Cheapest recipies.

Sublime_2

There was a dish I made on here a couple of times. It involved alternate layers of onion, potato, cheese sauce, and bacon, topped off with cheese, and baked in the oven.

Its on here somewhere, but I can't find it.

Otherwise, just a tuna/tomato pasta type dish.

Raksha

Cheese and Onion Bread and butter pudding - saute the onions first, then layer on stale bread slices with a 'custard' with the grated cheese, as if making a traditional bread and butter pudding - very filling and tasty.

Linda32

mi_jardin wrote: »

Sausage Casserole:
1 pack of sausages
potatoes
carrots
onion
gravy powder
water

Brown off onions and sausages before putting everything in the oven/slow cooker.

I have used the MrS basics frozen sausages before, but it is obviously better with better quality ones if you can get them reduced. A VERY cheap meal overall. :money:

I make this all the while, but I add mushrooms in.

Pasta with passatta sauce, mushrooms and sweetcorn stired in. With crusty bread. I usually buy a french stick, cut into pieces and freeze these. Then just take out however many pieces I want.

thriftmonster

Scalloped potatoes with any remnants in the fridge thrown in

parsonswife8

Macaroni cheese with a few cooked lardons, chopped cooked mushrooms and cherry tomatoes mixed in.

Linda32

parsonswife8 wrote: »

Macaroni cheese with a few cooked lardons, chopped cooked mushrooms and cherry tomatoes mixed in.

Another of our favs. I told OH that I was making Macaroni Cheese once. These two things he dosn't like, Triffle and M Cheese. I explained that I was making something like the above - He said, "thats different, thats not Macaroni Cheese"

fiscalfreckles

Another sausage casserole, but mine uses sausages, onions, tin of tomatoes, sometimes peppers/mushrooms, sometimes tin of beans. Serve with mash or pasta.

brightonman123

beef* mince casserole, bulk out with carrots, peppers, onions, chopped tomato, water, in pot, for 2 hrs or so. add chilli's to own taste.

* usually get beef in bulk packs, and split into 4 oz portions before freezing.

or a fresh chicken, portion this up too can get 2 or 3 days fodder!



serve with cheesy mash spuds.

jenova_2

I'm another Pasta Bake person - perfected my recipe at uni and eat it very often. Have been known to stash a few packets of Mr T value dried pasta-in-tomato-sauce packets at the back of the cupboard just in case I run out of tinned tomatoes to make it with, I like it that much.

I always seem to have a random bell pepper and half an onion in my fridge, but it's just as good with leftover slices of ham/chicken, cooked sausages, tins of sweetcorn, other veggies or just plain old tomato on it's own.

I boil up the pasta with a splash of oil and a generous pinch of salt in the water, and while it's going I heat the chopped tomatoes/passata in a second pan, sprinkle in some mixed herbs or minced garlic, whatever I have to hand, and squeeze in some ketchup, a tiny splash of BBQ sauce or worcestershire sauce, just for a little easy depth of flavour. I put the chopped pepper and onion in here without cooking it first because I like it crunchy but you can fry it to soften it first.

Once the pasta is almost done but not quite, I drain it and tip it into the pan with the sauce and veg/meat bits, stir it all together, let it warm back up for a minute and tip it into the bowl I intend to eat it out of - squish up a bag of crisps (plain is best, prawn or bbq or something might taste funny) and sprinkle it on top, then top with a bit of grated cheese. Bung it under the grill for two minutes, wash up the pans while you're waiting (it takes exactly as long to melt the cheese as it does to swish out the pan!) and it's good to eat. Bowl gets hot though and I'm impatient so I tend to eat it standing in the kitchen with an oven glove on

When I have no crisps (quite often) I smash up some crackers or even balti mix type stuff... anything to make a little crunchy topping

ubamother

tuna and sweetcorn fritters - tin of tuna, defrosted/canned sweetcorn, egg, flour bit of milk, add grated cheese if you have it. Mix well, shallow fry dollops - made this once in a 'haven't been shopping - got nothing in' kind of panic and my son now begs for this regularly.

Sunday lunch soup - all the leftovers - chop up the roasties etc, throw in the gravy, add stock, cook for a bit - our favourite Monday supper.