Budget-friendly Chipotle Chicken with Potato Wedges and Cowboy Beans
Kosher meat can sometimes seem prohibitively expensive, but butchering your own chicken is one of the most effective ways of shaving the cost of your meat bill. Part of our budget chicken recipe series, this recipe uses the drumsticks, legs and thighs to create a cost-effective family meal for 4. You may wish to supplement a little extra chicken to feed 4 adults or older children, but with the beans, there really is plenty of filling protein on the plate already. With a few herbs and spices you can elevate a simple chips and beans meal into something fantastic and fun! The best part – this meal (at the time of publishing) costs less than £2.50 per portion, so you can feed a family of 4 for under a tenner!
Sweet Potato and Squash Chips
Root vegetables are a seasonal staple for Sukkot and Rosh Hashana, as well as a Pesach-friendly side and an alternative to white potatoes. These sweet vegetables are also ideal for Rosh Hashana, where we have the custom to eat sweet foods for a “good and sweet new year,” and we eat gourds such as squash as one of the Simanim, representing our desire that, if it be Hashem’s will, that the evil of our verdicts be torn apart, and that our merits be announced before Him.
Sweet Potato & Celeriac Wedges
A couple of our favourite alternatives to potato, sweet potato and celeriac wedges provide sweetness and earthiness to a meal, and provide a great way to mix up a Passover menu, especially if your custom is not to eat kitniyot such as rice. This recipe is really quick and easy – the longest part is peeling the veg! Seasoning is entirely to taste and these root vegetables are versatile and will accept virtually any herbs and spices you might throw at them!
