Lauren shares her week of dinners for £35 from SPAR!
This weeks recipes include:
- Crispy Chicken Tacos
- Creamy Cajun Sausage Pasta
- Crispy Sticky Beef And Rice
- Houmous & Cous Cous Summer Salad
- BBQ pulled pork loaded baked potatoes
£35 got all the ingredients for 5 dinners and plenty of leftovers for lunches.
Each recipe serves 4. *The shop doesn't include cupboard staples such as oil, spices and flour
Crispy Chicken Tacos
You will need:
- Pack of tortilla wraps
- Pack of spar crispy chicken pieces
- Lettuce
- 200ml milk
- 3 Coleraine cheese slices
- Teaspoon Cajun spice
- Sweet chilli sauce
Method:
- Cook your chicken in air fryer or oven as per packet instructions
- Cut up your lettuce
- Fold your tortilla in half and toast to make it crispy
- In a pan add your milk, Cajun seasoning and 3 cheese slices over medium heat. Mix well until it forms your cheese sauce.
- Build your tacos - fill each wrap with lettuce, crispy chicken, cheese sauce and some of the sweet chilli sauce.
Creamy Cajun Sausage Pasta
You will need:
- Pack of spar pork sausages
- 320g spaghetti
- Handful cherry tomato
- Two tablespoons Cajun seasoning
- 100ml single cream (I used vegan cream as it was on offer)
- Half an onion finely chopped
- Teaspoon garlic
- Two tablespoons Parmesan
Method:
- Chop 6 sausages into pieces, add to a pan and pan fry.
- Add onion and garlic to pan and fry off.
- Add your spaghetti to a pot and cook as per packet instructions.
- Add in chopped cherry tomatoes to pan and cook these off. Add in two tablespoons Cajun seasoning.
- Add in two tablespoons of pasta water into the pan.
- Add in 100ml cream and mix this through. Add in your Parmesan at this stage too.
- When pasta is cooked, add the drained pasta into pan and combine well.
Top with Parmesan and parsley and serve.
Crispy Sticky Beef & Rice
You will need:
- Packet of spar salt and chilli sizzle steaks
- Two tablespoons cornflour
- Two peppers
- One onion
- Two tablespoons dark soy
- Two tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
- Tablespoon tomato ketchup
- 300g rice
- Spring onions
Method:
- Cut steak into thin strips, add to a bowl and add in cornflour. Combine well. Cook steak for 7-9 mins in air fryer/ oven until crispy.
- Cook your rice as per packet instructions.
- Thinly chop your peppers and onions and add to the pan. Sauté until soft.
- Add in your sauce mixture to the vegetable and coat well. Add in your cooked beef and coat in the sauce.
- Serve with white rice.
Houmous & Cous Cous Summer Salad
You will need
- Pot of houmous
- Pot of cous cous
- 2 Avocado
- Cherry tomatoes
- Chilli flakes
- Lettuce
- Pepper
- Onion
- Tortilla wrap
Method:
- Cut your tortilla wrap into pieces, season with Cajun seasoning and oil and air fry/oven cook for 5 mins until crispy.
- Chop up your lettuce, onion, tomato and peppers.
- Half your avocados, remove skin, remove pit and cut into pieces. Season with chilli flakes.
- Plate up your salads with houmous, cous cous, avocado, lettuce, tomato, peppers, onion and crispy tortillas.
BBQ Pulled Pork Loaded Baked Potatoes
You will need:
- One packet of SPAR BBQ pulled pork
- 4 baking potatoes
- Cheese
- Butter
Method:
- Prick your baking potatoes with a fork, coat with oil and salt and wrap in foil. Air fry/oven cook until they are crispy on outside and soft and fluffy inside. Approx. 30 mins in air fryer.
- Meanwhile, cook your SPAR BBQ pulled pork as per packet instructions.
- When baked potatoes are ready, cut in half and fill with butter, salt, pepper, and cheese.
- Top each baked potato with BBQ pulled pork and some crispy onions and parsley.
