Cheap credit crunching recipies!!!

[kazzie]

Hi All:D

After a chat tonight in chat I said I would start a post on cheap but healthy meals on a budget.....I will start but everyone else feel free to join in!!!!

Ok cheap lasagne

1 pack lasagne sheets

2 cans chopped toms

2 onions

1 tube tomato puree

Pint milk

Cornflour

Grated cheese

Mustard

Put toms onions bit of water and tom puree in pan and heat

Milk in micro till hot

Mix 3 heaped pudding spoons cornflour with water and whisk into hot milk

Add cheese and mustard

When thick remove

Layer lasagne sheets tomato mix in layers

Top with cheese sauce

Bung in low oven for an hour

Job done!!!!

Kaz x

[kazzie]

Fishcakes

Can tuna

Mashed spuds

An egg

Spring onions if funds permit

Oil

Boil and mash spuds

Add fish and finely diced spring onions

Add egg

Mush together and heat oil in pan

Form mix into cakes fry till golden

Job done!!!!

K x

[kazzie]

Right one more till tomm

Pack sausages
Pack salami
2 tins baked beans in tom sauce
1 tin chopped toms
Couple of chopped onions

Fry sausages till brown put in casserole dish or slow cooker

Add onions beans toms and salami

Cook in low oven for an hour or slow cooker for several


Can add apples and a pepper if funds allow

Right more tomm please add if you have any

Kaz x x x

[kazzie]

Just remembered another...kids love it

CHEESY TUNA FISH

2 cans tuna

1 can condensed soup pref mushroom

mashed spuds

cheese


ok mix tuna and soup together...dont dilute soup use it condensed

put in dish(like sheperds pie)

top with mash

grate cheese over the top

bung in med oven till golden

Tasty

K x

[Worrier]

Hi all,

This was always one of my favourite recipes:

I can corned beef
mashed potatoes (probably about 4 servings
2 - 3 tablespoons bbq sauce
handful of grated cheese

Smash the corned beef with a fork into a bowl. Add mashed potatoes and bbq. Mix well. Sprinkle grated cheese on top. Put under the grill until the cheese bubbles and browns slightly.

Enjoy!

[kazzie]

Sounds yummy worrier:yesyes:

Kaz x

[RosieXXX]

Puy Lentil Soup

6 oz puy lentils (no need to soak)
1 large onion
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon mixed dried herbs
1 teaspoon thyme
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon sugar
1 can chopped tomatoes
2 pts vegetable stock (can be made from stock cube)


Chop onion and gently soften in a little olive oil
Add chopped garlic and gently fry with onion
Add all other ingredients
Put lid on saucepan and gently simmer for 1 hour

Remove bay leaf and blend - add salt and pepper to season as required.

I usually cook this in my slow cooker, which is even less hassle. Just put all the ingredients in, no need to soften onions first, and cook on low heat for about 5 hours before blending with additional seasoning if required.

Served with a brown roll this makes a really wholesome meal for 4.:)

[claire m]

chicken currry/

left over chicken from sunday lunch
a chopped onion
1 1/2 tablespoons of curry powder
chicken stock cube
milk.
rice

add oil to pan
chop the onion and fry til soft
add stock cube to 150ml of boiling water
fry curry powder for a few seconds
add stock slowly and stir
add 250mls of milk
add chicken
simmer for 20 mins
then cook rice for another 12 mins.
if sauce is a bit thin i add some cornflour mixed in a tiny bit of water.

[SueBee]

Corned Beef Pie.

Mashed potato - enough to serve 3 to 4 people.

2 medium onions.

2 meduim carrots.

1 tin of corned beef.


Boil and mash potato as usual with milk and butter and leave to cool.

Boil and roughly mash carrots and leave to cool.

Finely chop onions and fry gently until opaque and softened without colouring.

Chop corned beef into to chunks and mix with all other ingredients. Its up to you how chunky you leave the beef. Some people like it in chunks, others like it well mashed. Season with plenty of pepper.

Make a quantity of short crust pastry, enough to make 2 8" pies. Cover bottom of pie pate with pastry, spoon on half the mixture, wet the edge of the pastry with water then put top layer of pastry on, pressing down edges to seal. Make a hole in middle to allow steam to escape. Brush with beaten egg or milk and bake at 150 degrees for about 30 minutes. Repeat process for other pie, cool then freeze for another day.

Enjoy!

I serve with chips and thick gravy or a mix of seasonal vegetables.

[kazzie]

Cor you are all good:yesyes::yesyes::yesyes:

TOAD IN THE HOLE

8 SAUSAGES

2 EGGS

2 PACKS BATTER MIX(TESCO VALUE 8P PER PACK)

2 CHOPPED ONIONS

OIL


PUT SAUSAGES AND ONIONS IN LARGE ROASTING TIN/DISH

COOK IN OVEN FOR 10 MINS

ADD A LAYER OF OIL PUT BACK INTO OVEN ON TEMP ON BATTER MIX PACK

MIX UP BATTER AS INSTRUCTIONS ON PACK

POUR BATTER INTO DISH ROUND SAUSAGES

COOK UNTIL RISEN AND GOLDEN

EASILY SERVES 4 WITH SOME VEG AND GRAVY

ENJOY

[Granny Primark]

Put 2 slices of bread in toaster.
Heat baked beans for 2 mins in microwave.
Spread toasted bread with organic spread.
Place toasted bread on a very expensive looking plate and then gently pour on baked beans.
Get out the most expensive cutlery you have.
Then serve on a tray with pepper and brown sauce.
Cant beat beans on toast if served the correct way.

[sb001f8994]

Very quick and easy one here, egg and chips, yummy!
Take care and happy cooking
Carol x

[smiley]

saw this post and thought i'd add something to it .....

Fusilli Pasta (depending on how many you are cooking for )
1 Red Pepper
Small Garlic Clove
Tin of Chopped Tomatoes
Mushrooms
Couple Of Slices of Bacon (optional)
Red Onion

Chop the pepper,onion,mushrooms,bacon and crush the garlic.
Cook in a hot frying pan.
Cook the pasta
At the end of the pasta cooking add the tomato's
chuck it all together
Grate some cheese over the top and grill until the cheese is melted

Bung in a dish and ENJOY !!!!!!!!

[kazzie]

PORK BURGERS

Pack minced pork

Plenty fresh breadcrumbs(stale bread in blender and whizz)
1 Lemon
1 Egg
Salt and pepper


Put pork in large bowl

Add breadcrumbs, egg, juice,and grated rind of lemon,salt and pepper

Mush it all together with clean hands

Form into burgers

Place on oiled baking tray and cook in med oven till golden brown and juices run clear

Serve in rolls with salad if liked

Kaz x

[kazzie]

STUFFED MARROW

1 large marrow peeled and cut into rounds about inch and a half thick

Small pack minced beef

pack sage and onion stuffing

1 apple grated

1 egg


PLACE BEEF APPLE AND EGG IN A BOWL

MIX UP STUFFING AS PACK INSTRUCTIONS

COMBINE WITH BEEF MIX

SCOOP OUT MIDDLES OF MARROW SLICES

FILL WITH BEEF MIX

COOK IN MED OVEN TILL MARROW IS SOFT AND MEAT COOKED THRU

Kaz

[Southern_Belle]

1 Boston Butt Pork Roast
1 Bottle Favorite BBQ Sauce
1 Can of Coca Cola

Put all of the above in your Crock Pot and cook on low for 8 hours. Take the roast out of the pot and put in big bowl and shred with two forks. Serve for dinner or put on buns for sandwiches. May use some of the sauce for extra flavor. The coke absorbs the fat! Also freezes well too.

Laura :)