Cheap Dinner meals
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Topic: Cheap Dinner meals
Posted By: _SMS_
Subject: Cheap Dinner meals
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 3:01pm
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Does anyone have any cheap dinner ideas they want to share?
TIA -------------  
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Posted By: littlestar
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 3:07pm
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Mince!!
cottage pie - lasagna - pasta bake - meatballs - meatloaf - spag bol - baked spuds - nachos. Another fav of mine is to buy a frozen chicken when they are on special, have it roasted (or if we are being honest cooked in the slow cooker) the first night and then use the rest of it in a risotto for another two nights. A friend of mine is a big fan of the destitute gourmet http://www.destitutegourmet.com/ ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: heaf3
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 3:54pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 8:34pm
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Also it's cheaper to buy a fresh chook & cut it up. You can get 2 breasts for one meal, thighs, drums & wings for another meal & then a carcase to make chicken soup or chicken stock out of. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 9:20pm
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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. -------------  
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Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 04 August 2010 at 11:48am
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Bacon and egg pie works out pretty cheap if you use half a pack of hobsons bacon.
heaf3s quiche recipe is a fav in this house...I just buy 200 grams of ham pieces from the supermarket deli and dice them up, cheap as. ------------- 
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Posted By: julz85
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 12:06pm
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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!!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 3:36pm
Hehe I'll tell you about my $21 a week pantry challenge next time I see ya....cheap dinners galore!!  -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: heaf3
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 10:46am
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. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 6:45pm
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Thanks Heaf!!
I have made that quiche 3 times now lol But i use anything & everything lol I have added bacon ham salmon broc cauli onion tom corn peas spinach Its so good though, and so tasty & easy to make Not all at the same time of cource  
Another recipe ive found that is cheap is Bacon Cabonara Fettuccine -1 pkt fetticine noodles, i use budget or homebrand. They are 70c a pkt!! Just like spagetti noodles - 1 jar Leggos Cabonara mix - 1 onion - 1 clove garlic - 3 slices of bacon (i buy cheap bacon on special & freeze it, 3 slices in each pack. I also use this for pizza & maccaroni etc) I cook bacon, onion, garlic. Add the sauce & also add 3/4 cup of milk to make it go further. I coil about 1/2-3/4 of the noodles. This makes heaps we have heaps of leftovers -------------
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Posted By: blossombaby
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 6:58pm
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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!!
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Posted By: NicNOC
Date Posted: 26 August 2010 at 2:05pm
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Pumkin curry is a favorite in our house - really cheap at this time of the year
Pumpkin Curry: Big wedge of pumpkin cut in to cubes Diced onion 1 can chickpeas frozen baby peas chicken stock cube curry powder Coconut cream (or yoghurt) Fry off onion in a pan add pumpkin cubes & about half a cup of water add crushed stock cube and curry powder to taste and some salt Simmer with lid on until pumpkin is cooked - but not so cooked its turned to mush! Add drained chickpeas and frozenpeas and simmer for another couple of mins. Add coconut cream (about half a can, and freeze the rest) Serve with rice. Also Bacon & Corn chowder is awesome at this time of the year. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 29 August 2010 at 10:21pm
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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. |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 10:02am
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Pies - cottage, mince, mince and cheese, bacon and egg... chicken and vege...
Meat and 3 vege or mixed veges. Mac cheese just need 1x 500g back of pasta elbows, 1 (or 2 in my case) jars of the pasta sauce (or you could make your own) some ham, tomatoes... Cheese. (could add other things too. Chicken Fettuccine Soups are always cheap I agree with the buying a whole chook and cutting it for different meals. Mel had a thread for the 'best chicken curry' recipe, that's cheap as to make and lasts us 2 days. Spaghetti meatballs Rissoles, and veges. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 10:02am
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Oh anything with rice... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: heaf3
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 3:17pm
I picked up some pork chops at pak n save on the weekend, a 3 pack for $3.90!! So I had one last night, just baked it in the oven for about 40 mins along with some roast spuds, kumara and pumpkin. the kumara DH grew himself, the pumpkin was from my mum so there was only 2 spuds and one pork chop that actually cost me anything (DH didnt want any). Talk about a cheap and yummy dinner! Just like a little mini pork roast 
Omelettes are cheap too, just throw in anything you have in the cupboard really! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: happymumma
Date Posted: 23 September 2010 at 11:11am
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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. |
Posted By: KirstyLeigh
Date Posted: 23 September 2010 at 3:54pm
Thank you for posting this, I've made it twice and we LOVE it! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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heaf3 wrote:Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 24 September 2010 at 9:23pm
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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) |
Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 24 September 2010 at 9:57pm
I love the self-crusting quiche recipe, and so does my husband and son - one of the few ways I can get vegies into my son!! 
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 27 September 2010 at 12:33pm
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Thanks heaf - perfect. I'm craving lighter meals with salads - not casseroles, curries, mince etc! Any tips for lighter meals welcome ------------- Mum to two wee boys |