3 ways with pasta sauce

Three dishes made from pasta sauce… 4 days of food!

Ingredients

• 1 jar of tomato pasta sauce of your choice (mushroom, garlic etc)
• Large handful of frozen quorn mince or lamb/beef/pork mince
• Handful of frozen veg
• 2 potatoes
• Handful of grated cheese
• Dried pasta shapes
• Tin of tuna

Instructions

STEP 1:

This is a way of making one jar of pasta sauce last to make four tasty and reasonably healthy meals… most importantly it is CHEAP!

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

Tuna pasta bake (for 2)

STEP 4:

1. Boil 2 portions of pasta until al dente

STEP 5:

2. Mix in half of the pasta sauce

STEP 6:

3. Drain the tuna and flake it into the pan

STEP 7:

4. Stir

STEP 8:

5. Transfer to an oven proof dish and top with grated cheese

STEP 9:

6. Place in a preheated oven and bake until the cheese is bubbling and crispy

STEP 10:

STEP 11:

Bolognese:

STEP 12:

1. Brown two portions of the mince

STEP 13:

2. Add the rest of the pasta sauce

STEP 14:

3. Bubble until cooked through

STEP 15:

4. Serve half with a baked potato and cheese or on top of pasta

STEP 16:

STEP 17:

Cottage pie (Using the other half of the bolognese sauce)

STEP 18:

1. Pour the remaining bolognese sauce into a pan

STEP 19:

2. Add a beef stock (oxo) cube and a cup of boiling water

STEP 20:

3. Add a handful of frozen vegetables

STEP 21:

4. Simmer until vehetables are cooked through

STEP 22:

5. Place in ovenproof dish

STEP 23:

6. Top with mashed potato (and grated cheese if liked)

STEP 24:

7. Place in a preheated oven until cheese is bubbling and crispy

STEP 25:

STEP 26:

And VOILA! four evening meals for less than £4! I know these meals are not authentic but they do the job and can still be considered ‘proper food’ even when money is tight!