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Meal for under £5
Hi.
It is my turn to cook dinner for myself, my dad and my brother, who both have big appitites and love meat. Trouble is, I only have around £5 to buy all the ingredients to make the dinner. Anybody have any suggestions on any cheap, hearty recipies? Thanks
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spag bol ?
Shepherds pie ? Chilli ? basically mince beef is going to be the cheapest meat you can get. Bulk out with veggies and starch like potatoes, pasta, rice. |
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I'd go for Cottage Pie (that's with beef, Shepherds pie is with lamb). Put diced carrots in and peas and you won't need to serve with any other veg.
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Beans on Toast
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Lamb's liver will cost you about £1 for three of you. It's delicious with lashings of onion gravy, mash and veg. Or, if you don't like liver sausage casserole with dumplings is cheap and filling. You can put plenty of veg in with your sausages to make the helpings bigger, and most people like dumplings.
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I'd go for one of the mince meals already mentioned, but you could probably buy a pie or sausages with mash and peas or beans.
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You could make a chicken and veg pie.
Fish and cauliflower puree with some potatoes. Snert with some Sainsburys pork Hock and several tins of pease pudding and a tin of french onion soup. Spiced tomatoes, rice and 4 eggs. All cooked in one pan. |
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I'd go for cottage pie too - bulking it out with diced carrot, peas, mushrooms. Only need a few potatoes for a thin topping. I can usually make 500g mince stretch over 4 sizeable portions.
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Spaghetti and homemade meatballs.
Corned beef cottage pie Toad in the hole |
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A fabulous big pot of slow cooked meat stew / with stacks of potatoes/carrots celery and onion
or a big sausage veggy casserole with tinned tomatoes or chicken stew ~with plenty of pasta or rice a huge salad with tinned salmon/tuna with salad cream abd lots of minty / boiled buttery potatoes ![]() a shop bought family sized pre made lasagne with side salad and warmed crusty french bread sticks Or make a big warmed baguette each , with egg and bacon filling or another yummy meaty filling and side serving of cherry tomatoes houmous and coleslaw |
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I think most of these suggestions would go over the £5 mark. You have to consider the OP has to buy all the ingredients, and it is for three people (with healthy appetites) I would say it would be hard pushed to do most of these recipes.
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Asda/Tesco Hot chilli cooking sauce
1 Lb frozen Beef/steak mince Basmati Rice Well under a fiver
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I think most of these suggestions would go over the £5 mark. You have to consider the OP has to buy all the ingredients, and it is for three people (with healthy appetites) I would say it would be hard pushed to do most of these recipes.
Cottage pie; 450g minced beef - £1.14 200g Carrots - 16p 300g tinned peas - 36p 250g mushrooms - 80p 2.5kg potatoes (more than enough) - £1.35 3 onions - 82p total - £4.63 Of course, this assumes some basics are already in store cupboard - oil, flour, beef stock, butter. You'd be hard pressed to buy ALL the ingredients for any meal for less than a fiver to be fair. Good luck OP - let us know how it goes
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Quick check on Asda website:
Cottage pie; 450g minced beef - £1.14 200g Carrots - 16p 300g tinned peas - 36p 250g mushrooms - 80p 2.5kg potatoes (more than enough) - £1.35 3 onions - 82p total - £4.63 Of course, this assumes some basics are already in store cupboard - oil, flour, beef stock, butter. You'd be hard pressed to buy ALL the ingredients for any meal for less than a fiver to be fair. Good luck OP - let us know how it goes ![]() Also I can't seem to find the mince for that price? Is it frozen? The cheapest I found for the 500g mark was £1.50 for the smart price ones, and I have tried that and it wasn't that tasty if I was honest. |
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We have 200g of mince between two for shepherds pie and it's plenty, with lots of veg as well. We buy cheap mince, and if you flash fry it first then use plenty of seasoning it's well tasty.
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That is great but I am unsure 450g of mince would do it for three big eaters though, but apart from that, I also would have used fresh rather than tinned carrots as tinned leaves a funny taste in my mouth, but that would work for others.
Also I can't seem to find the mince for that price? Is it frozen? The cheapest I found for the 500g mark was £1.50 for the smart price ones, and I have tried that and it wasn't that tasty if I was honest. At the end of the day, if all you've got is a fiver, then you're not going to get luxury organic free range fresh food. You'll have to make do with frozen smartprice mince, tinned peas etc. Just the way it is. |
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450g makes enough for me and my OH for 2 meals (so 4 portions in all) and we are fairly big eaters. Admittedly it's frozen mince, but if you're on a tight budget it's better than nowt, and there's not always much difference. Fresh carrots (I agree, tinned carrots are a bit icky), mushrooms and tinned peas bulk out the mince.
At the end of the day, if all you've got is a fiver, then you're not going to get luxury organic free range fresh food. You'll have to make do with frozen smartprice mince, tinned peas etc. Just the way it is. And before you say it no I am not fat in fact I am a normal weight according to the doc ![]() Well I am off to find a website for Budget dining I really don't like frozen mince, but for fear of being called a food snob I am refraining from saying what I think. I think my last post skirted to close to being food snob territory ![]() First Google - i don't know if the price is valid because costs rise all the time and these are not quite recent. |
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toad in the hole
sausages, pancake batter, potatoes, veg. |
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I know I need to get my head into budget gear. I would say my mum makes cottage pie for my Dad and I, she uses 500g between the two of us, and it does a nice amount. So it all depends what you say by big eater I guess
And before you say it no I am not fat in fact I am a normal weight according to the doc ![]() Quote:
Well I am off to find a website for Budget dining
I really don't like frozen mince, but for fear of being called a food snob I am refraining from saying what I think. I think my last post skirted to close to being food snob territory ![]() First Google - i don't know if the price is valid because costs rise all the time and these are not quite recent. Or, for longer-term budgeting, making up a large quantity of meals and freezing individual portions work well too
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Spaghetti and homemade meatballs.
Corned beef cottage pie Toad in the hole Meatballs, slam them in the oven to cook, then in a pan do a chopped onion, pepper, tin of tomatoes, beef stock and mushrooms, just to fill it out a bit. A pan of pasta, and you're done. It'll cost you way less than a fiver
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Egg Sausage & Peas Pudding. pure flatulence fodder.
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Today Tesco had 500 grms mince for £2.40 and they had a price list on the shelf to make chilli for under £5.00
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Today Tesco had 500 grms mince for £2.40 and they had a price list on the shelf to make chilli for under £5.00
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M&S
Steak or chicken pie Veg Mash £5 for all 3 |
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Was this with a jar of chilli sauce? I am just curious as it would mean £2.60 to get all the other ingredients and it would be nice to see what they suggest
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