More exciting mince recipes

gabycat

mardatha wrote: »

I got a pack of mince today thats far too big for one meal --can I take it out of the freezer, defrost it, cook it (in 2-3-4 different ways after reading this LOL) then re-freeze it again?

yes, you can.

misty-moodles

Pipkin I'm just the same as you, 500g of mince is what I use to make a single meal for the four of us - 2 adults, and 2 teenage boys!:eek:

kunekune

One reason we can get away with small quantities with the meals during the week is that the children have school dinners. So their evening meal is more of a big snack, it's not their main meal of the day.

And I was answering the challenge in theory, after thinking about quantities and how much I usually have left over! I wouldn't say I manage it, normally, but I need to get better because I want to avoid waste/cut costs. I have some 'leftover' curry at the moment: I made it using 400g mince, froze half, but there is definitely more than we need for one meal, especially if I do 'trimmings' like the chapattis and a vegetable dish.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

500g of mince used to do one meal for us 2 adults and 2 boys 12 and 13 yrs, i make spag bal from scratch.... adding loads of onions and 2 or 3 tins of chopped toms..... then the following day , when i am re-heating i add some curry powder, chopped potatoes etc... so it is like a cheats curry;)

so 8 individual meals, sometimes 10 at a push..

but now i think i will try and see if i can stretch it to 3 meals each for the 4 of us...

good thread..... making me think now...:rolleyes: what else can i bulk out my mince with

robpw2

depends on what your throwing arms like

Cruiksl

2 meals in and dh hasn't noticed less meat - only the lasagne to go !

Skint_Catt

Pipkin wrote: »

I feel so guilty reading threads like this, there are 4 of us, 2 adults 2 teenagers, and 500g of mince would only do us the one meal.

You feel guilty? There's two of us and a pack of mince 400/500g usually last us one meal and a little leftover for a reheated lunch!:eek: I must try this padding out!

Stephen_Leak

I've got to say that I'm impressed. I thought I was doing well getting 3 x approx. 200g servings out of my Chilli Con Carne recipe.

My Cottage/Shepherd's Pie recipe uses 250g of mince for 2 servings and also uses a grated carrot, which was the traditional farmer's wife's method for making the minced meat go further without anyone realising.

Kaz2904

I got 2 1 kg packs of mince today so I need to make them do many many many meals!

CRANKY40

I don't use real mince, but I did manage to turn 300g of quorn mince into 10 portions of lasagne, and another 300g of quorn mince into 8 portions of chilli and 1 portion of spag bol.