Has anyone got any recipes for cheap tasty meals?
Thanks
ETA not pasta meals please!! I am fed up of them
Thanks
ETA not pasta meals please!! I am fed up of them
Cheap tasty meals to beat the credit crunch?
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1 tin beans (supermarket own brand)
1 loaf white bread (cheapest possible)
Heat beans. Toast bread. Pour beans over bread. Serve.
For that touch of old-world 1990's-style luxury, spread marge on toast before pouring beans. For true lottery-winner decadence, pour a good gloopy dollop of supermarket own-brand brown sauce into beans while heating.
1 loaf white bread (cheapest possible)
Heat beans. Toast bread. Pour beans over bread. Serve.
For that touch of old-world 1990's-style luxury, spread marge on toast before pouring beans. For true lottery-winner decadence, pour a good gloopy dollop of supermarket own-brand brown sauce into beans while heating.
Last night I made cheese and potato bake served with sausages and peas.
That was cheap.
So is -
Cauliflower cheese with smoked bacon
Corned beef hash
Mince is versatile - shepherds/ cottage pie, chili, homemade beefburgers.
That was cheap.
So is -
Cauliflower cheese with smoked bacon
Corned beef hash
Mince is versatile - shepherds/ cottage pie, chili, homemade beefburgers.
Top 10 Meals on a Budget
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Originally Posted by ontheloop54:
“ASDA SmartPrice 8p noodles always go down a treat!
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“ASDA SmartPrice 8p noodles always go down a treat!
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I get those for my brother when he's round cos he loves them except he eats 2 packs.....a whole 16p
hahaha
Potato Bake
3 or 4 potatoes per person, 3 rashers of streaky bacon per person. Slice potato thinly, cut bacon into 1 inch strips, begin with a layer of potato in a cassorole dish, then bacon, potato, bacon and finish with a layer of potato. Drizzle 2 tablespoons water over, cook in a hot over 200c Gas mark 5? (not too sure of the gas) for an hour and a half, serve with baked beans or peas - lovely, and about £1 .50 to feed a family of four.
3 or 4 potatoes per person, 3 rashers of streaky bacon per person. Slice potato thinly, cut bacon into 1 inch strips, begin with a layer of potato in a cassorole dish, then bacon, potato, bacon and finish with a layer of potato. Drizzle 2 tablespoons water over, cook in a hot over 200c Gas mark 5? (not too sure of the gas) for an hour and a half, serve with baked beans or peas - lovely, and about £1 .50 to feed a family of four.
Originally Posted by mummypigget:
“I get those for my brother when he's round cos he loves them except he eats 2 packs.....a whole 16p hahaha”
“I get those for my brother when he's round cos he loves them except he eats 2 packs.....a whole 16p
hahaha”
I bought 10 packs the other day
A great big pan of root vegetable stew. Costs knack all and just improves with flavour over two days. Have with some good bread and you can't go wrong.
If ever I am trying to save cash I always go down the soup / beans or cheese on toast / jacket spud / one pot route!
I make sure I buy the "cheaper" veg and by that I don't mean discounted, I mean in season / local.
I buy own brand staples (rice / pasta / tins) and I make things that will keep. So to make a chilli or spag bol may cost £5 but I can portion it into 4 or 5 dinners, freeze and hey presto that's £1 each for a nice, healthy, home-cooked meal.
I make sure I buy the "cheaper" veg and by that I don't mean discounted, I mean in season / local.
I buy own brand staples (rice / pasta / tins) and I make things that will keep. So to make a chilli or spag bol may cost £5 but I can portion it into 4 or 5 dinners, freeze and hey presto that's £1 each for a nice, healthy, home-cooked meal.
Baked beans with bacon, cheese and crushed crisps on the top - put it in the oven until the cheese bubbles. Lovely comfort food!
I love stews. I buy a cheap cut of meat from the supermarket (reduced on offer if at all poss) and cook it slowly till its melt in the mouth.
I then have a basic roast type dinner with the meat and mash / chips ... whatever. I will then use the leftovers with veggies and gravy to make a delish stew.
