Cheapest recipies.

mrs-stressed

I always find that fresh air sandwiches are quite filling. Fresh air on toast is another winner. What I thought was going to be a wonderful little meal with LO's using (thrifty) all I could find (canny) that needed to be eaten as there was no money for anything else turned out to be the most disgusting thing I have ever eaten. Vowed I would never to that again. Nevertheless I ate it all up (no choice) and not a scrap left over - I am pretty sure the dog would have takne two steps back if I had offered it her!! The memory lingers on and on and on...................

I love all your tips though peeps - arent we a resourceful lot!!

mrs s

MrsRogers

Ours are :

"Cornbeef hash cakes with beans mmmmmmmmmmmmm
"All day breakfast... sausage, baked beans, mushrooms, toast and scrambled egg
*Macaroni Cheese is another one for us
*Liver, Mash and onion gravy

AdamsMummy_2

Sausage casserole is a fave in our house
Minced beed with chopped carrots, lentils and tinned tomatoes, either with pasta or mash
Macaroni Cheese esp if we have a few bits of different cheeses left, just chuck them all in!!
Cowboy Pie....Sausages and beans topped with mash and grated cheese and baked :-)

BitterAndTwisted

Funds have been limited in this house for altogether too long now. I often make soup out of sad veggies past their best that need using up, Macaroni Cheese, Cheese and Potato Bake, Pasta Bake and baked aubergines in chilli and tomato sauce. I'm constantly scouring for veggies on special offer and make something out of whatever I can find. This week it has been broccolli and stilton soup, mushroom soup and butternut squash and mixed beans soup.

foxgloves

Tuna fish pie, which I first made in school cookery lessons in about 1979. I have been making it on & off ever since and everyone who tries it says how nice it is. It's cheap and filling and only really needs a green vegetable with it to make a big plateful.

BitterAndTwisted

Is that a potato or a crumble-topped tuna-fish pie? More details if you please. I'm rather fond of tuna

claret1980

Lambs' hearts are my latest - http://love-to-live-to-eat.blogspot.com/2011/01/who-siad-i-never-had-heart-stuffed.html

Also, ham hock, pigs cheeks, chicken hearts, BBQ ribs and cheap cuts of lamb/beef.

On a mission at the moment to cook properly and discover new things!!

Resisted

Last night was set a challenge to create a pasta dish by the gf using only stuff that was in. Used half a pack of waitrose sausagemeat (bought reduced and bunged in the freezer) but could use cheap sausages, broken up. 2 crushed gloves of garlic and 2 medium onions chopped. Fry them in oil with the sausagemeat and add some Rosemary and oregano. Defrost some frozen broccoli and sweetcorn and heat in m/wave. Add that in with a can of chopped tomatoes and a carton of passata. Leave it to simmer for a while.

That little lot serves 8 and costs about 30p per serving (including sainsburys basics wheat pasta) and the sauce can be frozen and re-heated at your convenience

Anyone got a decent fish pie recipe btw?

zippychick

Pink-winged wrote: »

Hi sausagesandwich,



And minestrone soup:

-Melt some butter and olive oil in a pan and cook some bacon until it begins to brown (make sure it's not too fatty as the fat doesn't really melt into the soup.
-Add finely chopped onion, plenty of crushed garlic and diced carrot.
-Let it cook for a few minutes then add in either tinned tomatoes or passata and reduce the heat.
-Leave to sweat for about half an hour.
-Throw in some basil (add plenty and I use dried in winter), black pepper, then add stock (and a chicken stock cube if homemade is not strong enough).
-Add diced courgette and finely chopped leek.
-Leave to simmer until all the veg are almost cooked.
-Throw in a good handful of pasta (I use fusilli, the twisty one) and simmer.
-When the pasta is cooked, check the seasoning and stir in a dollop of tomato puree.
-Serve sprinkled with grated cheese (it's meant to be parmesan but I often just use cheddar) and homemade bread.

I can vouch for this recipe! And my brother eeked in horror when i put cheddar in it, but soon changed his mind once he tasted it!

I think ill have to make some actually. Im avoiding pasta so i might use chickpeas instead

princess_skint_a_lot_2

hi all

im wondering if you can all help me, my best friend is moving up here to scotland to me in 2 weeks time. She will be staying with me for a few weeks while her house goes through, and as she is just moving it is going to cost her a small fortune, she has 4 children.

I was wondering if you could give me some cheap recipes that are going to feed a family of 9 (us included), as we are all on a really really tight budget.

Kind Regards

Debbie