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Something I made up which would be cheap, easy and tasty

  • 1 tin corned beef (large)
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tblsp oil
  • 1 tin baked beans
  • 1 tin tomatoes
  • 3 baking potatoes
  • 2 oz butter
  • 2 tblsp milk
  • Dash Worcester Sauce
  • 2 oz grated Cheddar Cheese
  • Salt and Pepper
2.7/5 (9 Votes)

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prawn chow mein

  • Prawns 200g
  • egg noodles
  • spring onions
  • bok cho
  • chow mein sauce packet or make your own add 20 mins if brave enough
2.6/5 (11 Votes)

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simple beef and rice dish

  • 1lb of mince
  • 1 Onion
  • 2 cans off tomato soup
  • 1 cup of rice
2.6/5 (16 Votes)

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A yummy light pasta bake with low fat tuna and mayo

  • Ingredients
  • Serves: 4
  • 350ml soured cream
  • 8 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 125ml milk
  • 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 900g cooked small pasta shells
  • 175g fresh broccoli florets
  • 2 (185g) tins tuna, drained and flaked
  • 75g chopped red pepper
  • 50g sliced spring onions
2.7/5 (5 Votes)

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A tasty tuna pasta bake which takes next to no time in preparing with minimal use of pots to wash afterwards and ca...

  • 150g of pasta (I use pasta twist)
  • 2x jars of bolognaise sauce
  • 2x tins of tuna flakes
  • 1 tin of sweetcorn.
  • two jars of water (using the empty bolognaise jars fill them up with water and give them a shake this adds the right amount of water for your pasta to cook)
  • 50 grated cheese (I use mild cheddar)
  • 2 packets of ready salted crisps (Optional but kids love it)
  • a bag of mixed salad any will do for garnish.
2.6/5 (7 Votes)

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Pasta

  • 1 bag of chicken tikka - use only 1/3 of the bag for 2 people
  • 1 medium potato peeled & cubed
  • 1 carott diced
  • 1 onion sliced
  • A sprinkling of frozen sweetcorn
  • A sprinkling of frozen peas
  • Pasta
  • Mayonaisse
  • Salt & Ppepper to taste
2/5 (54 Votes)

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Macaroni Cheese with bacon, leek and sweetcorn to brighten things up!

  • 450g Macaroni
  • 60g Butter
  • 8tbsp plain flour
  • 770ml milk
  • 135g Cheddar cheese (grated - or half and half Cheddar and Smoked Applewood)
  • 1tsp mustard powder
  • 1/2tsp smoked paprika
  • Salt and pepper
  • 50g Parmesan
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Add other items to taste - we like bacon, sweetcorn and leek to add flavour and colour
2/5 (2 Votes)

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Easy, quick, healthy and tasty main meal for evenings when time is short

  • olive oil
  • 8 good quality chipolata sausages
  • 2 tins of mixed beans
  • 2 tins of chopped tomatoes
  • mixed herbs / herbs of your choice
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 2 sweet potatoes
  • seasoning for potatoes (herbs, garlic etc)
2.3/5 (12 Votes)

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Delicious home made sweet and sour is not as hard as you think and takes only 5-10 mins to prepare and 20-30mins to

  • 1/2 cup of water
  • 1/4 cup of white wine vinegar
  • 2 heaped tbs of corn flour
  • 2 tbs of gluten free soya sauce
  • 1 tin of tinned pineapple chunks in pineapple juice
  • pinch of salt
  • pack of pork loin chops - stripped of fat and cut into thin strips
  • 1 green pepper - thinly sliced
  • 1 onion - thinly sliced
  • a small amount of cooking oil / fry light or table spoon of any oil
  • (easy cook rice or microwave rice to serve)
2.3/5 (4 Votes)

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chicken in filo pastry parcels

  • 1 pack frozen filo pastry
  • 3 chicken breasts
  • 1 pack spring onions
  • 1 carrot cut into matchsticks
  • 4 medium mushroom sliced
  • 2 TBsp mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp creme fraiche
  • 40g grated cheddar
  • salt & pepper
2.3/5 (4 Votes)

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sausage onions all cheap things till payday

  • 8-10 sausages
  • bacon chopped
  • 1 large onion
  • Worcester sauce
  • chilli powder 1 small teaspoon
  • tomato sauce or puree
  • kidney beans or butter beans
  • and herbs ie bayleafs
1.9/5 (23 Votes)

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jacket potato skins with cheese and ham

  • 4 large potatoes, grated cheese, cubed ham
  • a splash of milk, and table spoon of butter
  • (with this recipe you can apdapt it to make it for a larger or smaller family, just up the ingredients to accomidate how many people you are cooking for
2.1/5 (4 Votes)

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