This is dinner party delicious and is cheap and easy to make, it's from Nigella Lawson serves 2 to 3.
Thai Chicken Curry
1 jar x Green Thai curry paste (Must be Barts)
1 x Onion (NL uses spring onions but normal onion is just as good)
2 x chicken breasts doesn't have to be the expensive ones
1 x tin low or full fat Coconut milk
Chicken stock cube dissolved in mug of hot water (optional)
Frozen soya beans
Frozen fine beans (green beans)
Frozen peas
Rice
Fresh Coriander (optional)
Chop and fry onion in a little oil, when soft add thai curry paste. Stir for a couple of mins then add chopped chicken breast and cook until tender, add coconut milk and cook for 4 - 5 mins. If starts to soak up coconut milk add the chicken stock cube dissolved in a mug full of hot water. Add frozen peas and soyal beans. Simmer for about 10 mins then add the fine beans (green beans) and cook for about 5 mins. Serve with rice and if you like fresh coriander, sprinkle some washed leaves on the top.... this is YUMMY!Recipes that are cheap, very quick, easy and yummy please?
Mince Curry
Ingredients (serves 4)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 brown onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tablespoons madras curry paste
650g beef mince
400g can diced tomatoes
1 cup frozen peas
steamed basmati rice, mint leaves and pappadums, to serve
Method
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes or until soft. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add curry paste and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until aromatic.
Add beef and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, for 4 minutes or until browned. Add tomatoes and bring to the boil.
Reduce heat to medium. Cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until liquid has almost evaporated. Stir in peas and cook for 1 minute or until peas cooked through. Spoon curry over rice. Top with mint.
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Tuna and macaroni bake
Cooking Time 35 minutes
Ingredients (serves 4)
145g (1 cup) macaroni pasta
1 tablespoon butter
1 brown onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons plain flour
2 cups skim milk
1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard
1/2 cup grated light tasty cheese
185g can tuna in spring water, drained
2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
1/2 cup wholegrain breadcrumbs (see note)
steamed vegetables, to serve
Method
Preheat oven to 180掳C. Grease a 6-cup capacity ovenproof dish. Cook pasta following packet directions. Drain.
Meanwhile, melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion. Cook, stirring, for 1 to 2 minutes. Add flour. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Gradually add milk, stirring until smooth. Return to heat. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until mixture comes to the boil.
Remove from heat and stir in mustard, cheese, tuna, parsley and pasta. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon mixture into prepared dish. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until top is golden. Serve with steamed vegetables.
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Beef and lentil slice
Ingredients (serves 4)
olive oil cooking spray
2 slices soy and linseed bread
2 small red onions
2 carrots, peeled, trimmed
450g extra-lean beef mince
400g can lentils, drained, rinsed
1 eggwhite, lightly beaten
1/2 cup salt-reduced beef stock
100g mixed baby salad leaves
1/3 cup Baxters Tomato Chutney with Red Pepper, warmed
Method
Preheat oven to 180掳C. Spray a 5cmdeep, 20cm (base) square ovenproof dish with oil. Place bread in a food processor. Process to fine crumbs.
Finely chop 1 onion and 1 carrot and place in a large bowl. Add mince, 3/4 cup of lentils, eggwhite and stock. Mix until well combined. Press mixture firmly into prepared dish. Bake for 30 minutes or until cooked through.
Preheat a grill on high heat. Place slice under grill for 5 minutes or until browned.
Meanwhile, thinly slice remaining onion. Peel remaining carrot into long, wide ribbons. Place in a bowl. Add salad leaves and remaining lentils. Toss to combine.
Cut slice into four pieces. Divide between plates. Top with salad and dollop of chutney.
I would suggest googling 'cheap and easy recipes' as there are some many great websites out there. For starters try the sainsburys website, which has a feed your family for a fiver section.
Currys and most kinds of stew are good as a cheaper cut of meat is fine to use because it is cooked on a low heat for a long time, making it tender. Also frozen fish is cheap and healthy and takes no time at all to defrost and some brands can be quickly cooked in the microwave!
Happy cooking! xxx
Try these ...
GARLIC %26amp; OIL PASTA (AGLIO E OLIO)
Per Person
INGREDIENTS
1 clove of garlic
1 tablespoon of olive oil
125ml of water
录 of a teaspoon of salt
100g of spaghetti
Ground pepper to taste
METHOD
Peel the garlic and chop it into tiny pieces.
Put the oil into a frying pan on a moderate heat. Add the garlic. Fry the garlic for about 5 minutes until it is brown, stirring to stop it sticking.
Put the water and salt into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Put the pasta into the water. Stir it to stop it sticking to the bottom of the pan. Bring back to the boil and continue to cook, stirring to stop it sticking.
Begin testing the pasta about 2 minutes before the packet instructions say it should be done. The best way to judge if pasta is cooked is to bite it. This is tricky, because if you fish out a bit and stick in your mouth you may burn your mouth on the boiling water. Wait a bit and blow on it, then bite it. If it is hard it needs longer. If it is chewy (or 鈥榓l dente鈥? Italian for 鈥榯o the teeth鈥? it is ready. If it is soft it is overcooked.
Drain the pasta in a sieve or colander. Season with the pepper.
Always 鈥榯ake the pasta to the sauce鈥? Put the pasta in the pan with the sauce and stir until thoroughly coated.
ADDITIONS %26amp; ALTERNATIVES
Use any other long thin plain pasta, like linguine (thin and flat), tagliolini (very thin and flat) or spaghettini (very thin and round), instead of spaghetti.
For Garlic %26amp; Parsley Pasta, add 25g per person of fresh parsley. Wash, shake dry and finely chop the parsley. Add the parsley just before serving.
For Garlic %26amp; Anchovy Pasta, add 13g (录 of a 50g tin) per person of anchovy fillets in olive oil. If you are using the whole tin, use the oil from this to fry the garlic. Add the anchovies to the garlic after the 5 minutes and mash up until smooth.
For Garlic, Anchovy %26amp; Olive Pasta, add 2 or 3 pitted black olives and 2 or 3 pitted green olives per person to the Garlic %26amp; Anchovy Pasta just before serving.
TIPS
If you use enough water, add the pasta when the water is boiling, stir the pasta and don鈥檛 wander off (鈥楪li spaghetti amano la compagnia鈥?or 鈥榮paghetti loves company鈥? and don鈥檛 overcook it, adding olive oil to the water to stop it sticking is totally unnecessary.
PS. I have seen this dish on a restaurant menu for 拢8.50!
At kraftfoods.com, we have some great dinner recipes that are delicious, quick and budget-conscious. You can tell from the recipe ratings how well other people enjoy the dishes, and many of these have become family favorites of cooks across the country.
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And even more dinner recipes that won't break your budget at: http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/Dinner/Budg鈥?/a>
Two of my personal favorites are
Sausage and Tomato Rigatoni: Pasta dishes are a great way to ';stretch'; meat so that you can feed more with less. http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/sau鈥?/a>
Orange-Chicken Rice Bowl: Just like our favorite take-out, only cheaper!
http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/ora鈥?/a>
You should consider casseroles. They use the cheapest cuts of meat and although they take about 90 minutes to cook, they are ';fire and forget'; meals that need no further attention once you slam it in the oven. Most of the washing up gets done before serving, as well.
check out bbc.co.uk 's food section for lots of great recipes, you can even type in a few ingredients and it will bring up loads for you
Toad In The Hole
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