Jack Monroe

[NEW!] Cheeky Corn Fritters, 20p, from Tin Can Cook

Posted by Jack Monroe | Jul 19, 2019 | Breakfast, Lunch, Recipes, Vegetarian |

This is a brand new recipe from Tin Can Cook – 75 store cupboard recipes by Jack Monroe – which is available here, and there is a fundraiser to donate it to foodbanks here. A good corn fritter recipe is an excellent thing to have up your sleeve, for breakfast, brunch, or making a meal out of a tin of corn. This is as good a recipe as any, and once you know how to do it, you’ll never be short of a speedy, filling brunch recipe. Serves 2–4, depending on appetite, from 20p each. (This post is not sponsored;...

[NEW!] Three Tin Tender, 94p, from Tin Can Cook

Posted by Jack Monroe | Jul 15, 2019 | Entertaining, Lunch, Recipes, Slow Cooker |

This is a brand new recipe from Tin Can Cook – 75 store cupboard recipes by Jack Monroe – which is available here, and there is a fundraiser to donate it to foodbanks here. I originally titled this recipe ‘sticky barbecue beef’, but describing this as barbecue-anything feels wildly disingenuous, not least because it hasn’t been anywhere near one! The quantities given here will serve one or two people, depending on appetite, and can be easily scaled up to serve more, though it will need a longer cooking time. To make it go further, pack the sauce out with...

Carrot, Cumin & Kidney Bean Burgers, 9p

Posted by Jack Monroe | Jul 10, 2019 | Beans & Lentils, Blog, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Recipes, Vegan, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian |

This burger is where the media storm began, and dubbed ‘the 9p burger’ because of the low cost of the ingredients used to make it, it’s one of my most popular recipes. A can of value range red kidney beans is a cheap but excellent source of protein and I built a lot of my early cooking around it, and they became a firm staple in my household. I triple the recipe to make a batch of them, and freeze them in patties to whip out at a moment’s notice and fry on a low heat. I like mine...

Gigantes Plaki, 65p

Posted by Jack Monroe | Jul 7, 2019 | Beans & Lentils, Healthy, Lunch, Recipes, Soups |

I’m heading back to my Mediterranean roots with this simple but delicious dish. I can have it for dinner, then lunch the next day and pulse any leftovers into a soup. It makes me chuckle to see these spicy butterbeans retailing for almost £5 per pot in certain supermarkets, when they’re really just bigger, better baked beans. You can either soak dried beans overnight in cold water – which means they will need to be drained, rinsed and boiled vigorously for 10 minutes separately to the sauce – or use a tin of ready-prepared butter beans, which is more...

Broad Bean Salad, 38p

Posted by Jack Monroe | Jul 4, 2019 | Beans & Lentils, Guardian Food, Healthy, Recipes, Vegetarian |

Broad beans can be bought frozen for around £1.50 for a 750g bag – much cheaper than their fresh counterparts, and no prising them from fiddly little pods either – although I do love thumbing the velvety lining of fresh pods to pop them out… Whether you choose fresh or frozen beans, this salad uses a lot of storecupboard basic ingredients, like lemon, garlic, herbs and cheese. It takes just minutes to knock together, and I think it tastes like summer’s coming… 140g broad beans, 23p (£1.25/750g frozen broad beans, Asda) 40g hard strong cheese, 43p (£1.60/150g, Smart Price...