Help me clear my cupboards...

zippychick

this thread has some ideas which should help. Good luck and we will merge this later

Zip

Fruball

BTW - Forgot to say, your chicken wants to be in bite sized pieces preferably... altho I suppose you could do it with chicken pieces...

madvixen

minipenny wrote: »

would love to know how to make it into bolognaise as we buy tons of those sauces! :cool:

I've made bolognaise with tomato soup before and it was really easy. Here's what I did....

Chopped an onion and softened it in a pan
Added the tin of toms with a little sprinkle of mixed herbs
Add in your mince and bring to a simmer.
Simmer until the mince is cooked and then serve.

If I have any red wine hanging about, I'll add a dash to the toms before I pop the mince in.

Kirri

madvixen wrote: »

I've made bolognaise with tomato soup before and it was really easy. Here's what I did....

Chopped an onion and softened it in a pan
Added the tin of toms with a little sprinkle of mixed herbs
Add in your mince and bring to a simmer.
Simmer until the mince is cooked and then serve.

If I have any red wine hanging about, I'll add a dash to the toms before I pop the mince in.

Could always dice up a carrot and add that too, can probably get a couple of loose carrots for 10p?

madvixen

Kirri wrote: »

Could always dice up a carrot and add that too, can probably get a couple of loose carrots for 10p?

ohhh yeah, and some mushrooms as well (must keep an eye out on my next Tesco Whoopsie trip)

minipenny_2

madvixen wrote: »

I've made bolognaise with tomato soup before and it was really easy. Here's what I did....

Chopped an onion and softened it in a pan
Added the tin of toms with a little sprinkle of mixed herbs
Add in your mince and bring to a simmer.
Simmer until the mince is cooked and then serve.

If I have any red wine hanging about, I'll add a dash to the toms before I pop the mince in.

Brilliant thank you and yep kirri I have Carrots I'm going to make this tonight :T oh is sceptical but knows we cant really afford to buy anything atm so is willing to grin and bear it

no red wine though......finished that after surviving Christmas :rotfl:

Thanks Zip - some useful tips in there too! will be sure to save this thread (if can work out how) so I keep all the recipes

madvixen

minipenny wrote: »

Brilliant thank you and yep kirri I have Carrots I'm going to make this tonight :T oh is sceptical but knows we cant really afford to buy anything atm so is willing to grin and bear it

no red wine though......finished that after surviving Christmas :rotfl:

Thanks Zip - some useful tips in there too! will be sure to save this thread (if can work out how) so I keep all the recipes

Let us know how you get on. And don't worry about OH, we'll soon convert him LOL

minipenny_2

madvixen wrote: »

Let us know how you get on. And don't worry about OH, we'll soon convert him LOL

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Kirri

You could also use half the bolognaise mix and turn it into a cottage pie for tomorrow using the potatoes as mash

Another meal you could use with your ingredients (in the Delia veggie book) is rice in a gratin type dish with cheese sauce on top and then broccoli on top of that, is quite nice!

Or a frittata/spanish omelette type thing using up the eggs, cheese, potatoes/any veg you have in stock. That works quite well cold too for lunches the next day.

madvixen

Kirri wrote: »

You could also use half the bolognaise mix and turn it into a cottage pie for tomorrow using the potatoes as mash

Another meal you could use with your ingredients (in the Delia veggie book) is rice in a gratin type dish with cheese sauce on top and then broccoli on top of that, is quite nice!

Or a frittata/spanish omelette type thing using up the eggs, cheese, potatoes/any veg you have in stock. That works quite well cold too for lunches the next day.

You're making me hungry Kirri
On the potato topic, the Love Potatoes website has some great tattie recipes (lovepotatoes.co.uk) and the Love Food Hate Waste website has a really handy function where you can search by an ingredient (lovefoodhatewaste.com)