Halloumi and Broad Bean Mash Wraps

Hot sunshine and vegetarian week inspired this combination. Each ingredient brought out the flavour of the other, although we think that garlic might be a nice addition to the yoghurt in future versions. Some spicy sausage would promote the wraps to near perfection. The marinated halloumi was lovely; it could easily be transferred to other dishes like simple salads or burgers.
We prepped and ate these on the roof; determined to be outside soaking up the evening heat.


Fed 5 for dinner: £1.42 per person (2 wraps each)

Ingredients:
1 Packet frozen broad beans £1.30
1 Lemon 30p
1 Tub natural yoghurt 55p
1 Cucumber 90p
2 Packets of wraps £1.80
1 Block halloumi £2.25
Total: £7.10


Storecupboard:
Honey
Mint (a handful)
Parsley (a handful)
Chilli flakes
Olive oil
Bouillon/Stock


- Drain and slice the halloumi, then marinade with juice of half a lemon, a tablespoon of honey and a big pinch of chilli flakes.


- Chop the cucumber and squeeze out the excess water. Add it to the yoghurt and set aside.


- Cover the wraps in foil and heat gently in the oven.


- Tip the frozen beans into a large pan with about 2/3 glass of water and a teaspoon of stock powder. Turn on heat and stir until defrosted. Blend fairly well, then add herbs and blend until it's smooth.


- Meanwhile, add an extra drizzle of honey, then grill the halloumi until it turns golden. Turn it halfway through.


- Spread everything out on the table/picnic blanket and pile up your wraps.

Brick Lane Beigels with Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese

This is more of an idea than a recipe. 

Whenever we are out near Brick Lane for the night, we visit one of the beigel shops on the way home and pick up some supplies for the next morning.  We try to plan in advance and buy in some cream cheese, smoked salmon trimmings and lemon in preparation.

At 25p a pop they double up as a frugal drunken snack. 

Fed 5 for breakfast:  54p per person, per beigel.

Ingredients:

6 Beigels £1.50

Half tub of organic cream cheese 64p

Smoked salmon trimmings 90p

Lemon 20p

Total: £3.24

Store Cupboard:

Black pepper

- Halve the beigels and toast in the oven.

- Break up the smoked salmon trimmings.

- Spread each beigel half with cream cheese and top with smoked salmon.

- Squeeze over some lemon juice and add a good sprinkling of black pepper.

- Serve with a big pot of tea or coffee.