My favorite Cheap Meals

stilernin

craig777 wrote:

That reminds me... you can make a cheaper alternative to Spag Bol by using Corned Beef... it's very tasty, I learnt this from my Italian in-laws.

This sounds a useful tip.

Sorry to be a bit dim though........how is the corned beef used? Cut into little chunks, crumbled? Do you cook a first and drain the fat? (trying to be low fat at the mo).

I haven't yet found a good use for corned beef, apart from sliced, but always seem to have a tin just in case!!

HariboJunkie

The corned beef falls apart anyway so I would just cube it roughly.
I use it for corned beef hash whcih I make with spuds, onion, carrot and corned beef in a frying pan. Then transfer it to oven dish, make a few wells in the top and crack eggs into the wells. Bake in the oven until eggs are cooked and serve with baked beans.

newlywed

HariboJunkie wrote:

I use it for corned beef hash whcih I make with spuds, onion, carrot and corned beef in a frying pan. Then transfer it to oven dish, make a few wells in the top and crack eggs into the wells. Bake in the oven until eggs are cooked and serve with baked beans.

Thanks.... will add that to next month's meal plan Sounds like something the kids might eat too! :T

queenpig

HariboJunkie wrote:

The corned beef falls apart anyway so I would just cube it roughly.
I use it for corned beef hash whcih I make with spuds, onion, carrot and corned beef in a frying pan. Then transfer it to oven dish, make a few wells in the top and crack eggs into the wells. Bake in the oven until eggs are cooked and serve with baked beans.

On my weekly/month meal plan thank you!
And as another poster said I think its something mine will eat (but 2 of them minus the eggs :rotfl: )

HappyMedium_2

Macaroni cooked then drained and put back in the saucepan with grated cheese to melt the cheese slightly, then served. Everyone seems to love this one from older member of the family to the younger ones.

ruthie_2

I made the above recipe a couple of weeks ago. Was a bit sceptical as you put baked beans and tinned toms into the bottom bit with the veggies. But it was gorgeous and made loads. I recon the whole pie cost less than £1.50 to make and would feed about four people.

craig777

stilernin wrote:

This sounds a useful tip.

Sorry to be a bit dim though........how is the corned beef used? Cut into little chunks, crumbled? Do you cook a first and drain the fat? (trying to be low fat at the mo).

HariboJunkie has basically answered this for me... it doesn't matter how you add it to the pan, as it will always break down into a course paste-like substance once it starts cooking.

And yes, of course, you can cook it first and drain off any excess fat before carrying on with your Spag Bol.

jcr16

i have loads of cheap meals we love.

hm spag bol
hm pizza
hm lasagne
hm tuna pasta
hm stuffed pancakes with jacket spud
hm chicken pies with either chips/mash/wedges and veg
hm toad in hole
hm chips with beans and egg
hm vegetable fried rice
hm potato,cheese and onion pie
hm mince beef and onion pie
hm chilli and rice
spicy mince and beans with pasta
pasta , with mushrooms, brocoli and chicken
baked bean lasagne
jacket spud with any fillings
hm quiche with wedges
cheese and mushroom omeltte

loads more but got to stop , feeling hungary now. lol

LJM

the quickest and cheapest fav meal for me is soup and home made bread rolls,yummy

chardonnay_2

newlywed what you call gypsy toast we call french toast

jcr how do you make the stuffed pancakes and what do you stuff them with?