Cheapest recipies.

CCP

My favourite's cheese and tomato pasta bake, one of my dad's recipes from when I was a kid: it's just chopped onion fried until soft (with some chopped garlic if I've got any), then add a tin of toms (cheapie ones are fine, although good quality are better if I can get them on special offer) and some seasoning - s&p, dried herbs, dried chilli, spices, whatever I've got - and bubbled for a few minutes. Mix with cooked pasta, top with grated cheese, and stick in the oven or under a hot grill until golden.

I've always got the ingredients for this in the cupboard / fridge, so it's a real cheap one for me.

tbourner

One of our cheapest meals is home made toad in the hole. Batter costs nothing, big bag of frozen sausages is cheap, do it with some mash and veg it's lovely.

I also love 9p noodles in a toasted sandwich!

pickledonionspaceraider

Wow these are all fantastic! Every single one of them is going to get tried out in my house over the next few weeks. I would have never thought of baked beans and boiled rice mashed together (told you i needed inspiration haha) but that sounds lovely.

I love jacket potatoes and eat them at least once a week. I always tell my son to whack them on when he gets in and buy the time i get home a couple of hours later, dinners almost ready, how i love jacket potatoe night! haha

Lauren, I really dont know if the risotto can be frozen but at a guess I would say no, cos I am sure my mum told me years ago that rice is one of those foods (like chicken) that shouldnt be cooked and re-heated, although im not too sure. I will try and find out, because I would like to know too.

gizmomum, the idea of adding tuna into the rice is a fab idea..im hungry now just thinking about it hehe.

My student son has come up with a couple of good ideas lately, which I have been very impressed about (and glad that he is taking his turn in the kitchen)
The first one of his ideas is 'eggy pasta', which is just cooked pasta drained, then placed back on the hob and quickly stirred with 2 fresh eggs and a drop of cream if theres any. That is really nice, very suprised with that one.

Also his other one is he will fold a peice of bread in half and make a hole in the middle (he takes a bite) then he frys this on one side, when he flips it over, he breaks an egg into the hole. He eats it like this or he throws cheese, herbs on.

FlipperOSN - would you mind sharing your reciepes for carrot soup and macaroni cheese at all? I would love to know how to make macaroni cheese, ive never mastered it..

Ive been realling enjoying reading everyones ideas x

tbourner

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

Lauren, I really dont know if the risotto can be frozen but at a guess I would say no, cos I am sure my mum told me years ago that rice is one of those foods (like chicken) that shouldnt be cooked and re-heated, although im not too sure. I will try and find out, because I would like to know too.

Most people on here said rice is WORSE than chicken for eating after cooking. They said it needs putting in the fridge ASAP after cooking and not left too long, then heated thoroughly, although apparently even heating doesn't kill rice germs properly unlike with chicken.

tallyhoh

I like macaroni or spaghetti cooked with & mixed with fried onions or grated cheese.

tallyhoh

tbourner wrote: »

Most people on here said rice is WORSE than chicken for eating after cooking. They said it needs putting in the fridge ASAP after cooking and not left too long, then heated thoroughly, although apparently even heating doesn't kill rice germs properly unlike with chicken.

Correct, rice belly I understand is one of the most agonising things going, can kill.

lauren_1

Jacket potato, cheese and beans.

CCP

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

My student son has come up with a couple of good ideas lately, which I have been very impressed about (and glad that he is taking his turn in the kitchen)
The first one of his ideas is 'eggy pasta', which is just cooked pasta drained, then placed back on the hob and quickly stirred with 2 fresh eggs and a drop of cream if theres any. That is really nice, very suprised with that one.

I do something similar to that, but fry some bacon and onion / mushrooms / whatever veg is lying around first, then stir that into the pasta along with the eggs - I sometimes add grated cheese, too. It's very yummy indeed... and, as I haven't had it for some time, it's going into my mealplan for next week.

Thanks very much for inspiring me to think of it. :beer:

tbourner

We're stuck for a lot of it as the wife is intollerant of eggs.

kazwookie

Baked beans on toast

Or

Just cheese on toast

Or

Peanut butter on toast

Can you see a theme developing here??