What are some tasty, cheap and easy dinner meals you can cook ahead of time and/or reheat in the microwave?
I’d love some suggestions you see every third week my boyfriend works afternoon shift so whatever i make him needs to be reheatable and simple to cook as i don’t have much time of a night with a 3 year old and a 7 month old(whom i’m b/feeding). The other option i’m thinking about is cooking dinner for him before he goes to work and have it at lunch time and have a light snack for dinner.
Shepherd’s Pie
You need:
500g Beef Mince
1x450g jar favourite bolognaise sauce
1 stick celery, finely chopped
100g mushrooms, sliced
1 carrot, finely chopped
1 zucchini, finely chopped
2 cups mashed potato
Method:
Brown mince in a frypan. Stir in bolognaise sauce, celery, mushrooms, carrot and zucchini. Cover and simmer gently for 20 minutes.
Spoon sauce into a pie dish. Top with mashed potato.
Bake at 180 degrees celsius until top is golden, approx. 20 minutes.
There you have an easy recipe for the old time favourite, Shepherd’s Pie.
Try the following
Lasagne
1lb of ground beef
Half a white onion
A quarter of a red onion
3-4 cloves fresh garlic
24oz of tomato sauce
9 strips of uncooked Lasagne pasta
1 teaspoon of basil
1 tablespoon of oregano
Salt and pepper to taste
1 pack of Mozzarella cheese, grated
2 eggs
12oz of Ricotta cheese
A quarter cup of grated Parmesan cheese
Method
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C, Gas Mark 4).
Dice up all the onions and garlic, and sauté in a large saucepan (a big cast-iron skillet works well) for a few minutes, then crumble in the ground beef. Brown the beef/onion mixture, adding basil and oregano. When ground beef is well browned, drain off any excess grease, add the tomato sauce, and simmer, adding salt and pepper to taste.
While the sauce is simmering, in a bowl, mix the Ricotta cheese, the two whole eggs, and the Parmesan cheese all together, stirring well. Take a baking dish (preferably close in size to 13″ x 9″, or 12″ x 7″) and brush lightly with oil (this makes clean-up easier!). Cover bottom of baking dish thinly with tomato/meat sauce. Cover this with uncooked lasagne – should be three pieces lengthwise. On top of the Lasagna add more meat sauce, and a layer of the Ricotta cheese mixture. Sprinkle grated Mozzarella cheese over this. Lay another layer of pasta and repeat layering. On top of the second layer add Lasagne, what is left of the meat sauce, and the remainder of the Mozzarella. Cover the dish with baking foil, and bake for 30-40 minutes, until brown and bubbling.
Beef mince and pea curry
Ingredients (serves 4)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 brown onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tablespoons madras curry paste
650g beef mince
400g can diced tomatoes
1 cup frozen peas
steamed basmati rice, mint leaves and pappadums, to serve
Method
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes or until soft. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add curry paste and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until aromatic.
Add beef and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, for 4 minutes or until browned. Add tomatoes and bring to the boil.
Reduce heat to medium. Cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until liquid has almost evaporated. Stir in peas and cook for 1 minute or until peas cooked through. Spoon curry over rice. Top with mint. Serve with pappadums (see note).
Notes & tips
Place 4 pappadums at a time, evenly spaced, on a heatproof, microwave-safe rack or inverted dinner plate (so they are elevated off the turntable by 2cm). Microwave, uncovered, on HIGH (100%) for 1 to 2 minutes or until pappadums expand and crumple
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