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What's your favourite, cheapest home-made meal?

Marianne72

In these economically tight times.... Mine is 1/2 tin of Tesco Stockwell beans [28p a tin] + 1 slice of Tesco white toastie [0.75p loaf] = 14p + 5p = 19p.

Sometimes I push the boat out and eat 2 slices Joy.

  • in reply to Lonehare12

    I think you can do that too -  but I just slice them in half lengthways and put them on a baking tray (to make washing up the baking tray easier I put them on a piece of baking paper on the tray). Bananas are super healthy apparently - so it’s an unusually healthy desert (I think anyway!). 

  • I like to visit the local fruit market towards packing up time and buy the fruit that is in big bundles - things like 4 big mangos for £1, big bags of apples / pears / plums or whatever is in season. Bruised fruit is also good as you will cook it straight away.

    Take it home, clean it, boil it up in a big pot until everything softens - sweeten to taste and this is great to freeze in batches for later and use either as a topping or as a dessert on its own. Full of fibre, vitamins and natural sugars.

    I like to add Greek yogurt - having this as a biggish dessert means I only bother with a starter beforehand.

  • in reply to Kate Kestrel

    Ooh nice..the banana thing sounds good..I might try it.would you wrap it in foil as if you were cooking it on a BBQ?

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  • I love porridge in the morning - I even like it just made with water if I have no milk, and then a little runny honey to sweeten it. I also love pasta and pesto - with onion and garlic and some cheese - and whatever vegetables I have available. A simple and cheap desert I like is a banana baked in the oven with a little honey and cinnamon, or a little bit of chocolate put on before you bake it - it only takes 15 mins in the oven but it’s so lovely. 
    Like you I love beans on toast (with a little grated cheese on top) but I realised some years ago that tomato triggers my arthritis- so I can’t eat tomato(or potato) any more - I really miss them. I used to love having a thinly sliced tomato on hot buttered toast - so fresh and delicious. Also a jacket potato with butter and cheese. But I can’t have these things anymore. Thankfully there are many good alternatives:) 

  • Well I would have yours with the addition of a fried egg on top and definitely two slices of bread as the first option.

    Second option would be :  cooked pasta with a little butter, cheese, salt and pepper mixed in. It's cheap quick and easy.