it aint haute cuisine but i like it!

OrkneyStar

unixgirluk wrote: »

Ayrshire pizza. A slice of bread toasted on one side. Spread the other side with some ketchup then top with whatever is in the fridge (ham, chicken, tomato, onion, sweetcorn, beans, sausage) then add grated cheese and put under the grill until its golden.

This is great although never heard it being called Ayrshire Pizza before. You live and learn
My faves are cheese on toast (or as above if time), poached eggs on toast, bacon sarnies, pasta with a veg or chicken stock cube, corned beef and fruity sauce sandwiches, toasted pitta or muffins with grated cheese, super noodles.

sillyvixen

baked beans under cheese and potato pie - in the oven - ex bf idea of veggie cooking - lovely though!!

kunekune

Some of our quick, cheap & cheerful lunches for children are:

baked beans with either frankfurters or smoked sausage sliced into them, on toast
hm lentil soup and toast
spaghetti carbonara, quite likely without the bacon
leftover boiled potatoes, fried up, with a fried egg and some ham or a bit of bacon (I cook extra potatoes so I can do this)

HappyIdiotTalk

CazW wrote: »

Works out at arround £1.15 for 4 adult servings (as long as you get cheap pasta!!)

I recommend Lidl's pasta. Its cheap, but really good quality stuff.

squashy

I will share my dad's old recipe for when he has to cook for himself lol

Take a couple of pieces of bread and butter, break them up into a bowl. Crumble over one oxo cube and pour on hot water from the kettle. Mix until the bread absorbs the graviness and eat with a spoon in front of the telly!

I used to live off ketchup butties when I first left home and was very poor.

I would hasten to add that neither are very nutritionally balanced:rotfl:

moanymoany

lynzpower wrote: »

never gonna be haute cuisine but I love

mushrooms on toast, fry off value mushrooms in soy sauce put on a bit of toast & scoff

Take left over mash pour in loads of value flour, till its really dense, shape into circles & fry. Potatoe cakes! Serve with butter alone ( v nice) tin of beans or spaghetti hoops or fried egg. GORGEOUS

Heat a large pan/frying pan until really hot. Add some olive oil, swill round the pan and add value mushrooms cut up. I put the lid on the pan and shake it like mad to evenly coat them in the oil.

When they are done - the hot pan means they won't make juice - add a clove of garlic squished or chopped small and the juice of half a value lemon. Cook while stirring until the juice evaporates and serve on hot toast. Now that is haute cuisine!

taplady

potato waffles, baked beans and a fried/poached egg with a bit of bread and butter!:drool:

FairyElephant_2

Don't forget the humble old bacon sarnie! In our house preferred with Mr ASDA's fresh white farmhouse bread, sliced thickily, and piles of bacon cooked 'til the fat is brown & crispy - I'm drooling at the thought of it!

littlepinky84

for a cheap and quick meal i always have a papa special! its just spaghetti and chips, its called a papa special because when df was younger and stayed at his nanas in the summer and it was papas turn to cook thats what he would make :rotfl:

got-it-spend-it

I don't think anyone's mentioned fritters yet! Make a thick-ish pancake batter (egg, flour and milk) then add whatever it is you wish to fritter! I know corned beef is a popular choice, but my veggie option is grated cheese and sweetcorn. Dollop into a hot frying pan and fry on each side until golden. Must be served with lashings of ketchup.

Pitta pizzas are amazing. Lightly toast the pitta (white or wholemeal work equally well). Sppon on some passatta or tinned tomatoes and top with leftiver veggies (onion, peppers, sweetcorn etc). Add some grated cheese and grill for a couple of minutes.