out to everyone on the North Cornish Coast as another storm surge and really high tide is about to hit at 7pm this evening. Hold tight my lovvies xxxxxxx To everyone in Perranporth..........hang in there xxxx
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxxxxxxxx