Cheap Eats

[Gully]

As a student im poor, yet at the same time wish to carry on drinking. Therefore I need to come up with cheap meal ideas to get me through the week. Anyone know any recipes that could feed two for under £4?

[Jillyanne]

Mince and mash, all sorts of pasta's and salads, there are loads of choices tbh.

[Robsk II]

Lots of pasta, yeah. You can do a lot with £4.

[Gully]

Lots of pasta, yeah. You can do a lot with £4.

 

True, but im sick of Pasta and was looking for more inventive ideas,

[Robsk II]

Potato based stuff also. Rice. Try doing things with beans, lentils etc. Not as bad as you'd think with a bit of ingenuinity and very cheap.

[simo]

Super noodles in asda 5 packs for £1!

[Gully]

Super noodles in asda 5 packs for £1!

 

Not any more im afraid, been through a fair few of those. Also would like ideas for more substantial meals.

[swannymere]

I think that you need to plan ahead and invest some money in herbs, spices and sauces to jazz-up plain food. Have you got access to a freezer? If you make meals up in bulk and freeze them it works out even cheaper. I can make a kg. of bolognese-type pasta sauce from scratch for under a £5 and that's easily enough for 6-8 meals. A slow cooker is handy also, you can make alot of cheap meat tasty but you have to invest time in the prep and cooking.

[st_louis_saint]

Well, on the basis that "substansial" means meat and potatoes based:

 

1 400g pack of ground beef (99p)

1 bag of potatoes (£1.28)

6 pack of bread rolls (59p)

 

That'll make you homemade burgers and chips for £2.86 - works for me, anyway. Also, it helps when Tesco are doing 18 bottles of Carlsberg Export for £5.

[Gully]

Good stuff, been making batches of pasta which covers 4-5 lunch's. Also my flatmate's mum is Sri Lankan and bought me lots of spices and at some point i'll get some herbs. Also got a few sauces so im flexible.

[saint boggy]

how about a stew??

brown off some cheap cuts of meat in the frying pan....(stewing steak or cheap chicken fillets) then just chop up loads loads of different veg: parsnip,swede,carrots,leaks,onions,potatoes, n chuck 'em all in a big stewpot with a couple of oxo's, some gravy,bit of mustard and anything else that takes ya fancy .

i always like to leave mine to mature for at least a day , to tenderise the meat, and serve it with some yummy crusty bread......MMMMMMMM......you will get a good 3-4 meals out of that, and shouldn't cost you more than about 4 quid .

[Gully]

how about a stew??

brown off some cheap cuts of meat in the frying pan....(stewing steak or cheap chicken fillets) then just chop up loads loads of different veg: parsnip,swede,carrots,leaks,onions,potatoes, n chuck 'em all in a big stewpot with a couple of oxo's, some gravy,bit of mustard and anything else that takes ya fancy .

i always like to leave mine to mature for at least a day , to tenderise the meat, and serve it with some yummy crusty bread......MMMMMMMM......you will get a good 3-4 meals out of that, and shouldn't cost you more than about 4 quid .

 

Good call and freezable.

[mack rill]

Mince and mash, all sorts of pasta's and salads, there are loads of choices tbh.

 

Chop an onion up with that mince Jilly stick it in a pan with a few table spoons of water, low gas stirring until meat is cooked then add some thick gravy and simmer for 4 Min's,

 

Another one Good size jacket spud when cooked cut in half lay a cheese slice on each half and baked beens Hot or cold on top.

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

Fish pie: mashed potato, peas, Alaskan Pollock and a white sauce. Pretty nutritious and cheap, especially if you buy from ASDA or LIDL.