cheap budget meals !

piratess

Thought this is the best place to ask for help ...
for the coming week i need some really extra cheap meal ideas, Ive got a few tins etc in the cupboard tomatoes, beans, spaghetti,

Ive got a spag bol planned and a chilli and the tomato sausage pasta .. any other ideas for a really cheap meal

im feeding 3 children myself and my always hungry partner

thanks in advance xx

Katgoddess

Have a look at Black Saturns meal planner threads. Here and here.

Also take a look at the OS recipe thread here.

Raksha

Cheese and onion bread and butter pudding - sounds disgusting, but always goes down well here. Thinly slice the onions and fry gently untill soft. Make your custard for the bread and butter pudding, just miss out the sugar, and assemble the buttered bread, layers with grated cheese and onions. - simply but yummy.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

i made on of those bread and butter pudding, with bacon pieces that you can pick up from the supermarket...it was lovely.... but i needed to add a bit more seasoning.... ideal cheap meal.....

lynzpower

a cheapie is a pizza base mix, knocked up with tom puree watered down a bit, pinch dried herbs, chopped toms, any bits of veg, thin sliced mushrooms, bit of frozen sweetcorn , onion, jalapenos whatever youve got.

Cheese on top

Serve with jacket pots from value bag. CHEAP AS CHIPS!

kessik

Hi Piratess
Don't know if you'll like this but it goes down well in our house and makes loads.
JAMBALAYA
300g basmati rice, 200g prawns, 1 Mattessons smoked sausage(or similar), 1.2l chicken stock (Oxo), 1 tin chopped tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 clove garlic, 2t oil, dash hot pepper sauce (optional).
Chop onion and garlic, cook in oil (make this in a big pan like a wok) until soft, dice sausage and add to pan for about 3-4 mins. Add tin of tomatoes, pepper sauce and chicken stock. Bring to boil then simmer. Add rice, cover with lid or a big piece of foil and let it cook gently for 15 minutes until the cooking liquid has been reduced and the rice is tender. Add prawns and cook for a further 2-3 mins. Serve straight away. Delish!!!!
I paid £1.49 for 300g prawns, £1.14 for the sausage and 90p for the rice (1kg), all at Sainsburys. The rest I already had in the cupboard. I guess you might get the ingredients cheaper elsewhere but it makes so much that I think it works out pretty cheap.
Bon Appetit!!!!