Cheapest recipies.

weezl74

Hi Stephen,

I tried your original recipe and added lemon thyme from the garden. That worked very well too. Great recipe, and frugal enough even for me!:D

Weezl x

zarazara

we had the garlic and oil pasta for dinner. Delicious.

countrymusicfan

I cooked a good meal, today of cheese fritters. They cost very little as all they are is batter flavoured with cheese, but boy are they filling.

tootiefrooties

Another good pasta sauce for when the cupboards are bare is a chopped dried red chili fried in olive oil, with a teaspoon of honey to take the edge off. include anything from all its seeds to some, or none (if you want a little kick but not too hot), and add garlic, parsley and seasoning to taste.

A basic white sauce works out very cheaply too - a small knob of butter, spoonful of flour, mustard and as much milk as the portions require. you can add anything to this (garlic, herbs, cheese, crushed peppercorns) and it's so versatile.

And of course, tinned chopped tomatoes are only 20p!

Olliebeak

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My OH loves pasta mixed with a tin of ratatouille! Suppose you could 'blitz' it to hide the veg if necessary.

Penelope_Penguin

Stephen_Leak wrote:

As I have said before, I may not earn much money, but I do not consider that a reason to be poor.

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I love cheap, tasty recipes :A I'll add this to our existing thread to keep all ideas together.

Penny. x

Butterfly_Brain

Kidney and mushroom pie
Spag Bol
Frittata
Pittas filled with sliced chicken or left over mince and salad
Macaroni cheese
Kidneys in potatoes
Sausage and beans with a mashed potato topping
Sausage casserole
Sausage Pasta
Eggs Mornay ( Eggs on a bed of mashed potato)
Tuna fishcakes
Corned Beef Hash
Corned beef Toad
Corned Beef Paprika
Shepherds Pie
Bacon Pasta
I could go on and on, you just have to be a little inventive many of my Bung it meals - as the kids call them have come out great and been added regularly

countrymusicfan

If you live near a Farmfood store, then buy a carton of tomato passata and blend it one on one with milk. Microwave for 5 minutes. Makes a good emergency soup.

Mappygirl

Hi butterfly,

Corned beef toad sounds interesting - what is it?

TIA

patchwork_cat

Sara1880 - I see what you are saying, what is the point when I can buy it for just £1, but the tomato sauce will cost you under 40p. You know exactly what is in it no preservatives. It is really no more effort than nuking a jar. You could make a couple of batches and put 1 in the fridge for later in the week or make several batches and freeze the rest if you have a freezer. You have 60p left to make a fruit pudding.

I try to be OS, but am not really, but one thing I do is make up large batches of tomato veg sauce in my slow cooker and freeze it. I put extra veg in eg carrots, butternut squash, courgette - peppers would be nice or celery. but we don't particularly like them. I will also add a jar of tom puree too. I blend it down and use it as a base for tom sauce, bolognaise, chilli etc. It works out very reasonably priced and 1 portion gives us at least 2 or 3 of our 5 a day.