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  • Penny-Pincher!!
    Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
    Hi

    Do you have a freezer as most of the below meals freeze very well?

    Roast Dinner
    Curry & Rice
    Baked Spuds
    Tuna Pasta Bake
    Fishfinger, Mash & Veg
    Shepherds Pie
    Chilli
    Spagbol
    Toad In Hole
    Sausage Cassarole
    Omelette
    HM Lasagna
    Stew & Dumplings
    Egg & Chips
    HM Fish Pie
    Meat & Potatoe Pie
    Cheese & Potatoe Pie
    Sausage & Mash
    HM Pizza
    Beans on toast
    Soup & Sarnie
    Egg on toast

    HTH

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  • whatatwit
    whatatwit Posts: 5,424 Forumite
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    As Pen-Pin says, if you have a freezer then it makes things easier.
    You could cook for 2 and eat one and freeze one....even better if you cook for 4 ;)
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  • Barneysmom
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    Those meals look really good. :cool: :cool:

    I'm the only one in the house that will eat liver/bacon/onions in gravy.
    So I cook a larger amount, and pile it into lock & locks with some mash and cabbage, then nuke it through in the microwave.
    Mind you when I lived on my own I survived on breakfast cereals for dinner a lot of the time. My, I was so slim then :rotfl:
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  • Steve-o
    Steve-o Posts: 4,487 Forumite
    A cheap base for dinners is frozen veg, as well as being very convenient. Dried goods are the same (various beans, chickpeas, etc), although they will have no Vitamin C in them.

    A cheap and tasty meal for me at the moment is a pack of 9p Tesco/Asda curry flavour noodles, and lots of different frozen veg thrown in. It takes about 10 minutes to prepare, costs about 15p or so in total, and contains lots of healthy veg. I'm going to half the noodle packs though, as I'm finding the meal too filling due to the amount of veg I use.

    Any frozen veg is excellent for convenience, healthiness and cost, no matter if it is bought or frozen yourself. :)
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  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,651 Forumite
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    Hi Drea,

    There's an earlier thread that should help so I've added your thread to it. These threads may help too:

    Meal for two for 50p. Suggestions?

    The Cheapest Healthy Meal Ever!

    Feed 6 for £1.62

    Cheapest meal

    Your Cheapest Evening Meal.

    cheap, easy family meals

    Show Jamie How To Cook On A Budget Champagne Contest

    Meal idea's under £1

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  • Drea
    Drea Posts: 9,892 Forumite
    I do have a freezer. Bit of a hopeless cook though! I know they are probably a bit expensive, but I do like those ready to cook meals that you just pop in the oven in their foil trays. But they are always for two people... been sitting with this tesco page open for ages :p
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  • Steve-o
    Steve-o Posts: 4,487 Forumite
    Drea wrote: »
    I do have a freezer. Bit of a hopeless cook though! I know they are probably a bit expensive, but I do like those ready to cook meals that you just pop in the oven in their foil trays. But they are always for two people... been sitting with this tesco page open for ages :p

    In that case, may I introduce you to foil cooking dishes. :Dhttp://www.lakeland.co.uk/foil-casserole-dishes/F/keyword/foil/product/2514_2515_2516_2517

    I bought some from Asda, 10 for £1. Haven't used them yet though. :o
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  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,651 Forumite
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    Hi Drea,

    You might find some more ideas on these threads:

    What can a single person use on this board?

    Need help cooking for one.

    living on your own/cooking for one....

    Saving Money On Food For a SINGLE person

    Help a Single Saver

    Single moneysaver living on my own!

    Pink
  • Drea
    Drea Posts: 9,892 Forumite
    Didn't even think of buying foil trays to seperate them!

    Thanks pink, will have a look through them :)
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  • mum_of_4
    mum_of_4 Posts: 720 Forumite
    whatatwit wrote: »
    As Pen-Pin says, if you have a freezer then it makes things easier.
    You could cook for 2 and eat one and freeze one....even better if you cook for 4 ;)


    Can someone offer advice.

    I want to freeze more meals but don't really understand the freezing rules. I grow my own veg, have chickens and cook 90% of our meals from scratch but really let myself down on the freezing side.
    Do i freeze food before it's cooked or after?
    Do i have to defrost the meal before cooking or just put straight in the oven?
    Someone listed roast dinner as a meal to freeze that's a fab idea is it true?
    Can you really freeze cheese?
    I keep chickens can i freeze the eggs? (minus shell)
    Where do people get their supplys of freezable dishes?

    Thankyou
    Kind Regards
    Maz


    self sufficient - in veg and eggs from the allotment
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