meal planning - where do i start?

spike7451

lauracusack wrote: »

sounds good although it doesn't sound like much puree? I :heart2: puff pastry especially jus roll. I couldn't believe how good it was when I first tried it as I'm the first to admit I'm a bit of a snob about 'pre-made' food.

The Tomato puree is quite strong so you dont want to mask the other flavors,but like everything just do it to taste.

lauracusack

spike7451 wrote: »

The Tomato puree is quite strong so you dont want to mask the other flavors,but like everything just do it to taste.

Cool I'll definitely be trying this one

DomRavioli

My family loves our beanfeast casserole (can get Asda brand one for less than a pound - feeds 6 of us). Just pop some potatoes in the bottom (hotpot style), add cooked beanfeast, fave veggies, pasta, whatever you fancy really, and its about £2.50. I usually make a few to save on cooking costs and pop them in the freezer.

quintwins

what about homemade pizza or quiche? very cheap if you make your own pastry, quiche is very very cheap if you don't use free range eggs

when were tight we tend to have a few mince dishes aswell, i love sheperds pie and spag bol is yummy filling and cheap

lauracusack

quintwins wrote: »

what about homemade pizza or quiche? very cheap if you make your own pastry, quiche is very very cheap if you don't use free range eggs

when were tight we tend to have a few mince dishes aswell, i love sheperds pie and spag bol is yummy filling and cheap

i can't believe I missed out pizza! It's my favourite!! :rotfl: thanks x

squeaky

Hi

All sorts of "budget limited" threads containing hundreds (if not thousands) of ideas between them...


family threads here on Old Style MoneySaving

And quite a few more with sometimes different slants:- budget threads here on Old Style MoneySaving

And last but by no means least - you can join our "Grocery Challenge" which is always in a sticky at the top of the board's index page.

Butterfly_Brain

• Homemade soups are cheap and tasty
• Jacket Potatoes
• Vegetable Curry
• Macaroni cheese
• cheese pie
• Quiches
• Pizza
• Mushroom pasta
• Cheesy rice with tomatoes or any veggies of choice
• savoury bread and butter pudding
• Frittata
• Glamorgan sausages
• Get some soya sausage mix from asda - they do a chicken burger dried mix as well so at least there is variation.
• Couscous with vegetables
• stuffed marrow using soya mince
• cook up some pasta and add a veggie stock cube or some garlic salt and top with the grated hard cheese that you can buy in the little tubs

Merry_Wanderer

Savory rice - rice boiled with a stockcube, with frozen peas/sweetcorn added, a couple of sliced mushrooms or whatever you fancy.

I make a veggie chickpea curry that is very filling with rice - basically it's a tin of tomatoes, tin of chickpeas, onion, (any other veg, or not), and curry powder. It makes us at least 4 or 5 portions.

Also, simple homemade veggie/lentil soups and bread.

lauracusack

DomRavioli wrote: »

My family loves our beanfeast casserole (can get Asda brand one for less than a pound - feeds 6 of us). Just pop some potatoes in the bottom (hotpot style), add cooked beanfeast, fave veggies, pasta, whatever you fancy really, and its about £2.50. I usually make a few to save on cooking costs and pop them in the freezer.

Excuse my ignorance but what's bean feast?

CompBunny

lauracusack wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but what's bean feast?

I must say I was wondering the same thing!:p