HOW TO MAKE A LITTLE GO A LONG WAY
Money short or you get unexpected guests,
here are some handy hints on how to make ingredients go a bit further.
Eggs |
Make them into an omelette or
scramble them adding vegetables, cheese and/or poultry. |
| Fish |
Cut up, stir-fry with vegetables or mix with
spicy rice |
| Noodles |
Add leftover vegetables and diced meats. |
| Mince |
Add breadcrumbs, grated courgette, carrot,
and/or marrow. Rice, pasta, onion, green pepper, dried peas, beans or lentils. |
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Fill cannelloni tubes with a mince mixture. |
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Put mince mixture into a pie dish and top with
mashed potatoes. |
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Make pancakes, fill with mince mixture and roll
up. |
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Make circles out of pastry, put mince mixture in
centre, brush edges with egg or milk and fold over (in half form a semi-circle).
Bake in oven. |
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Fry onion, add mince, add
boiling water, stock and then to thicken add some porridge oats
(oatmeal). These oats absorb the flavours of the gravy and take
on the same consistency of the meat, also adding an interesting nutty
taste. It also reduces the amount of meat required.
Natalie
Gage sent in this tip. |
| Meatloaf |
Add
one or more of the following - Breadcrumbs, rice, rolled oats, shredded
carrots, hard boiled eggs. |
| Ice Cream |
Add fruit, sauce, cereal topping. |
| Soups |
Add
vegetables, pasta, pulses, tofu, sour cream,
barley, yoghurt. |
| Salad |
Add
some meat, fish, pulses, pasta, vegetables or hard-boiled eggs. |
| Steak |
Dice and stir-fry with vegetables. |
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Grill on skewer with vegetables. |
| Stews |
Add creamed corn, vegetables, dried peas
or lentils. |
| Green Pepper |
Stuff with rice and leftovers. |
| Chilli |
Add one or more of
the following - beans, rice, spaghetti and/or sweetcorn. |
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