super quick family meal ideas

Never_Enough_Money

TAh, I hadn't seen that thread, some good recipes to try, thanks:)

StrawberryYogurt

My quick meal is cut the fat off some value bacon bits, fry them off in a squirt of oil with a couple of onions chopped up and added, throw in some mushrooms roughly chopped, add a tin of tomatoes and some fresh basil if I have any at the time. All the time a big pan of Spaghetti pasta cooking...then mix it all together and grate some cheese over the top when on the plate. Is gorgeous and takes about 15 - 20 mins!

topsyturphy

My favourite for speed is omlettes with ham and cheese, sometimes add mushrooms too.

Caterina

Rice and lentil soup with chopped veg (whatever is in the fridge) with chunky bread. Fresh fruit or yogurt for pudding. This is tonight's menu for my family, incidentally!

Mrs_Boo_Boo

My mate told me about chilli prawns which her kids love.
Onions sweated add a tin of tomatoes,tomato puree,chilli and prawns and serve with rice. Also slimming if you don't use oil.
Good Luck

Gigervamp

Mrs_Boo_Boo wrote: »

My mate told me about chilli prawns which her kids love.
Onions sweated add a tin of tomatoes,tomato puree,chilli and prawns and serve with rice. Also slimming if you don't use oil.
Good Luck

Thanks for that, I think my son will like that. He's planning on moving out in a few months and although he sometimes cooks, it always seems to be a variation of pasta! This recipe will give him something else to add to his repertoire!

Penelope_Penguin

Never_Enough_Money wrote: »

Has anyone got any recipes to share? My family are getting bored of the same old ones all the time.

We have a whole thread I'll merge this to give you more ideas.

Penny. x

Lefs

Fry off onions and garlic with ginger, garam masala, chilli powder, turmeric, cumin and coriander and whatever random spices I have in the cupboard. Add in left over meat (I always keep the scrappy bits of meat off roast joints for curries - lamb, beef, chicken, pork, whatever). Add cream or yoghurt. If I don't have any in the fridge, I'll use chopped tinned tomatoes (value ones). Heat through if using cream, simmer if using tomatoes.

Takes less time than the rice does to cook, so all ready in 10-20 mins.

If I've got no meat in the fridge, I'll chuck in chick peas, lentils etc, to bulk it up, or use extra onions sliced rather than diced and make onion curry. I just adjust what spices I put in depending on what mood I'm in.

Other thing I like to cook quick is pasta with smoked salmon (offcuts, or whoopsie), cream and chillies. Sauce only needs to heat through, so the pasta is the thing that takes time.

Or putting something like a chilli in the slow cooker so that when I come in from work, it's ready to eat as soon as someone can be bothered making rice (or toasting pitta breads if rice is too much of an effort that night!).

twinklie

Hi guys,

My food bills are getting ridiculous now that DH and I are living apart during the week (I count both our bills as one big one). I do some batch cooking because I never have time to cook when I get in from work so it's nice and easy to bang stuff in the microwave/oven.

However, I was wondering if anyone has any good recipes or tips for food that is super quick to prepare and CHEAP! I would like to move away from my rather staple diet of stew, lasagne, spag bol, and sheps pie! :rotfl: Oh and importantly with minimal washing up. Or to be honest I just won't do it. Lazy I know.

I've never looked after the food side of things though, I've always just left it to DH.

FYI: The only thing I can't have is mushrooms!!

castri09_2

hi one cheap meal and very easy is gloucester pie ( savoury bread and butter pudding) its just
8 slices of bread crusts removed (crusts made into bread crumbs tobe used for something else)
butter
100g of cheese
tomatoes
150ml fresh milk
1 egg
just make cheese and tomato sandwiches cut into triangles.mix the egg and milk together and pour over the sandwiches in an oven proof dish and cook for 30 mins

i dont put tomatoes as no one likes them be sides me i add bacon,ham or anything i have in the fridge and serve with veg

hope this helps