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Four cheap and easy recipes for filling family meals
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FEEDING the family is ever costlier, as meat prices soar.
But there are easy, budget recipes, packed with protein, to keep everyone full for longer.
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Here are some ideas . . .
STIR IT UP: Stir-fries are easy and good value. Go to Morrisons for your ingredients.
Dice two chicken thighs, £3.40, and stir-fry until cooked through.
Add a minced garlic clove, 45p, and 150g frozen mixed veggies, £1.03, cooking till veg is tender.
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In a bowl, mix two tablespoons soy sauce, 90p, with one of honey, £1.75, then toss through the stir-fry.
This also tastes great when cold, so if you have leftovers it makes an easy on-the-go lunch.
VEGGIE GOOD: This lentil-and veggie shepherd’s pie costs just pennies per portion.
Head to Asda for your ingredients and start by cooking 200g dried brown lentils, £1.50, in 500ml veg stock until tender, for 25 minutes.
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As the lentils simmer, sauté a diced onion, 99p, and two diced carrots, 69p, in a pan.
Mix the cooked lentils with the veg and a teaspoon of paprika, £1. Top with mashed potatoes, £1, mixed with a tablespoon of butter, £1.99.
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Bake at 180C for 20 minutes until golden. It’s filling and leaves you with enough ingredients to make another portion.
CHILLI OUT: Pork mince is an affordable alternative to beef, and this chilli is a crowd-pleaser.
Grab your ingredients from Aldi.
Brown 250g pork mince, £2.59, with a diced onion, 99p, and add a teaspoon each of chilli powder, 75p, and cumin, 65p.
Stir in a tin each of kidney beans, 33p, chopped tomatoes, 39p, then simmer for 15 minutes. Serve over rice, or alone.
SPICE ’N’ SIMPLE: Creamy chickpea and spinach curry is a veggie winner.
Get all you need at Tesco then sauté a diced onion, 21p, and two minced garlic cloves, 65p, and add a teaspoon of curry powder, £1.25.
Stir in a tin of chickpeas, 49p, tin of coconut milk, 79p, and 100g frozen spinach, £1.60.
Simmer for ten minutes until the spinach is tender and the flavours meld together. Serve with rice or bread.
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