The Recipe Thread

PurpleGreen_2

yes because they are pre-boiled but its still best to overcook rather than undercook. When you open a can of red kidney beans, there's a fairly metallic smell. Thats the poison, which is completely destroyed by heat.

non-canned kidney beans need to be soaked for about 12,000 hours before they can be cooked. Its easier to use canned.

System

Veggie Cottage Pie


Preheat oven to Gas mark 5


1. Crush 1 clove of garlic, chop 1 leek and 2 carrots in small cubes (soup size).
2. Heat 1tbsp of oil in a pan and add the garlic leek and carrot and saute for a couple of minutes. Add 1 tbsp flour to the pan and cook for 1 minute.
3. Stir in 1/2 pint of veg stock. Bring to the boil and then simmer til the liquid has thickened.
4. Stir in 4 oz red lentils, 1 can baked beans, 1 can choped tomatoes and season.
5. Transfer to a casserole dish and put in the oven for about an hour.
6. Peel chop and boil potatoes and mash with milk and butter when cooked.
7. Remove casserole and spoon potato over the top, and back into the oven for 10 mins or until browned.


Serve with crusty bread.

System

Potato Bake

Ingredients:

6 or 7 medium sized potatoes, peeled

1 large can of baked beans in tomato sauce (approx 800g - you could use 2 standard size tins instead)

1 large onion, thinly sliced

2 or 3 sliced tomatoes

1 tablespoon of margarine for dotting over the top

1 tablespoon of sesame seeds for sprinkling on the top

other optional layers:

1 or 2 cups of left-over rice mixed with some soya milk and herbs

sliced mushrooms mixed with a little veg. oil and 2 cloves of crushed garlic

1 can of sweetcorn

1 can of spinach

Part-boil the potatoes for 5 or 6 minutes until starting to soften. Thinly slice them. In a large casserole or lasagne dish place a layer of potatoes then a layer of beans, then onion and repeat until all used up. That is the basic dish but you can add any other layers you like (experiment! Any tins lurking in the cupboard?), such as the garlic mushrooms, sweetcorn, spinach or rice ones above, making the last layer potatoes. Spread the sliced tomatoes over the top, dot with the marg. and sprinkle on the sesame seeds. Bake for about an hour or until the potatoes are soft at 190C/380F

vanoonoo

Cheapish Sausage Casserole serves 5-6

1 pack frozen value sausages (they are fine honestly!) 87p for 20 (usually 21 in the pack)
1 pack of colmans sausage casserole mix (3 packs for £1.50 in tesco at the moment) or any other sausage casserole mix, I happen to like the colmans one best
2 medium onions about 10p
2 carrots about 10p
2 leeks about 30p
2 green peppers about 50p
2 pints of water
1/2 lb mushrooms about 50p

Heat oven to about 200C dunno what that is in real money - hot, basically
Brown sausages first to get rid of most of the fat and to prevent skins slipping off during casserole (thats gross when that happens)
chop all the veggies removing skins and seeds as appropriate
throw everything into the biggest casserole dish you can find
cook until you can't wait any longer making sure everything is totally hot before serving (at least an hour)
serve with mash or jacket spuds or crusty bread or other things

yum

for a thicker sauce add tom puree or another packet mix or a little cornflour slated with water. Don't reduce the amount of water or you'll end up with dried out mushies and chewy sausages.

obviously you can use "better" sausages but the value ones taste absolutely fine in casserole.

it's about 50p a serving I reckon

System

Following NooNoos yummy tasting Sausage Casserole, i have just found this :

Sausage and Rice Casserole

Ingredients


1 pound pork sausage, sliced
1/2 onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cup uncooked long grain white rice
1 (4.5 ounce) package chicken noodle soup mix
2 cups hot water



1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 In a large skillet over medium high heat, combine the sausage, onion, celery and green bell pepper and saute for 5 minutes. Drain any excess fat.
3 Stir the dry rice in with the sausage and vegetables, then add the water and the soup mix. Transfer this mixture to a lightly greased casserole dish.
4 Bake, covered, at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 90 minutes.

Andrea

Here's an excellent link. Not especially a money-saving recipe site but I'm sure if you search for recipes with the right ingredients you can make something cheaply.

http://www.recipezaar.com/

Andrea

tiddles

Andrea-
this link is brilliant - I could spend hours looking through all the recipes - thanks!

Tiddles.

Galstonian

It used to be SOAR (searchable online archve of recipes) but is now here: http://www.recipesource.com/

Fantastic assortment of recipes from all over the world.

arkonite_babe

If anyone wants a recipe for potato soup let me know and I'll post it. Very cheap and easy to make, filling too.

vanoonoo

of course we want it a_b!!!