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cheese sauce
just add to cooked pasta!
you need:
flour
butter
grated cheese
in a pyrex jug (easiest as it has pint measurements on it) or microwavable glass bowl (you can also do this in a saucepan on the hob if you want) add
*big spoon of butter/olivio spread/butter substitute
micro wave for a couple of seconds to melt the butter
now add
*white flour, same volume as the butter you put in
stir it vigorously till it's a nice big lump
add
*small amount of milk, i'm talking teeny bit here
stir vigourously to make a white paste
add
*another teeny bit of milk
stir vigourously to make a runnier white paste
now, slowly while stiring more, fill the jug up to about 1/4 pint (plenty for one person)
stick it in the microwave for a few minutes, stiring every so often till it starts to bubble nicely. Then take it out of the microwave, don't worry if it's a bit lumpy! now add the cheese & the lumps usually magically disapear
now cover whatever food stuff you like in it :thumb:
easiest thing:
open tin, drain off water (tastes better in spring water than in brine/oil)
chuck in a bowl (anything will do, pudding bowl,glass bowl...)
add a couple of spoonfulls of mayo to your liking
mix in some grated cheese
stir it up with a fork till it's a nice mush
stick the lot on top of a hot baked potato (after the butter)
you can buy the mix from supermarkets and it says what to do on the back of the packet. really easy to do and yummy.
tuna and cucumber sandwiches?
tuna and pasta bake?
interesting combo...
try it and tell us
tuna and cheese melt paninis would be good.
but my #1 recommendation is tuna napolitana. all you need is tuna (duh!), the packet mix, butter, milk and tomato puree. don't think i missed anything there. you could add some grated cheese on the top (and grill under the oven for a bit if you fancy) but that's optional and more fatty.
oh, you can also mix a tin of tuna with cooked pasta & the cheese sauce I mentioned earlier :yes:
eat it as it is, or stick it in an oven dish, grate some more cheese over the top, maybe add a couple of slices of tomato, stick it in the oven for a bit and you've got yourself a pasta bake :thumb:
Denied! Much Much tastier in oil.
but surely, oiley & gloopy?
Seems to be a regular lunchtime meal here!
cottage pie is easy - brown some beef mince, add an onion and a tin of vegetable soup then put in an oven proof dish and add mash potato on the top, and put in the oven for 15mins
Neopolitan is ice cream - chocolate, strawberry and vanilla - mmmmmmm
Napolitana is a tuna dish :yuck:
honey and mustard chicken serve with veg.
buy chicken tonight honey and mustard sauce, read instructions and follow them......
Put cod fillets in an ovenproof dish. Cover with a tin of campbells condensed mushroom soup. Sprinkle with crushed crisps-ready salted are good. Top with cheese, put in the oven for about half an hour.
Serve with veggies.
However, you could just buy any cookbook and follow the recipes. I used to make all sorts of fab things as a student and they didn't cost the earth. Once you have the basics then it's cheaper to cook from scratch.
Take tonight for instant. I am making a chicken korma (from scratch) but we had most of the ingredients already so all we needed was the chicken. Get into the habit and you shall be fine. Oh, and as long as you can follow instructions too.
Everyone has cooking disasters so don't worry about having them
has stir-fry been mentioned? because that really is cheaper and cheap and can be adapted to your own tastes: noodles, beansprouts, mushrooms, carrots, sweetcorn, peppers, carrots, chicken, peas.... basically anything you like. or you can buy stirfrys already made up that you just chuck in the frying pan or wok (although that will cost more). Can also exchange the noodles for rice.
you need 1 packed of tesco value mild curry supernoodles (8p). cook noodles, drain and mix with seasoning (provided), grated cheese, small spoonful of mayo and lots of black pepper. mix until everything is melted together. yummy cheesy creamy noodles! eat sandwiched between bread and butter if you're more hungry
for about 10p a serving its much cheaper than buying takeaway after the pub and the noodles only take 3 mins to cook!
oh also if you're runnin low on money the noodles are good to use with a stirfry instead of the expensive chinese ones, just throw away the seasoning and add some soy sauce
A nice lamb shoulder joint, plenty of gravy, roast tatties and veg. Easy as heck to make, and very very filling and tasty.
Ive also used noodles from those packs in a stir fry and theyre fine, although usually id prefer a medium noodle for that rather than fine noodles, but they do the job if youre skint.
:yes: in the uni shop (cost-extortion or whatever) a stirfry pack is £1.25, perfect size, add some noodles and you're well away!
I know that this isn't very healthy. I've started to buy bananas hoping to sort out my lack of nutrition. Anyone any ideas on how I can improve my diet and any good/novel ways of cooking or incorporating vegtables?