3 ways with pasta sauce
Three dishes made from pasta sauce… 4 days of food!
Difficulty Level: easy
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
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!
Tuna pasta bake (for 2)
1. Boil 2 portions of pasta until al dente
2. Mix in half of the pasta sauce
3. Drain the tuna and flake it into the pan
4. Stir
5. Transfer to an oven proof dish and top with grated cheese
6. Place in a preheated oven and bake until the cheese is bubbling and crispy
Bolognese:
1. Brown two portions of the mince
2. Add the rest of the pasta sauce
3. Bubble until cooked through
4. Serve half with a baked potato and cheese or on top of pasta
Cottage pie (Using the other half of the bolognese sauce)
1. Pour the remaining bolognese sauce into a pan
2. Add a beef stock (oxo) cube and a cup of boiling water
3. Add a handful of frozen vegetables
4. Simmer until vehetables are cooked through
5. Place in ovenproof dish
6. Top with mashed potato (and grated cheese if liked)
7. Place in a preheated oven until cheese is bubbling and crispy
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!
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