One of the ways that we saved money was to change the way we shopped for food. We often used to shop and just throw things in the trolley, like sheep, going round buying the same things each week, not looking at the price/size/weight. We all know that most things can be made cheaply and easily at home but its also convenience. One of the things we used to buy was Mexican taco sets, averaging around £2.50 per box for taco shells ( which always break when you eat them) taco mix and salsa ( which no one liked ! so always got binned ). However I liked taco's and made them with chicken or beef mince, always a tasty snack. Now recently , ie Bonfire Night !, I tried Chilli for the first time. Well actually the second time, the first time I thought it was that bad it put me off for years. So on Bonfire Night I liked it and decided to make it myself at home. It turned out remarkably like taco's but not as expensive. I used mince, onions, chilli powder, can of tomatoes, squirt of tomato paste so those ingredients came to about £2. No kidney beans though as I don't like them ! Then I had cheese and instead of taco shells I used Tortilla chips from Morrison's 25p a bag. The beauty of the tortilla chips is they are ready to eat and don't have to put the oven on to warm through. Anyway , my chilli was a big hit and we have had it now about 4 times. Last week I made a big batch of food and made Chilli on Tuesday and we ate it Friday evening. Nice and quick just warmed through on the hob and very tasty.
If you add porridge oats it will make it creamy and stretch further.
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Yum! We love chili. My recipe is: one pound ground beef, two cans chili beans with sauce, one can light kidney beans, one can diced tomatoes, a little bit of ketchup and a generous sprinkling of chili powder. I like to serve it with cheese, a dollop of sour cream and those big Fritos for dipping. One of my favorite cold weather meals!
ReplyDeleteI prefer homemade chilli to the pack ones you can get and have found over the years I like it hotter and hotter!
ReplyDeleteThat looks good. I've never eaten a taco! I do love chilli though and haven't made it for ages, so I think it will be making a reappearance on the menu very soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone, seems like we are all chilli addicts :-)
ReplyDeleteThat looks good. Not made a chilli for years, think ones going on the menu very soon
ReplyDeleteI'm a big chilli fan. I never thought to add tortilla chips. I'm going to do that next time. Thanks for the tip
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