Scrummy Cheap Meal !!

elvis_bloggs

Isn't Tuna and Cheese quite expensive.?

tesuhoha

Tinned tuna is not that expensive. Not when you compare it with buying meat or fresh fish. Cheese is what i would call a basic food.

Tashja

Tescos own tuna chunks is only 29p and it is good for putting in things (like tuna Pasta and Tuna Pie) Flakes are cheaper @ about 25p a tin but I am not too keen on those.

Tuna is also really good for you - all that Omega3 !!

Cheese is something we always have in our "store cupboard".

Thank you Queenie for those links - I am off for a nosey !!

T xx

thriftlady_2

I don't want to be a downer,but I think the omega 3 is mostly destroyed by the canning process in tuna.I think canned sardines,mackerel and pilchards are a good source though.If you want omega 3 from tuna I think you have to eat it fresh,expensive :eek:

I might be wrong about this,does anyone else know?

Tashja

Ohhh maybe your right :eek:

T xx

pawpurrs

thriftlady wrote:

I don't want to be a downer,but I think the omega 3 is mostly destroyed by the canning process in tuna.I think canned sardines,mackerel and pilchards are a good source though.If you want omega 3 from tuna I think you have to eat it fresh,expensive :eek:

I might be wrong about this,does anyone else know?

Thats right, I love fresh tuna though especially rare with wasabi and sweet potato and coconut mash.

hardpressed

Thinly sliced potato and onion or leek layered in a shallow dish, season each layer with salt and pepper, add some chopped bacon if you have any (cut out the salt if using bacon) add a little milk or cheese sauce, microwave for about 17mins. You can brown it under the grill is you like, sprinkled with a little cheese if you only used milk. Yummy.

doddsy

"Tuna only counts as an oily fish when it is fresh. This is because when it is canned the omega 3 oil levels are reduced to similar levels to that of white fish, so although canned tuna is a healthy option it doesn’t have the same health benefits as fresh oily fish."

Found this written by Laura Meads on http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/healthy_eating/oily_fish.htm

Seems some interesting stuff on there.

My cheapest meal must be baked potato with tuna, sweetcorn and mayo.

squeaky

Three course lunch:-

Three slices of toast.

The first still hot and buttered.

The second as a savoury course, so buttered and then salt and pepper works surprisingly well, or perhaps bovril or marmite, or pate, or a spread...

The third for pudding, so buttered(optional) and then jam, or curd, marmalade...


There ya go - a three course filling lunch - if you cut your bread thick

chirpychick

I have to say, I am going to use 2 of the meal ideas from this little thread but I am shocked that a tin of tuna has MORE THAN doubled in price in 6 years!!!!

T3sco Value Tuna in this thread 29p
same Tuna today online 59p


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