Show Jamie How To Cook On A Budget Champagne Contest

kazmeister

kimbi15 wrote: »

Dessert - Giant Jaffa Cake - Place the cake flan on a large plate. Drain the mandarin oranges and arrange on the flan case. Add the orange jelly to a jug and add hot water, once slightly cooled pour the liquid over the flan case. Place the flan into the fridge and allow to set for an hour. In a pan boil some water and place a bowl over the pan and melt the chocolate. Pour the chocolate over the flan and place back in the fridge until slightly hard. Serve with cream.

OMG - I so love the sound of this, I might make it for DD's birthday sleepover on Saturday. Thank you so much

moschops_2

here goes
Starter:garlic mushroom
250g mushrooms 79p(LEAVE A HANFUL FOR MAIN)
100ml cream 30p
2 garic cloves (SAVE REST OF BULB FOR MAIN) 35P
2 slices bread taken from extra value loaf 3p

TOTAL 1.47

chop mushrooms add to a pan with 2 crushed cloves of garlic,cream and a little salt and pepper to taste,simmer till reduced to a nice thick consistancy then serve with 1/2 slice toast per person,yummy.

Main Spag Bol
1 onion 15p
800g value mince 1.65
500g passatta sauce 29p
2 cloves garlic taken from above
chopped value tomatoes 19p
500g value spaghetti 23p
handful chopped mushrooms from starter
TOTAL 2.51
Brown off mince and drain off fat,add chopped onion,mushrooms and crushed garic ,and fry for a few mor minutes,add chopped toms and passatta and allow to simmer for 20 mins,cook spaghetti according to pack drain and serve with mince mixture.

dessert
tesco chocolate gatuex 97p


TOTAL FOR 3 COURSE MEAL 4.95
and its really filling and easy to makexxx

pollysg

How about this, I made it last night for friends and they thought it was great

Sainsburys sell their low cal tinned soups for about 37p each

I used the tomato and 3 bean soup which is really thick because it has lentils in it, over cooked pasta, and topped with grated cheese - you can push the boat out and top it with mozarella - into a shallow dish and into the oven for about 3/4 hour.
pollysg

no-time-toulouse

No recipe as such, because there are lots to choose from. But as far as cheap ingredients are concerned you'd be hard pushed to beat this.

When you go into Morrisons supermarket go to the butchers counter and try and get some lamb bones. They usually sell packs of them for between 10 and 15 pence, although I've bought packs for 5 pence. If there are none on display just ask to see if they have got any. They tend to go quite quickly, for obvious reasons.

When I buy them I put them in the freezer and I usually wait until I've got three or four packs and then I boil them up in a large saucepan, slowly on a low heat.

They are ideal for making lamb stock, although you must remember to skim off as much of the fat as possible.

But more importantly, with a bit of time and effort, you can get a tremendous amount of meat from them. From four packs I've had enough meat for 12 meals. You can use it for curries, pasta dishes, shepherds pie, casseroles, whatever you can think of. I've been able to make dishes for three or four people for a total of 75 pence (that's for four, not each).

You just have to be careful to make sure that you remove all the bones. Some of them can be really tiny and the best way to do it is when the meat has cooled, go through it with your fingers to remove the bones. Your fingertips are very senstive and you'll find things that your eye can't see. I know it's a bit messy, but this is where the time and effort comes in.

Once I've removed all the bones I put the meat into small containers, suitable for either 1 or 2 meals, and then put them in the freezer to use as and when.

With the stock, when it has cooled, the fat will have separated and will form a layer on the top. You can remove this and either throw it away or mix it with some nuts and hang it out for the birds. With the fat removed, put the rest of the stock in containers suitable for 1 or 2 meals and again put it in the freezer to use as and when.

xathras

Bread and Butter Pudding (Yum)

1 Pack of 6 Hot X Buns - 38p ASDA
Butter to but the buns - 20p ASDA
Custard Ready Made Custard - 19p ASDA
Milk - 40p ASDA

£1.17

1. Cut hot cross buns in half
2. Butter the hot cross buns to your own liking
3. Cut each half into half and put into an oven proof dish.
4. Continue with a bottom layer of hot cross buns on the bottom
5. Heat up milk and add a cup of milk to thin it out.
6. Pour over a coating of the custard mixture ensuring that there is enough for a coating of the next layer
7. Repeat the layering process with the remaining hot cross buns
8. Pour over the remaining custard mixture
9. Allow the pudding to rest in the fridge for roughly 30-45 mins, ensuring custard mixture settles and soaks into the buns
10. Warm an oven to 200oC and pop the mixture into the oven for 25-30 mins.

ENJOY - YUM

Suzieq_3

I've been a keen watcher for a while now but it was only after reading this thread i got all inspired and decided to post for the first time so here goes

Sweet Potato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup

2 sweet potatoes (45p)
1 red pepper (50p)
1 medium potato (10p)
1 onion (10p)
1 clove garlic (3p)
2 pints vegetable stock (2 veg stock cubes) (11p)
1 stick celery (8p)
Pinch mixed herbs (3p)

Total cost £1.40 Serves 4

Dice potatoes and celery, place in stock and boil for 15 minutes until soft. Roast the pepper then peel the skin off once cool and cut into pieces. Chop and sweat the onion then add to stock once soft. Add herbs, salt and pepper and roasted pepper to the stock and simmer for another 10 minutes. Blend until smooth once the mixture has cooled slightly.


