Frugal tea-time... Sausage and Bean Casserole

Hi everyone,

Last night we had sausage and bean casserole for tea:

Sausage and Bean Casserole

6 sausages (chopped into 3 pieces)

2x tins of baked beans

1tbsp worcester sauce

2tbsp tomato ketchup

1 tbsp bbq sauce

1tbsp black treacle

black pepper

1. Put sausages in casserole dish.
2. Combine beans with the remaining ingredients and pour over sausages.
3. Cover with foil and bake for 1hr at 180oC.
4. Check on the casserole every 20mins and stir.
5. I served it with mini jacket potatoes (new potatoes baked in the oven).

This makes a nice change from bangers and mash. It was plenty for three adults so would serve four. There isn't much sausage in there, but we are cutting down on our meat intake and the extra tin of beans makes up for it. One tin may be enough, but they could cook dry and start to stick to the dish while cooking.

I'm not normally on my laptop at the weekend, so I'll be back with another frugal recipe on Tuesday (my daughter is 18 on Monday, so I'll be a bit busy!)

Sorry about the lack of photos - I can't upload from my computer now :(

Thanks for reading,

Mandy x



Frugal tea-time... homemade fish pie

Hi everyone,

I've decided to write about my frugal meals and cooking. I don't seem to be getting many page views now, or comments, or followers :(

I suppose my posts are too boring and I talk about my life with Daisy too much for a thrifty blog, but this is me right now!

I am trying to move away from baby jars for Daisy, so have to put more thought into what we are having for tea each day. I need to be able to adapt it to suit a lactose intolerant 8 month old.

Last night we had fish pie. I always think a pie should have a pastry lid, but with fish? No thanks... I had this as child (made with tuna) and it made me feel sick! My fish pie has a potato lid. I thought I would share my recipe (if anyone out there is interested).

Fish Pie

pack of 4 frozen pollack blocks

pack of instant parsley sauce

frozen peas

half a small tub single cream

small bag of potatoes

knob of butter

black pepper

sprinkle of parsley

1. Poach fish in water for 15 mins from frozen (that's what it said on the packet).
2. Meanwhile, peel, chop and boil spuds.
3. Remove fish from pan and flake into serving dish.
4. Boil kettle and make up parsley sauce mix. Add to fish with most of the cream.
5. Cook peas and add to fish.
6. Drain and mash spuds with butter and remaining cream. Season.
7. Pile on top of fish and spread with a fork. Sprinkle on parsley.
8. Pop in the oven for 20 mins at 200 oC.

You could add grated cheese to the mash, but I didn't and it was lovely! This was a cheap and easy meal which made plenty for three adults and the baba.

I hope someone will take an interest!!!

Mandy x