Meal for two for 50p. Suggestions?

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I have never made this personally, but its on my list to do at sometime. My friend makes it and they call it a tuna melt. Its basically bread, homemade or ys (of course), cut into a doorstep, and toasted on one side, turn over and put some chopped, tinned tomatoes on it, with tuna on top of that and cheese to top it off, then put under the grill. Its a bit like a tuna pizza, and i suppose you could add what you like, using the same principle.

mrs_tooti-frooti

I made a dish which was value pasta with a tin of beans and a jar of Tesco pasta sauce, all around 30p each. I put a smattering of cheese on two but the other doesnt like cheese, what could I finish that one with?

pink_princess

mrs_tooti-frooti wrote: »

I made a dish which was value pasta with a tin of beans and a jar of Tesco pasta sauce, all around 30p each. I put a smattering of cheese on two but the other doesnt like cheese, what could I finish that one with?

What about some bacon bits or fried onions?

Or if you have any broccoli you add bits to add a bit of colour.

vodkawitch1

Tin of corned beef in s...burys £1.70 !!! how did that get so expensive. and it was value range.

I find soup one of the cheapest things to make.

faerie~spangles

mrs_tooti-frooti wrote: »

I made a dish which was value pasta with a tin of beans and a jar of Tesco pasta sauce, all around 30p each. I put a smattering of cheese on two but the other doesnt like cheese, what could I finish that one with?

Blitz a slice of stale bread/toast in a blender or use a stick one. If you don't have a blender grate the bread. It doesn't matter if the crumbs are lumpy

Fry off quickly in some olive oil and finely chopped garlic, sprinkle that on top.

[Deleted User]

mrs_tooti-frooti wrote: »

I made a dish which was value pasta with a tin of beans and a jar of Tesco pasta sauce, all around 30p each. I put a smattering of cheese on two but the other doesnt like cheese, what could I finish that one with?

you could put some sort of white sauce, maybe, and put under the grill, a bit like lasagne !!!

Barbeduk

Ok, not sure how much this prices up as but it's what we always have when neither one of us can be bothered to cook, it's so easy.

SPICY BEANS
tin of baked beans
Chopped onion or leek
Chopped pepper if you've got one
Frozen veg to bulk it out ( spinach/sweetcorn/peas/whatever's in there!)
Spices, I like cumin, coriander and paprika with perhaps a bit of chilli powder. Or you could just use a bit of curry powder instead of these.

Fry the onion/leek/pepper. Add the spices and fry for a minute or two. Add the baked beans and frozen veg. If you're feeling rich you could add a tin of tuna (sorry if that sounds weird, I think it's yum!:p).

Serves 2 with rice, or noodles or a baked spud.

Skint_yet_Again

These may have already been suggested must admit havent read the entire thread, costings this weeks prices

Serves 2 in our house:

Liver and onions = 93p

1/2 pack liver 21p
1 onion 12p
value mixed veg 20p
gravy granuals 10p
large jacket potato 30p

Jacket skins: £1.21

2 large jacket potato 30p
splash of milk 2p
fried onions 12p
2 slices bacon 17p fried and chopped
cheese 35p
tin beans 25p (branstn beans 4 pack £1)

Cook spuds, scoop potato out of skins and mash in onion, bacon, cheese and splash of milk. Put mixture back into skins and finish off in microwave or under grill for a few minutes. Serve with beans

Diflower

mrs_tooti-frooti wrote: »

I made a dish which was value pasta with a tin of beans and a jar of Tesco pasta sauce, all around 30p each. I put a smattering of cheese on two but the other doesnt like cheese, what could I finish that one with?

Some breadcrumbs would add a bit of crunch; if you had a little bit of bacon, that fried till crisp, chopped and mixed with breadcrumbs is a nice topping too.
edited to add - sorry I somehow missed the reply about the breadcrumbs.

[Deleted User]

I made this the other day for the first time and its dirt cheap - its toad in the hole - serves 2

1 pack value batter = 7p
4 x value sausages = 20p
1 x value egg = 8p
TOTAL 35p (for 2 people)

Works out 18p per person. You could serve with a bit of salad or beans, etc. VERY VERY CHEAP.