Big pot of soup (carrot and sweet potato? winter veg?) followed by baked potatoes and sald with bowls of toppings. very cheap and easy

Toad in the hole.

Thank you all. Have enough now for months.

And Driove, I will be getting the kids, all four, to make their own pizzas, food and entertainment all in one

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i had a period of 3 months feeding 11 people

how about

knorr packet soups that you add water to and simmer

two packets at 70p should do you.

then stack up a huge dish of french bread cut on a slight angle

delish

Lasagne
Pasta and tomato sauce

Lunch - tomato & red lentil soup

- i want a tangine !

beans on toast with cheese on top

mucho filling and proper gorg

Shepherd's pie- for 500g of mince I bulk out with 250g of lentils (a mixture of red and puy is good) and 3-400g of finely chopped root veg. This is much tastier than the plain mince and onions version and goes much further.

Baked potatoes
Couscous (see you have a tangine)

why pasta only twice in a week ??? i am italian and we eat it every day, with different sauces etc.

Pasta with lentils is a great, cheap, and healthy meal: stirfry some onion, add canned lentils, then add some stock (enough to boil the pasta in), then when boiling add small pasta shapes and cook for the indicated time. add a knob of butter, parmesan and black pepper. can be eaten soupy or dry, dep on preferences.

pasta bake- cook pasta, in the meantime make some cheese sauce, put everything together in an oven dish with some chopped bacon and frozen peas, cook till the top is nice and golden.

couscous or bulgur wheat with chopped tomatoes, chopped cucumber, sliced red onion, chopped parsley, raisins and flaked almonds and seasoned with olive oil