DIETERS' DELIGHT SPICY UN-FRIED CHICKEN & LOWER-FAT POTATO WEDGES

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Crisp, crunchy & more-ish but way better for you than takeaway...

Tasters were extremely impressed with these lower-fat, skinnier versions
of chicken'n chips with coleslaw; serve in a box for an authentic look 

HEALTHIER 'DIRTY' FOOD: click on...

Southern Un-fried Chicken: Skinny but utterly delicious 

Lower-fat Potato Wedges: sophisticated, oven-baked, not fried 

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This recipe has been developed by B  Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises and may not be reproduced, in any form, without the author's written permission.   

APPLE HAND PIES, easy, lower-sugar, cheat's option, small households

Lovely for picnics or just a weekend treat...

Apple Hand Pies: so much easier and nicer to eat

Hand pies are often included in fried chicken & chips takeaways and are the perfect dessert for this week's Un-fried Southern Spiced Chicken and Potato Wedges.

They're ever so easy to make even if you decide to make your own pastry rather than 'cheating' with ready-made pastry.

67 prefers to use fresh fruit but if you're under pressure there's nothing stopping cook from using a tin of unsweetened pie filling.

This recipe is for small households but the recipe multiples easily.

Cost: £1.50 for make-it-yourself 

Makes: 3 x 5"x5" hand pies  

Ingreds:

shortcrust or puff pastry - 1 recipe or 1 box (use leftovers for Sweet Pastry Biscuits or Cheese Straws)

2 apples OR 1 tin low-sugar or unsweetened apple pie filling

ground almonds or breadcrumbs (to prevent soggy bottoms)

Method

CHEAT'S FRUITY COLESLAW, easy, high fibre, small household, vegetarian

Coleslaw with a twist, helped by supermarket friends...

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The 67 food processor is broken and on a busy day, there was neither time nor energy to finely slice cabbage and carrots by hand.

A regular tub of M&S fat-reduced coleslaw (just over a pound in money) was a decent solution but jazzed up with a few important changes was more than just 'nice'.

Supermarket coleslaws are saturated in dressing; dump the lot in a sieve and let it sit over a bowl for awhile so that some of the mayo drains off.  When ready, scrape underside of sieve to remove even more mayo.  Place in a bowl.

Add a little heat - tabasco or hot sauce - and/or some finely chopped fresh chilli (as mild or hot as you like) or a pinch of chilli flakes.  Mix.

Stir in a generous portion of bite-size chunks of - ideally - mango.  If the cupboard is bare of mango, try peaches or chopped orange segments.(See how to segment an orange at bottom of page here.

It's not home-made but it will definitely do!

Cost: £1.75'ish

Serves: 2-3

Ingreds:

1 container fat-reduced supermarket coleslaw

few drops of tabasco or hot sauce

finely chopped mild green or hot red fresh chilli OR generous pinch chilli flakes

generous handful bite-sized pieces of mango, peaches or oranges

Garnish: fresh parsley 

Method:

BANANA BLUEBERRY GINGER PUDDING: no-bake, frugal, very low sugar, vegan option, easy

Run-of-the mill bananas, a few berries and ginger make a surprising pudding...

first posted 2021; updated May 2023

Utter yumminess on a budget

This combo of everyday bananas, a handful of berries and spice in a creamy but healthy pudding was quite the hit at Sunday lunch.

Time was short so it was almost thrown together but the results were terrific.  Make it the night before so that the flavours have a chance to deepen and the creamy banana mousse to set.

The 67 kitchen had frozen leftover double cream and had a handful of leftover blueberries so costs were not high.  But any berries will do, and less expensive whipping cream will work as well as double.  

Cost: depending on leftovers, up to £2.50'ish 

Serves: 2-3; doubles easily

INGREDS: (dairy or plant products are suitable) 

65gm/2.3oz full fat cream cheese

65gm/2.3oz plain Greek yoghurt

1/2 cup (125ml) double cream

3 bananas

1/2 tsp vanilla

1-2 tb black molasses sugar or dark brown sugar

zest of half a lemon (opt)

handful of blueberries (pref but other berries will do)

8-10 small ginger snaps

1/2 tsp ground ginger

Garnish (opt): a few pieces of candied ginger (from syrup or crystallised, finely chopped)

Method: