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Something from "nothing"

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penguinpaperback Thu 14-Nov-13 17:41:00

Thanks, flowers you have all given me some ideas to pass onto DD who felt she was running through the same old meals week in and week out.

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Anne58 Thu 14-Nov-13 17:32:00

A very good store cupboard standby is a tin of ratatouille. By adding different herbs or spices, plus whatever else you might have to hand, it can make the basis of a pasta sauce or curry.

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FlicketyB Thu 14-Nov-13 16:08:38

A meal made in a hurry may moons ago when I forgot to buy potatoes -and it remains a family favourite. We were meant to be having gammon rashers, sweetcorn and potatoes, but as I said, no potatoes. I cooked about 1 - 2 oz of rice each, stirred the sweetcorn and some butter into it, made some cheese sauce and we had gammon rashers with rice-and-sweetcorn with a couple of spoons of cheese sauce to bring the twoi together.

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Grannyknot Thu 14-Nov-13 15:49:41

I have conjured up a meal from next to nothing (not boasting, just happy because I'm feeding 3 adults on a budget meal) - I made home made fish cakes out of a tin of mackerel, one fresh fillet of plaice (poached), and a tin of pilchards (drained off the tomato sauce). Combined with grated onion, left over mashed potato, and a small handful of oats (makes them crunchy) plus one egg, then patted into shape and rolled in a bit of flour, they're now neatly wrapped on plate awaiting the frying pan later this evening. Yum!

I'll call it "Three Fish Fishcakes".

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