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Dual purpose foods

ladygrey_2
ladygrey_2 Posts: 374 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
I quite often have a day cooking mince with onions and then freezing it in individual meal portions, so that I can defrost and make into other meals - cottage pie, bolognese, curry etc etc

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  • trafalgar_2
    trafalgar_2 Posts: 22,309 Forumite
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    Great idea
  • Penny-Pincher!!
    Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
    I try and do this if Im making a shepards pie, lasagna, chilli or spagbol. We use minced lamb as I cant eat beef and I make an extra pie/lasagna or surplus chilli and spagbol and freeze it. We maybe have one once a week.

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  • Graham_S_4
    Graham_S_4 Posts: 215 Forumite
    There was a feature in Good food Magazine last year along the same lines with mince - and then defrost and make something different every time. I'll have a look to see what month it was .

    Cheers

    G
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