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Old 17-09-2008, 13:44
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Has anyone got any recipes for cheap tasty meals?

Thanks

ETA not pasta meals please!! I am fed up of them
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Old 17-09-2008, 13:58
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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.
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Old 17-09-2008, 14:00
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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.
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Old 17-09-2008, 14:02
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Top 10 Meals on a Budget
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Old 17-09-2008, 14:23
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ASDA SmartPrice 8p noodles always go down a treat!
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Old 17-09-2008, 14:32
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ASDA SmartPrice 8p noodles always go down a treat!
I get those for my brother when he's round cos he loves them except he eats 2 packs.....a whole 16p hahaha
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Old 17-09-2008, 14:38
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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.
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Old 17-09-2008, 14:39
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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
I bought 10 packs the other day
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Old 17-09-2008, 14:48
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i'm a massive fan of homemade soup! it usually cheap an can fill you up good and proper!!
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Old 17-09-2008, 14:49
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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.
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Old 17-09-2008, 14:54
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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.
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Old 17-09-2008, 15:14
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Baked beans with bacon, cheese and crushed crisps on the top - put it in the oven until the cheese bubbles. Lovely comfort food!
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Old 17-09-2008, 15:17
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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.
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Old 17-09-2008, 16:11
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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!
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Old 17-09-2008, 17:04
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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 !

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Old 17-09-2008, 17:22
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Tin of chicken curry and boil in the bag Basmatti rice, approx £1.30.

Got some Tesco ones, 45% chicken as well.
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Old 17-09-2008, 17:33
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Bombay potatoes or should that be Mumbai potatoes?
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Old 17-09-2008, 17:40
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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
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Old 17-09-2008, 21:22
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God I'm dreading going to Uni now, eating on a budget sounds gross. Beans? Pulses scare me
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Old 17-09-2008, 21:43
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On the subject of beans
Celebrity chefs' recipes with baked beans to beat the credit crunch
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Old 17-09-2008, 22:27
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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.
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Old 17-09-2008, 22:31
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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.
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Old 17-09-2008, 22:56
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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
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Old 17-09-2008, 23:43
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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!
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Old 18-09-2008, 14:11
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God I'm dreading going to Uni now, eating on a budget sounds gross. Beans? Pulses scare me
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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