I am aware that people don't have a lot of money or time these days and are often looking for meals that are quick and easy to prepare and cook and those that are cost effective.
I'm not one for extravagant meals myself, and as a working mother, most of the time 'I can't be bothered' to cook fancy meals from scratch when I get home from work/picking up our 3 year old son/shopping, so most of our meals are quite basic.
Here are some meal ideas for anyone who may be struggling with ideas:
Jacket Potato, tuna and salad
Jacket potatoes, HE cheese, salad, 'Tuna Crunch' and Garlic Roule cheese (synned) on the side. Jacket potatoes cooked for 15 mins in the microwave, sprayed with Buttery Frylight and popped in the oven for 10 mins to crisp up.
' Tuna Crunch' is 1 can of tuna in brine, drained, 1/2 red pepper finely diced, 1 red onion finely sliced/chopped, 1/2 can sweetcorn, drained and all combined with 1 level tablespoon of lighter than light mayo
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Bangers, Mash, Peas and Gravy
Baked quorn sausage or any low syn sausage of your choice cooked without oil, potatoes (boiled and mashed without butter. I use some milk from my hea allowance and 'whip' it up with my hand whisk, and it's really thick and creamy mash). Open up a tin of pea, pop in a pan and crumble in a beef oxo cube. Heat through and serve. Yummy. A real winter warmer when you're pushed for time.
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Poached egg, tomatoes and toast
This has to be my most favourite 'simple meal' ever! I would live on this if I could, in fact I used to live on this since being a teenager, but it wasn't SW friendly as my eggs were fried in oil and my toast would be lathered in butter. This version is so much healthier. Eggs are poached, tinned tomatoes are superfree and my toast is a HEB choice with a scraping of flora light spread. Certainly a cost effective meal, filling and takes minutes to make.
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Fry Up
Jazz up egg and tomatoes on toast by adding some bacon (fat removed) and either grilled or cooked in frylight, mushrooms if you fancy them. Again, quick and easy to prepare.
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Mince and Tatties
Something as basic as Mince and mashed potatoes can be a fantastic, filling meal thats great for the full family and comforting.
I cook my mince with some frozen veg (carrots/broccoli/cauli/peas/corn - depending on what I've got in the freezer), a couple of oxo cubes made up in boiling water and just cooked down. I use cornflour (synned) if the gravy requires thickening. I make my mash by boiling potatoes as I normally would and whisking them with a drop milk until fluffy and creamy.
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Jacket potatoes again!
Jacket Potatoes, Prawns in a low syn seafood dressing, salad and hea cheese
Quick, easy and filling!
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Quiche
Yummy served with salad. Very quick and easy to make and so filling. Delicious served hot or cold. Check out my recipes to find out how I made this one.
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Lamb Hotpot
Fab for using leftovers from Sunday lunch, and fab for serving on its own or with some extra vegetables. This one is a firm favourite in our house x
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Beef Casserole
If you work or are out/busy all day for various reasons, then a casserole may be your answer to a filling family meal that is ready when you want to serve. Fab if you have a slow cooker. Just throw it all in, switch it on and bang! You have a meal ready when you are
Or even chicken casserole:
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Roast Dinners?
One way of getting your 1/3 superfree
These are just some of my meal ideas which I find are quite quick and easy to prepare and are quite cheap to make. Most recipes are my own and can be found on my blog (I'm currently updating, so please bear with me, however, if you see something you like and would like the recipe and it's not on here, please feel free to drop me a line and I'll pass the recipe on. Thanks!
*All photographs are my own, taken by me and are of my own meals which I have prepared and served. Recipes provided on my blog*
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