Hi all you lovely people! I made Chimmy chungas!

I am always looking for a bargain, but do not like to compromise on quality - which is why I am fussy were I buy my meat from etc - and I love to cook! There is nothing like home cooking, for flavours, cost and quality - as you know everything that is going in it, also it is much much healthier.

Also I am gluten/wheat intolerant (they think it's ceoliac, but have had trouble getting a biopsy) - so I discovered a traditional Mexican supplier online and got 60 corn tortillas for £4.90 (although this can also be used with flour tortillas, but they work out more expensive).

And yesterday I made 16 minced beef Chimmy chungas for only £3.25!!!

They can be made with any filling, even vegetable filling, or samosa filling, but I did Aberdeen Angus beef (cost me £2.00 at the sainsburys butchers), I cooked the beef with onions, fresh garlic, a dash of tabasco sauce, a dash of balsamic, a little rock salt, black pepper - let it cool then mixed in some grated chedder.

Then I warmed a dry frying pan up, and heated the tortillas till they became soft and pliable - filled with with the mixture creating parcels, sealing them with a beaten egg - then shallow fried each side for approx 1 min either side - then popped them in the oven for around 15 mins.................

Well, I have to say they were very delicious, and as good as anything you could buy from a Mexican place!

Even though I love to cook, I can be quite critical of my own cooking - but I was not critical of these

So where on earth would you be able to buy 16 Chimmy Chungas for the grand price of £3.25? You'd pay that for one!

I know home cooking is for some too time consuming - but with the likes of these, they can be made and frozen, taken out when needed then fried and put in the oven, call it "home made convenience food!

I am going to have a bash at making some veggie ones for my friend.

I know Caro will love this!