A mistake that worked

beedeedee

Add a tin of mushy peas to a curry sauce - nobody can quite work out what the difference is - but will want more............

Butterfly_Brain

Potatoes in a curry makes all the difference
And I always add a tin of baked beans in a shepherds pie

mollythewestie

I add a couple of spoonfuls of Philledelphia soft cheese into a curry (At the end of cooking, after taking it off the heat). It makes it lovely and creamy, which is good if you don't like your curries too hot or are cooking for children.

KrazyKay

We add flavour to cottage pie by rinsing out the ends of pickle, ketchup and chutney jars and adding it to the mince.

overlykeensaver

Alison_Funnell wrote: »

Cocoa in chilli.

ooh you beat me to it - I always put some cocoa powder in my chilli too! And instead of white wine in risotto I put a splash of own label sherry - great minds....:T

Rikki

I grate carrot into all my mince dishes. Shepherds pie, spagetti bolognese, chilli

charliee_3

mint sauce is my secret ingredient, i put it in my spag bol and it really lifts the flavour.. and ketchup.. i put that in nearly everything, i like the sweet slightly vinegary flavour..

sandy71

Gingernutmeg wrote: »

One mistake not to be recommended is adding some frozen summer fruits in syrup to bolognaise sauce. I'd taken it out of the freezer thinking it was a bag of frozen red wine, but realised as soon as I added it that it looked a bit 'lumpy'. When I saw the strawberry I knew Trying to be frugal I fished the fruit out, added a load of seasoning and red wine, and told OH that the wine was a particularly 'fruity' vintage ...

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I might skip that one if thats ok.

There are some really good ideas here that I might steal

zippychick I'm sorry for being an echo:o

Now I know you have all been wondering how my bol with extra spag went:rotfl: I stirred it a LOT so all the hoops broke up and no one noticed a thing. Mind you my lot shovel it down so quick they wouldn't if I had slugs in it;)

Owain_Moneysaver

I have been informed that 'school dinner' spag bol is
1 x catering tin savoury mince
1 x catering tin spaghetti in tomato sauce

Tia_Maria06

Tut......How annoying!