Meal for two for 50p. Suggestions?

cordial

november wrote:

I know a veggy version of this which we used to eat a lot when my kids were small and we were broke (although they still like it now). Its still known in our house by the name they gave it when small 'Moon Carrot Pie'

Ingredients: 2 large potatoes, few carrots (depends on size), onion, bit of cheese, 1/4 pt milk, salt & pepper to taste.

Peel and slice potatoes (not too thick). Peel and chop onion (small bits). Peel and grate carrots. Put onion in bottom of dish. Then layer of potato. Then layer of grated carrot. Continue to layer potato and carrot to near top of dish. Pour over milk and add salt & pepper to taste. Bung in microwave for 15 mins. Take out. Grate cheese over and put under hot grill until cheese melted. Cheap & quick

You can probably do it all in the oven but I've never tried.

What a great recipe. I have a veggie friend and have copied this for her.

Penny-Pincher!!

Do you use leftover chicken for anything? We use the darker meat (leg/thigh) in what we call chicken muck muck...tastes much nicer than how it sounds though:D

Basically, left over chicken (or any meat/chicken/fish) add a tin of cream of mushroom soup (campbells or value;) ) then we either serve with rice like a chicken supreme or put a pastry top on and have as a pie. I have also frozen this succesfully and added pastry later.

PP
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RainbowsInTheSpray

This is a great thread. I'm thinking of starting something similar for desserts!

RainbowsInTheSpray

I think your average bag of Tesco value frozen chicken portions must be one of the best buys on the foodstuffs market. Ultra cheap. Keeps forever. A hundred and one different things to do with them - I'll bet there are loads of people out there like me, using them for stripping the meat and making soup from the leftovers!

Penny-Pincher!!

Also, the value asda chicken breasts can be cooked from frozen...it states this on the packet. Not bad tasting either.

PP
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Bogof_Babe

Economical toasties.

4 slices bread 12p
scrape of butter/spread on each slice 4p
2 small tomatoes or 1 large one 8p
half a small onion 4p
2 Bettabuy or similar economy cheese slices 9p

Butter bread, thinly slice onion and tomato and arrange on two of the slices. Place cheese slice on top and add other slices of bread. Wrap in economy tinfoil (1p) like a parcel, and put in medium oven for about 20 mins.

Serve with coleslaw made from grated small carrot 4p, bit of cabbage finely shredded 3p, and mix with tbspn economy mayonnaise 5p. Add a bit of the onion, finely chopped, if any spare.

More of a snack than a main meal but just do-able for 50p. For a main meal add 40p worth of oven chips, cooked alongside the toasties, or microwave a couple of jacket spuds.

LizEstelle

Thanks to all who replied. Plenty of recipes there for me to be going on with! I think the only one I might avoid is the minced lamb for spag bol idea...
Yes, if anyone wants to start another thread on the same idea for puddings, go ahead!

cordial

Sausage Sandwich Special:

One (or two, if you're feeling generous) sausages fried then split in half.
Place between two slices of toast. Smother in a third of a tin of (curried-up?) value baked beans. Add fried mushrooms, onions, grated cheese to suit taste.

wurley

angelavdavis wrote:

How about arrabiata pasta?

Put pasta onto boil in slightly salted water.

Meanwhile, fry a small chopped onion and a pinch of dried chilli flakes and dried oregano in a saucepan and add a tin of value chopped tomatoes. Bring to the boil then lower so it bubbles away happily.

Once the pasta is cooked, drain and tip sauce into the drained pasta saucepan and mix well.

Split pasta and sauce between two and sprinkle of grated cheese.

You can get bags of pasta for about 70p which will serve four meals for two, the value tomatoes are usually 20p a tin and the chilli flakes/dried oregano last forever so a pinch of each means pennies. The grated cheese is the luxury item, but you can buy a wedge, grate it and freeze so you are only using a little at a time.

you can get pasta for 31p from asda (500g)and you can get lots of different shapes or wholemeal at that price too... Incidently if you don't add cheese and use 1 tablespoon of olive oil (as a healthy option to fry the onion) you can use this recipe in your slimming world menu!! NO SINS!!!

november

cordial wrote:

What a great recipe. I have a veggie friend and have copied this for her.

Thanks. I can't actually take credit for it as a friend gave me it. Cooking for veggys who don't like cooking on a very tight budget was what I asked for and that suited the bill perfectly

Also when one of my children was very small (but old enough for milk and cheese) I would leave out the salt, pepper and onion and it mashed up easily for him I never used 'bought' baby food. For tiny veggys you can even keep some potato and carrot aside at the same time and cook them some up quickly, add warm baby milk ,then sieve/mash/blend as appropriate.

It also still tastes scrummy for grown ups though with the cheese and a bit of seasoning and looks great if you do it in a clear glass dish