Midweek meals
Feed four for £5
Keep costs down with these vibrant, flavour-packed dinners. Food writer Fliss Freeborn shares her favourite low-cost meals that won’t break the bank
Sausage & cannellini bean ragu, p32
photographs ELLA MILLER
Fliss Freeborn is a Glasgow-based freelance food writer with a passion for thrifty cooking. She is the youngest-ever panel member on BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet, and has recently released her first cookbook, Do Yourself a Flavour (£17.99, Ebury Press).
Sticky lime & honey wings with crunchy slaw & rice, p32
Sticky lime & honey wings with crunchy slaw and rice
These wings are crispy, sticky and a little bit spicy all at once, and the zinginess of the slaw cuts through the richness of the meat. You can leave out the chilli if you or your children aren’t fans of spicy food .
SERVES 4 PREP 15 mins COOK 35 mins EASY
1kg chicken wings
1 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce
1 tsp chili flakes (optional)
2 tbsp honey
1 lime, zested and juiced
300g cooked rice, to serve
For the slaw
2 carrots
1
small
or
½
large
white
cabbage
(about
300g)
1
small
red
onion
1
tbsp
olive
oil
2
tbsp
lime
juice
15g
coriander,
roughly
chopped
(optional)
1
Tip the chicken wings into a large bowl and stir in the soy sauce, chilli flakes (if using ), honey, lime zest and juice until the wings are coated. Set aside to marinate. Heat the oven to 210C/190C fan /6.