Meal for two for 50p. Suggestions?

frugalfrancesca

Jacqu79 wrote: »

This is a great thread!:T

I have quite simple tastes, so people might find my recipes a bit bland. They're some of my faves though!:o Also the soup may be over the 50p, but you get loads, and you can basically add anything you like.

Cheap Chicken Soup

2 chicken stock cubes
half a packet of dried noodles, a handful of dried spaghetti, or a handful of rice depending on which you have handy
A couple of spring onions roughly chopped
Any other vegetables you fancy (I usually use beansprouts & mushrooms if I have them handy)
Sometimes I add some soy sauce for a wee variation, but this is optional

Just bung it all in a pot, bring to the boil, then simmer for at least half an hour, et voila!

Very filling soup, and you get at least 6 bowls from the pot.

Cheesy Jacket potatoes

2 jacket potatoes
2 cheese triangles
2 spring onions
Cook spuds in microwave for 10 mins
Half, scrape out filling, and mix in the cheese triangles and spring onions(sometimes i add chopped bacon if I have any)
Put filling back in skins, then cook in oven for 20 mins
Serve with salad

Delish!

Cheap pasta Dish

Packet of value pasta
Tin of value tomato soup
some grated cheese for sprinkling

Cook pasta
Heat tomato soup and add to cooked pasta
Sprinkle cheese over top

This serves 4, and is very very cheap and easy and very filling.

Ive never thought of using tomato soup instead of chopped toms to make a pasta sauce, I will definately be trying it though as i never find a tin of toms makes enough sauce, thankyou!x

fattymcskinny

its just gone 5 in the morning :eek: and my hands are aching from copying and pasting most of the recipes lol im doing my tesco food shop online tomorrow/today and this will come in very handy, first i think ill have to pursuade my gorgeous husband to try new foods lol he quite a stickler

pardon any spelling mistakes but at the moment im looking through bloodshot eyes lol

thanks very much every one and keep them coming :T ohhh now off to look for a budget pudding forum xx
eileen

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Cheese on toast with a poached egg on top 'called 'Buck Raebit when I was a little girl and 60 years later its still one of me favourite light lunch meals

chrissie57

JackieO wrote: »

Cheese on toast with a poached egg on top 'called 'Buck Raebit when I was a little girl and 60 years later its still one of me favourite light lunch meals

Or Croque Madame if you're posh:D

quintwins

poached egg on toast is one of my fav meals

Berni888

quintwins wrote: »

poached egg on toast is one of my fav meals

JackieO wrote: »

Cheese on toast with a poached egg on top 'called 'Buck Raebit when I was a little girl and 60 years later its still one of me favourite light lunch meals

Even nicer with marmite on the toast then the poached egg!! DeeeLish OK not to everyone's taste but I love marmite, have it in my stews, use it to make gravy, on my salads and on my roast potatoes!

ajs88

Chicken Liver Ragu

Very finely dice carrots and onion and saut! in a little butter and herbs, add splashes of boiling water and keep the lid on until the carrot has softened

Meanwhile finely dice the chicken livers (49p)

Once the carrots are soft add the chicken liver to the pan and enough boiling water to just cover everything, turn the heat right down and very gently simmer with the lid off untill the liver is cooked and the water has reduced into a gravy

Season well and serve on pasta or toast

oldtractor

lentil curry.

flaire

This is from St Delia's Frugal Food and it works out extremely cheaply.

Liver and Onion Yorkshire Pudding (think Toad in the Hole, but with liver)

This recipe feeds four (so just halve the ingredients and use a loaf tin - that's what I do)

225g liver
1 large onion (just use a medium one for two)
Oil (the recipe says lard - but hey)

110g plain flour
1 large egg (use a small one for two)
150ml milk mixed with 150ml of water
1/4 teaspoon chopped thyme
Seasoning

Preheat oven to 220c (424f - gas mark 7)

1. Heat the oil (leave a teaspoon to one side) in the oven.
2. Whilst the oil heat, prep the batter.
3. Cut the liver into thin strips.
4. Fry the onion in the teaspoon of oil till soft.
5. Add the liver to the onion on a high heat.
6. Cook the liver.
7. Remove the tin form the oven and place the liver/onion into the tin and pour over the batter.
8. Cook for 35-40 mins.

Stream a variety of veg.

Serve.

This meal has always pleased my husband and when times have been very tough is a cheap meal.

C x

ajs88

thanks for posting the liver toad in the hole, that looks very good and a real treat

lentil are great and there are so many ways to make them so you can have them frequently but still have lots of variety

soup, curry and casserole
http://mrsbentsdiary.blogspot.com/2011/08/even-more-yummy-lentils.html

another soup, dahl and veggie shepherds pie
http://mrsbentsdiary.blogspot.com/2011/08/yummy-lentils.html

also chickpea currys
http://mrsbentsdiary.blogspot.com/2011/09/chickpea-curry.html