End the week in style with great deals on food and drink plus delicious family recipes

START the weekend in style.

Whether you’re staying in, locked down or fancy something a bit different, here’s how to make your days extra- special.

End the week in style with great deals on food and drink plus delicious family recipes

Kick it off with a fantastic Friday night – there are great deals to be had on food and drink. Snap up these brilliant buys, or try one of the recipes below from Morrisons.com.

If you’re bored with toast for breakfast, bring on the brunch instead.

From a fry-up, to a pancake feast, a little bit of effort will have a long-lasting effect.

Brunch menu

Morrisons’ Scottish triple smoked salmon is down to £3 from £4.50 – perfect served with Morrisons’ buttermilk pancakes, now half price at 50p.

Save 25p on Sainsbury’s Belgian waffles (seven per pack), now £1.75.

For a tasty fry-up, Sainsbury’s British pork sausages, 12, are down to £3.80 from £5.

Tesco has six crumpets for 27p – just add whatever topping takes your fancy.

For a taste of Holland, Ma Raeburn’s Dutch Pancake Bites are £2 from Iceland – delicious with maple syrup.

Buy two for £3 on Jus-Rol croissants, pain-au- chocolat and cinnamon swirl dough at Morrisons, or £2.10 each.

Hot offers

Enjoy £3 off Morrisons’ The Best Prosecco, now £7, with a 150g bag of The Best crisps, £1.

Save on Goodfellas Takeaway classic crust frozen pizza, 555g, at Morrisons, down from £3.50 to £2.50.

Get Morrisons’ frozen chicken drumsticks, 1kg – great for the recipe below – for £1.75, down from £2.72.

Tuck into a Leon Thai green chicken curry, on offer in Sainsbury’s at an introductory price of £3.50. Mix and match with other Leon dishes while the offer lasts.

Grab a main course, such as maple and balsamic gammon shanks, a side dish, dessert and drink for £10 in Tesco’s meal deal for two.

For a tasty TV dinner, Iceland is serving up a pizza, fries or wedges and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream for £4.50, saving £1.

Go global with an Old El Paso Mexican roasted tomato and pepper fajita kit, down from £2.50 to £2 at Asda.

Save £1.50 on Sainsbury’s Pic Saint Loup, a red wine from the south of France, which is down to £8.50.

Get three bottles of selected wines for the price of two at Morrisons, including Brancott Estate Sauvignon Blanc (in Scotland save a third on selected wines), £9.50 per bottle.

A bottle of Echo Falls red wine is £5.95, or get two for £10, at Iceland.

Pizzas

(Makes four pizzas)

Prep time: 70 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins

YOU NEED:

• 150g passata
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 tbsp dried Italian herbs
• 4 whole pizza bases
• 1 tsp pesto
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 250g mozzarella cheese
• 4 slices Parma ham
• 4 vine tomatoes, sliced
• 1 small handful rocket leaves, to garnish
• 1 handful basil, to garnish

METHOD:

1. Place the passata, tomato puree and dried herbs into a bowl. Season to your taste and mix well.
2. Preheat the oven to 180C fan/200C/gas 6 then divide the tomato sauce evenly between the four pizza bases, and spread out the sauce evenly across each base, leaving a 1cm border around the edge.
3. Mix the pesto and olive oil in a bowl and set this to one side.
4. Tear the mozzarella and scatter over the pizza bases. Tear the parma ham and place evenly over the pizza base (for variations, you can add any of your favourite toppings).
5. Arrange the sliced vine tomatoes on the remaining bases and drizzle the pesto mix over the top.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for ten to 15 minutes.
7. Cut each pizza into eight slices and garnish with rocket leaves and basil.

Chilli chicken drumsticks

(Serves six)

Prep time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins

YOU NEED:

• 1kg chicken drumsticks
• 250ml clear honey
• 250ml tomato ketchup
• 100ml lemon juice
• 200g demerara sugar
• ½ tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds
• 2 red chillies

METHOD:

1. Heat oven to 220C /fan 200C/gas mark 6 and place the drumsticks on a large baking tray.
2. In a pan, mix together the honey, ketchup, lemon juice, demerara sugar and smoked paprika, and simmer until the sugar has dissolved.
3. Cool the mixture slightly then pour over the drumsticks.
4. Cook for 15 minutes until sticky and golden, then add more glaze and sprinkle with sesame seeds and finely chopped chillies.
5. Cook for a further 15 minutes until the chicken is piping hot throughout.

MARKET STREET TIP: Serve the drumsticks with healthy mixed veg and rice in winter or a chopped veg salad when warmer.

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