I then have a basic roast type dinner with the meat and mash / chips ... whatever. I will then use the leftovers with veggies and gravy to make a delish stew.
Originally Posted by Porcupine:
“I love stews. I buy a cheap cut of meat from the supermarket (reduced on offer if at all poss) and cook it slowly till its melt in the mouth.”
“I love stews. I buy a cheap cut of meat from the supermarket (reduced on offer if at all poss) and cook it slowly till its melt in the mouth.”
Reading that reminded me of my childhood and a pensioner neighbour.
Mrs G looked like Joan Hickson (Miss Marple), sweet face, but mad as a box of frogs at times.
Her money saving idea was to ask the local butcher for dog bones.
No dog but fabulous soup - allegedly
Edit: not that I'm suggesting you buy dog bones Porcupine!
Hamsters on toast.
Just a couple of quid each from your local pet shop.
If you don't eat them their mothers will !
Just a couple of quid each from your local pet shop.
If you don't eat them their mothers will !
Tin of chicken curry and boil in the bag Basmatti rice, approx £1.30.
Got some Tesco ones, 45% chicken as well.
Got some Tesco ones, 45% chicken as well.
In my student days we (communal buying is cheaper if you have flatmates) would buy a big 20 kilo bag of spuds and a tray of eggs-baked spud, real chips & eggs, omlettes, frittata etc. Porridge and noodles made up a large part of our diet too. i reckon the only protein I ate (unless I went home to be fed) for most of those years was eggs and the odd chicken leg- they are usually inexpensive too.
Come to think of it I'm sure there were a few weevils in the cheapo white bread we used to eat too-weevil protein, yum,yum
Come to think of it I'm sure there were a few weevils in the cheapo white bread we used to eat too-weevil protein, yum,yum
On the subject of beans
Celebrity chefs' recipes with baked beans to beat the credit crunch
Celebrity chefs' recipes with baked beans to beat the credit crunch
Originally Posted by sunnymeg:
“Potato Bake
3 or 4 potatoes per person, 3 rashers of streaky bacon per person. Slice potato thinly, cut bacon into 1 inch strips, begin with a layer of potato in a cassorole dish, then bacon, potato, bacon and finish with a layer of potato. Drizzle 2 tablespoons water over, cook in a hot over 200c Gas mark 5? (not too sure of the gas) for an hour and a half, serve with baked beans or peas - lovely, and about £1 .50 to feed a family of four.”
“Potato Bake
3 or 4 potatoes per person, 3 rashers of streaky bacon per person. Slice potato thinly, cut bacon into 1 inch strips, begin with a layer of potato in a cassorole dish, then bacon, potato, bacon and finish with a layer of potato. Drizzle 2 tablespoons water over, cook in a hot over 200c Gas mark 5? (not too sure of the gas) for an hour and a half, serve with baked beans or peas - lovely, and about £1 .50 to feed a family of four.”
I do this with sliced onion in it too, and cream instead of water, or vegetable stock to make it cheaper.
Originally Posted by Cyberninja:
“Hamsters on toast.
Just a couple of quid each from your local pet shop.
If you don't eat them their mothers will !
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“Hamsters on toast.
Just a couple of quid each from your local pet shop.
If you don't eat them their mothers will !
”
I find gerbils have a more delicate flavour.
Rats are free!
And if you listen to Heather Mills/ McCartney you get a by-product - rat's milk.
Only for the brave mind
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...her-Mills.html
And if you listen to Heather Mills/ McCartney you get a by-product - rat's milk.
Only for the brave mind
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...her-Mills.html
Originally Posted by Sad_BB_Addict:
“I find gerbils have a more delicate flavour.”
“I find gerbils have a more delicate flavour.”
Mice are free too and they feed the cat nicely. He is really good at catching them
At least he earns his keep!
Originally Posted by Revenga:
“God I'm dreading going to Uni now, eating on a budget sounds gross. Beans? Pulses scare me”
“God I'm dreading going to Uni now, eating on a budget sounds gross. Beans? Pulses scare me
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Its not so bad and tbh we could have eaten a lot better if we weren't keeping our money for fags and booze
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