Your Cheapest Evening Meal.

adelight

400g stewing steak is £2, 2.5kg potatoes 99p, 1kg carrots 75p, stock cubes 10p, onions £1, bag lentils 99p, bag rice £1, tinned tom 33p, value mince £1, garlic 25p, value garlic bread ~50p, value tinned kidney beans 19p
Beef, potato, carrot, onion stew
mince & lentil chilli w/rice
Beef & potato curry w/rice
The possibilities are endless, just look around the board and recipe threads

Fruball

Roast chicken (£3), roast potatoes (£1.50 a bag), peas (<£1) and carrots (<£1)
Chicken & ham (<£1) risotto (with peas in)
Chicken Soup (made with chicken stock, herbs, potatoes, peas and carrots, thickened with a little cream (<50p)) with crusty rolls (60p)
or partly cooked 4 inch pieces of Leeks (£1ish) rolled in ham, baked in a cheese sauce served with rice or potatoes and veg (<60p)

All of these can be made for a tenner or less

rachbc

seraphina wrote: »

I wouldn't think a single can of tomatoes (if you're talking abotu the 400g normal size) would feed 4 people in a pasta sauce, same for the can of beans, which works out at a spoonful of beans each. You could bulk out the pasta sauce cheaply and nutritionally using lentils though.

Definitely check out Weezl's website though.

well even with 2 tins it still comes out way under budget - even add a tin or tuna, or a few rashers of bacon...

patchwork_cat

Very easily even do puddings and snacks, assuming that you have somethings in like a few eggs, flour, milk etc. WHat have you got in storecupboard wise?

RAS

Firstly

What is in the store cupbaord and the fridge/freezer?

Secondly, read up on rubber chicken and then...

For four my mum used to do

1. roast chicken (one or two slices each off one breast, wings and two drumsticks) with roasties, yorkshires and veggies

2. Breast meat with baked potatoes and salad or veggies

3. Two thighs and any good pickings in a curry, fricassee or risotto

4. Boil the carcase up, strip off the remaining meat and make a substantial soup for day four. Add rice or pearl barley and veggies. You may need another light course to follow.

SallyUK

Thank you for all your suggestions, you're great!

I'm useless at thinking of things that I could put together, but wish I was better at it.

I have a couple of slices of bacon in fridge, milk, cheese, carrots, turnip, potatoes. Some split peas, barley, tins of hot dogs, tin of chopped tomatoes, some pasta, stock cubes, a few different spices.

Think that's about it!

Sal
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RAS

Potatoes and one tin hot dogs

Sort of hot potato salad with an onion and salad dressing?
Roasted veggies (some turnip and carrots as well as an onion perhaps with hotdogs heated on top towards the end.

Split peas

Spiced "dahl" to eat with rice
pease pudding with the bacon rashers as relish (and a little cheese in the mix) or make wells in the top and add an egg each.

pasta, tomatoes and bacon and some veggies, possibly a few split peas
pasta with arrabaita sauce, bulked out with grated veggies and a few peas instead of lentils.

milk and cheese, with some eggs and pastry -

quiche or egg and bacon flan.

or pancakes with cheesey filling

barley

pilaff (sort of rissoto), maybe served with hotdogs (a bit strange but.....

Penelope_Penguin

SallyUK wrote: »

For me to get the ingredients to make three evening meals for 4 people from £10?

If so, please can I have some suggestions please!!

Thanks,
Sal
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It's possible Do you have anything in your cupboards already?

Pink-winged had compiled the following list; I'll add theis thread to the first one later

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Kazipoo

I would suggest getting the basics, maybe cheap noodles @ 9p each packet, they are quite tasty, or add your own spices, pasta, cheap brand is only 34p, get a few packs, a small bag of spuds 99p, a big mince from Morrisons is only £2, just brown it and drain the fat off before use, this will probably do two meals, maybe a spag bol and a chilli?? I use passata for my sauce, its 25p a carton, so two cartons only 50p, you could buy a smartprice chicken for around £2 or some cheap cuts of beef £1 - £2 or even a joint for around £3 - £4.

Or, if you really want the bargains, get yourself down to your local supermarket around an hour before close when they will be reducing all the bread/pies/veggies and meat for even better value.

Allegra

SallyUK wrote: »

Thank you for all your suggestions, you're great!

I'm useless at thinking of things that I could put together, but wish I was better at it.

I have a couple of slices of bacon in fridge, milk, cheese, carrots, turnip, potatoes. Some split peas, barley, tins of hot dogs, tin of chopped tomatoes, some pasta, stock cubes, a few different spices.

Think that's about it!

Sal
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Pasta + bacon + tomato + a bit of grated cheese if desired = a version of pasta amatriciana.

Carrots + turnip + split peas + stock and spices = split pea soup

Tin of hot dogs, chopped up + barley + stock and spices + a bit of grated cheese = hot dog risotto.

There you go, there's three meals already