Cheap Dinner meals

Does anyone have any cheap dinner ideas they want to share?

TIA

SOUP!
bacon hock (about $6 from supermarket), some soup mix, chicken stock, water and whatever veges you want, make up a huge pot of it and you have enough for dinner, and lunches / some to freeze... and its so yummy! i made a pea and ham soup yesterday with a bacon hock, split green peas and then just grated a carrot and onion and little bit of leek and was so yummy!

self crusting quiche - i have posted my recipe on here before, do a search for it. so easy and so yummy and you can put whatever you want in it. good for leftovers too.

fish pie or tuna mornay
macaroni cheese
stir fry
honey mustard chicken on rice

roasts are actually good value, might seem like a lot of money to pay at the time but you do get dinner plus lunches or another dinner out of them so work out cheaper.

home made pizza
american hot dogs

if i think of any more ill post again, let me know if you want any recipes too.

Edited by heaf3

We often do two or three nights a week of no meat. So we'll do tuna pasta bake, corn fritters, potatoe fritters, soups etc.

Also thiings like stirfrys, curries etc where the recipe calls for say 500g I only put 300g in and extra veges.

Iv just been googling cheap family meals , Best i came up with is whats already been mentioned: Lasagna, Bacon and Egg pies, Pasta bake. Think ill make up a salmom pasta bake tonight . The hardest thing for me is my DP is the fussiest eater - he wont eat any vegitables at all ( not even onion or garlic ) so trying to make a family size meal with no vegies is so difficult , i thought about trying to hide vegies in his food lol but im not quite sure how i would do this without him noticing . I always have a side of vegies pr salad for me and DD but i wish i could enjoy them in my main too , would make life alot easier . he eats potatoes but thats it!!!!

Edited by julz

glad you like the quiche kellie!

decided to post it in here so ya dont have to go looking for it..

Self-Crusting Quiche

1pkt Ham
5 Eggs
3Tbsp Melted Butter
1 1/2cups Milk
1/2 cup Flour
salt and pepper
1cup Grated Cheese.

Beat eggs, add melted butter, milk, ham and cheese. Stir in sifted flour, salt and pepper. Mix well. Pour into greased quiche dish and bake 30mins at 190'c. You can basically add anything you want to this quiche, leave out the ham or replace with bacon etc, or add onion, spinach, tomato etc.

Roast Potato Salad
10 – 12 Potatos (Cleaned but don’t have to peel)
1 Kumara (I usally Peel)
1 Onion (Cut into little pieces)
2 pieces of uncooked bacon (again Cut into little pieces)

Chuck onto a oven tray, i usally cover in a bit of oil.
Leave to cook 45 – 60mins
Take out leave to cool,
Mix it in a bowl with mayo and seeded mustard.

Can eat hot or cold.
I usally serve warm 1 night and put left overs in fridge to have cold the next night!!



Keep up with the quick, cheap simple/easy to cook meals!! Haha im far from a chef and with a baby due anyday now I will be looking for recipes like the above!!

alison holsts crockpot devilled sausages. Get them cheap on special

Fried rice. Bacon and some egg, some peas and corn. Or a bit of chicken instead of bacon.

I sometimes put a packet of 2 min noodles in a quiche. Kids love it.

Edited by kiwi2

Oh anything with rice...

can't remember whether it's been mentioned but risotto is nice and cheap.  I just throw in celery, bacon, spinach or whatever is in the garden.

Casserole

500gm (stew/casserole) steak (blade or topside)
1 400g/ml tin of coconut cream
1 400g tin chopped/half/diced tomatoes
1 sachet maggi slow-cooker classic beef hot pot mix


i blend the coconut cream, tomatoes and sachet mix together coz i dont like tomatoes, but blended its more like a paste and i dont have the chucnky tomato bits....

cube the beef, put in slow cooker, pour over c.cream/tomato/sachet mix (or leave them all as are without blending)

turn on... 7-8 hours on low. 3-4 on high.

put over some rice. yum!!!!



(make sure its coconut cream, not milk... i did this the other night lol)