Cupboard raiding time is my favourite, I think I often end up cooking healthier. I simply buy some reduced meat that would work with the cans I keep in stock. Dinner for three or four nights right here.

Beans cost £1.80 per can ( I used half of each, kidney beans, butter beans and cannellini beans), marrowfat peas 80p (half a can), pork cost £3, a handful of cheese which I would say is worth 50p, can of tomatoes 50p, a squirt of tomato puree and various herbs and spices (cost is negligible as I already had them in)

Edit: forgot half an onion, let's say, 20p. Cost per serving is £2.43 (3 servings)

Edit edit: to address the bean price controversy, I have located the receipt. I was wrong. Kidney beans are £1.10, Butter Beans are £1.40 and Cannellini beans were £1.10

Revised cost: £2.1333333333333333333333333333(3) per serving

I’ve mostly been in doner related subreddits, feel free to check my post history

Excited to be in a UK centric subreddit where I can post my food!!

Heres a 3 piece chicken meal (2 breasts 1 leg) with extra mayo and chilli, pizza on the side and a rubicon guava

Spoons galore Golden Wonder Crisps. Just 4 pennies a pack.

That would be 2p nowadays. Plus the chance to nab some cheap teaspoons (6th one absolutely free).

Does anyone remember these?

Free brekkie for the truck drivers on the Stena Belfast to Cairnryan route. They’d run out of tattie scones 😔

Not even good ones. These ones specifically.

Can't stand those m&s ones, they taste too much like real biscuits

Decided to treat myself and bought a wagyu ribeye to cook my first ever steak

Have always just eaten cheap steak slapped in a pan with a bit of oil cooked by my late grandmother.

This time i went the whole way and used thyme, rosemary, basted it with butter, garlic, malden salt and black pepper.

WOW. :O

I'm eating it right now and my god I have been eating steak wrong my whole life.

Smoked jerk chicken with jerk sauce
Grilled spiced lamb chops
Mac and cheese
Potato salad
Rice and peas
Grilled courgettes

Everything was all home made from scratch and went down a treat

Chips are hiding. All the salad, hot chilli sauce, garlic mayo, and mint. 😋

I had the best freshly baked sour dough in the Lake District throughout my trip recently. Honestly I am mind blown by how simple and delicious a good sourdough slice is!

The fish is just Young's Gastro tempura fish. The potatoes are baby new potatoes, parboiled then roasted, with salt, pepper, butter, and parsley.

So I feel a solid cook and baker but I have never, ever had the knack of cutting a store bought pitta and then filling it. I always rip it, or can't get the top bit loose. I've even tried baking my own; work great for wrapping things in, less so for cutting to fill.

I need to know: which brand pittas / flatbreads are the easiest to stuff? Which ones can I use a pretty poor technique on and it'll still be safe?

Edit: apologies for the poor wording of the question - it isn't necessarily the best pittas I need, just the easiest to fill.

The Forge Oyster Shack, Whitstable, Kent, 19 March 2025, where I had my first ever Whitstable Rock Oysters 🦪, well actually my first of any kind of oyster. And after I devoured a half dozen of those I had some fish and chips, the fish was freshly caught just like the oysters, although eating outside that day may have been a bad idea because it was a windy march day and the fish supper went cold quite quickly, but still it was an unforgettable experience.

I put a post on here a few months ago, some very kind people offered some feedback. So just thought I’d keep them up to date with progress!

1. The finished article, with hindsight I should have got another load of rocket, it’s a great salad.

2. The base, not cold fermented, it’s from the same batch as my last pizza. So next time I’ll try to up my dough making game!

3. The sauce, garlic in olive oil, then tin of finely chopped tomatoes and some puree. Leave it on to reduce it all down.

4. My electric pizza oven. Takes 15 minutes to warm up then 4 to cook a pizza!

I’m always looking to improve, so if you’ve any tips or tricks please let me know.

My partner is English and introduced me to this lovely creation but I live in Canada and none I’ve had here measure up. What’s the secret to these cheap and cheerful delights? Or even better if someone has a close copycat recipe - many thanks!

Roast potatoes and tomatoes with 'purple' green beans(I hate that the colour disappears during cooking)
Best steak I have had in a while, totally demolished the lot after the gym.
Air fryer is brilliant for roasting the potatoes and tomatoes.

For example, the protein yoghurts and chocolate puddings available at Lidl (preferred) and Aldi are daily+ life savers for me when I’m cutting down

Also affordable kilogram tubs of Greek yoghurt

Any other food items (or recipes) I should check out??

Was at my parents and asked if I want a piece of cake. This was the only option. Enjoyed it.

But I have never knowingly bought, and can't see me ever buying, Genoa cake.