Leek and Mushroom Caneloni

500g mushrooms (98p)
2 leeks (85p)
1 medium potato (10p)
2 cloves garlic (6p)
100ml double cream (37p)
100ml white wine (14p) Based on 3L box @ £4.23
6 lasagne sheets (16p) Based on half pack @ 32p
1 packet white sauce (38p)

Total cost £3.04 Serves 4

Cut the potatoes into small chunks and boil for 15 mins. Slice the leeks and sweat until soft. Add the mushrooms and salt and pepper to the leeks and let them cook down for a couple of minutes. Drain the potatoes and add to mushroom and leek. Add the wine and let it simmer for a minute or so. In goes the cream and you’re ready to serve! If the mixture looks a bit runny let it cook for another few minutes otherwise you won’t be able to fill your pasta.
Boil the lasagne sheets until they are a little bit underdone (not too much otherwise you won’t be able to roll them!)
This bit works best if you pop the mixture into the fridge for an hour or so first to firm it up a bit. Put a couple of spoons of the mixture in a line near one end of the pasta sheet and roll up like a caneloni. Fill your dish with the caneloni then pour the white sauce over the top and bake in the oven for half an hour until it goes all gooey.

Vanilla Ice Cream with Crushed Honeycomb

Half tub vanilla ice cream (33p)
75g sugar (7p)
30ml syrup (10p)
30g bicarbonate of soda (6p)

Total cost 56p serves 4

Heat the sugar and syrup until it starts boiling then add the bicarbonate of soda and pour onto a greased baking sheet and let it cool. Once cool crush it up and sprinkle over the ice cream.

Total cost for 3 courses £5 exactly….and a yummy menu if I do say so myself!

matthew2002smum

Hi this is one of my all time low calorie fav's:

1 red pepper approx 75p
1 onion 15p
1 tin "value" plum tomatoes 18p
chilli powder,1-2 tsps depending on your taste, packet is only about 75p, 3p
200 grams rice, less than 1/2 pack so about 50p
2-3 frozen cod or similar, cheaper portions £1.50

Defrost fish first per packet instructions
Fry the onion and pepper, add the tin of tomatoes,defrosted fish and chilli powder for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile cook rice, then serve together.

If you have any wrinkly veg like mushrooms chuck these in to the mix and frozen peas too.Any old tabasco in the cupboard also flavours it up well.

for pudding how about basic flavoured fromage frais with some chopped up fruit?

The whole menu will give you your 5 a day (but don't quote me on that as I am a mum not a nutrition expert.)

cait2499

Hello peeps

I'm new here and this is my first post, so be kind.

I often have to cook for 6: 2 adults, 2 teens and one 10-year-old and one 8-year-old. I only ever do a 2-course meal - usually only 1-course.

Student Stroganoff: feeds 6

Morrison's Bettabuy mince (£1.48)
1 red onion (£0.10)
6 mushrooms, chopped finely (£0.80)
2 cans Campbell's mushroom or chicken soup (£0.98)
1 tsp mustard or mustard powder (£0.10)
water (free)
S&P (free) (or £0.01)
Morrison's Bettabuy rice 1kg (0.75)

£4.22 total. This made enough last time for the 10-year-old to go back for fourth helpings :rotfl: :rotfl: and dessert was not even requested.

1. Dry fry mince and pour off most of the fat that comes away, but reserve 1-2tsp, put mince in a bowl.
2. Chop onion very finely. Chop mushrooms very finely.
3. Slow fry onion and mushies in reserved mince fat.
4. Add mince to onion and mushroom, add soup, mustard, water and seasoning. Stir lots, turn heat down to low-medium. Go and have a drink or three. It takes 30-40 mins to cook properly.
5. BUT...after 20 mins, put on the rice. I'm sure you don't need instructions. Boiling salted water, rice, (twice water to rice), 15-20 mins cooking. Drain well when cooked.
6. Serve rice on plates. Serve "stroganoff" on top.
7. Watch kids return secretly to kitchen in order to top-up.

6 servings, less than fiver. Tomorrow, I'll pass on my soup recipe :T

Dee

jane77_2

Once you buy the basics this is a very very cheap meal I make weekly serves 4-6

• 1 carrot
• 500g Minced beef £1.55
• about 6 "normal sized" spuds maris piper or white (mine were £1 special offer for a bag that lasted 4 meals)
• 1 table spoon dark soya sauce
• 2 table spoon ketchup
• 1 table spoon worchester sauce
• 2 table spoon plain flour (I use sainsbury value)
• 1 oxo cube to make 375ml beef stock
• 1 table spoon tomato puree
• 1 onion

(you can add peas, leeks whatever)

fry diced onion & carrot for about 2-5 min till soft
add minced beef, cook till brown about 7 mins
add the flour, cook for 2 minnutes
add stock ketchup, puree, soya sauce & worchester sauce. season to taste.
Bring to the boil and simmer for about 25 mins
Meanwhile boil the spuds & mash with milk, butter and blk pepper

Put the meat mixture in an oven proof dish coer with mash potatoes. Pop in the oven for about half an hour.

I have most of these ingrediants in my cupboard so I'll let you all do the maths but I only buy the mince, carot, onion & spuds so it's always a cheap but tasty filling option.

jane77_2

Got this from Saturday Cooks - its lovely!

Serves 4

• 500g minced beef £1.55
• half a swede £0.48
• about 6 spuds
• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• 1-2 oxo cubes for beef stock
• dumplings mix £0.45 (or suet/self raising flour & water)

Par boil cubed potatoes & swede, meanwhile
brown minced beef, add diced carrot & onion 5 mins
drain the spuds & swede and add to the pot.
Add beef stock (about 1/2 pint)
Bring to boil, season and simmer for twenty mins
Make dumplings (about tablespoon size)
Add to pot (they should float on top) simmer for about 30 mins or until dumplings are ready - add more water if it's drying out.

Bring the pot to the table