Recession Recipes

[jansman]

So. We have a thread running about rising food prices. And they are gonna keep rising,aren’t they? So let’s get a positive thread going to make things look a little happier. We all eat,and we all like different food.It’s nice to get new ideas too.

Now my idea is NOT to get a list of SHTF ,Apocalyptic,down- and - dirty recipes. It’s about getting some nice grub together, but on a budget,from our storage and our fridges. It’s about cooking times and fuel too,but we won’t be pedantic. Life is,or maybe a bit grim for some,but food is the tie that binds. Let’s find a bit of Happy! Put in your recipes,or your links,and go for it!

I’ll kick it off: We like mushrooms and spinach.We always have mushrooms in,but we keep tinned too. I grow spinach,but we keep some frozen too. I reckon this could be adapted,( like a splash of lemon juice,instead of zest). And pasta. Still cheap! This link has some other good pasta recipes too. Here we go,and please contribute ,so we can all get a bit of positivity going!

https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/spee ... hetti.html

[British Red]

I shoot pigeon for pest control. A FAST recipe for lunch is:

Flash fry sliced pigeon breast with home grown garlic, chilli, spring onion and ginger.

Add a splash of soy sauce & balsamic then serve in a pitta with a spoon of home made yoghurt.

Delicious, crazy cheap and made in less than 5 minutes

[jennyjj01]

Cheese and Bean Casserole: One of our favourite comfort meals. Serves two.

Fry 3 or 4 chopped up rashers of bacon.
Slice and fry an onion till soft. Mix the bacon and onion into the base of a casserole dish ( Pyrex, oval )
Pour on a tin of baked beans.
Grate cheddar cheese on top.
Bake about fifteen - twenty minutes, till you have some 'burnedy bits' stuck to the pyrex.

You can, of course, use spam, bacon grill or chopped up sausages

[jansman]

Now we’re rocking!

[ForgeCorvus]

Cheese and Bean Casserole: One of our favourite comfort meals. Serves two.

Fry 3 or 4 chopped up rashers of bacon.
Slice and fry an onion till soft. Mix the bacon and onion into the base of a casserole dish ( Pyrex, oval )
Pour on a tin of baked beans.
Grate cheddar cheese on top.
Bake about fifteen - twenty minutes, till you have some 'burnedy bits' stuck to the pyrex.

You can, of course, use spam, bacon grill or chopped up sausages

Hungry now.....

[pseudonym]

Portion of porridge oats, cook in water with salt and pepper, stir in a handful of grated cheese per portion, just at the
end add the white of an egg (per portion) to cook out first then the yolks.

Eat hot.

[GillyBee]

Three or even four bean chilli with or without meat.
200g red lentils boiled for 15 mins, Fry some onions, and add meat if using, the beans/lentils, passata, stock cube or some dehydrated veg mix, chilli powder and a bit of cumin.
If you have a bit of smoked bacon or chorizo you can cook/chop that for extra flavour.
Serve with cheese on top.
Morrisons prices
(optional) Pork mince £2.19
Onions £0.25
50ml Veg Oil £0.15
lentils £0.40
3 cans beans £1.20 (5 for £2 offer) Or rinse some baked beans and use those.
Passata 0.90 (2 packs)
Stock cube £0.10
Chorizo £0.25 for an inch or so
1 tsp each of cumin and hot chilli powder £0.10
Total cost for the meat version is £5.54 plus rice but it will feed ten so works out at £0.55 a head. Lentil version is £3.55 so 36p a head.

Meal 2 Lentil Dahl
Onions £0.25
200g red lentils precooked in water. £0.40
100ml Veg oil £0.30 - dont stint on this.
500ml Passatta £0.45
1 tsp each of ground ginger, turmeric, cumin, chilli, garam masala and 1 Tbs of ground coriander £0.30
1 Tbs of lemon juice (tamarind is expensive) £0.10
Creamed coconut 1/4 packet £0.35
total £2.25 plus rice so (assumes 5p a tsp for the spices) Feeds 6 so £0.37 a portion and freezes well.

Add some of Jansman's rhubarb chutney or mango chutney if you have it.

[Nurseandy]

Portion of porridge oats, cook in water with salt and pepper, stir in a handful of grated cheese per portion, just at the
end add the white of an egg (per portion) to cook out first then the yolks.

Eat hot.

A Dollop of marmite works well in this too (if that's your thing )

[Ara]

Tin of chopped tomatoes, tub of quark, add whatever herbs/garlic etc you like. Heat together. Add cooked pasta. Quick and easy.

[Ara]

Another one but this uses more energy as it's cooked in the oven.
Chilli bean crumble.
Put a tin of tomatoes, a tin of baked beans and a few chilli seeds into a casserole dish. Make a savoury crumble mix with flour, butter/marg and oats if liked, adding chilli powder to taste and cover tomato/bean mix. Oven cook for about half an hour.