Low budget cooking for young couples

I have an Italian spag bol recipe passed to me by my best friend which I’ve adapted through the years. I’ve cooked it for my hubby and some other friends havent had one person not like it yet! even the most picky of friends have begged me to cook it again

about a teaspoon of garlic crushed ( a cheaper idea is to by the crushed garlic in a jar it lasts in the fridge for months) $1 per jar about half a teaspoon of chopped chilli (or chilli paste in a jar) you can add more if you like a bit more spice $1 per jar

im from Australia so you may have to translate prices and give and take for market differences. this is a great cheap meal we make on budget and most of the ingredients can be used again!

half a kilo of beef mince about $5 (for 2 people you can just use half of this or even better buy a whole kilo and cut it into 4’s and put the rest in the freezer for next time) a few garnishes of fresh basil is nice (optional) 1 chopped fine carrot about 20 cents for one or $1.50 for a whole bag 1 chopped onion about 20 cents or once again 1.50 for a whole bag half chopped capsicum (red or green) about 1.50 for a capsicum and you can use the other half for the next meal they last about a week a cup of tomato paste a whole jar is about 1.50 a can of chopped tomatos (home brand 50 cents) 1 to 2 cups of water (depending on how long you wish to boil and simmer the sauce) add a few tablespoons of salt depending on your taste and a bag of pasta (home brand 80 cents) and you only need half a bag for 2 people so you see you can get about 2 or 3 meals for under $10 roughly its beautiful served with some hot garlic bread! and grated Parmesan cheese too!

cook mince first with garlic and onion when the mince has just started to brown add rest of ingredients and simmer with lid on the pot for minimum hald hr its good if you can simmer for longer then an hr but this optional my friend believed that you would get more flavour the longer you simmered but im impatient and smell the delicious aroma within 15 minutes and have it on the table! serve your favorite pasta (mine is pasta bows for this recipe) im sure the whole family will enjoy and most men! write back if anyone cooks this and loves it

Me and my boyfriend are in the same position.

So we will make roasts, and the meat will last you all week and you can do tons of different stuff with it. My boyfriend hates eating the same stuff so I try to mix it up by doing really small silly things.

We make Chili Mac. Which is just mac and cheese mixed with Chili. It’s cheap. Feeds you both and it tastes really good.

If you buy bagels and make sandwiches on bagels instead of bread with cream cheese (light) instead of mayo it really changes the entire meal.

I also keep ground turkey in the freezer at all times and I make turkey burgers, or taco meat. Ground Turkey is just as cheap as ground meat but way leaner.

And keep different boxes of the cheap hamburger helper around. it’s easy and each kind is different.

Spaghetti is always good to have and I personally never get sick of it. but if you do, just buy alfredo sauce and it changes everything.

Those are some EASY cheap, and not to fattening ideas. :)