Recipes for Cheap Meals

[grandmoon]

I am volunteering for a organisation  which helps provides food at a cheap price to people on low incomes.  These include peoples on  pension, university students,  refugees and those's on low incomes.

I am look for recipes that these people can use to help them make their money go further.

Does anyone here have their own special recipes for the meals when money is tight and like to share with me.

Thanks

[everything*that*i*ever*wanted]

GM our Church does a lunch each week and we feed approximately 40-80 people with a budget of $40. We do everything from fried rice, to beef stews, soups, bolognaise, pastas etc etc.

The favourite tends to be the rice and stew meals.

[grandmoon]

We don't cook the meals for them.  We have food with is sold to them at a very cheap price.  I was hope that some poster here would share their own recipes that they use when times are tough.

[cat_mioux]

Rice stretches out mince meat.

I've used mince beef, onions, carrots, cabbage, rice and a couple of stock cubes. The trick to get max flavour is to brown everything first before adding water and rice.

A cheap meal is something you can cook in bulk and freeze in separate containers.

[not_an_eloi]

most of these organisations own assets, properties.

be far more useful, if they were to donate land to set up community gardens, those who want to put the effort in, would reap many benefits, get exercise, self-esteem, inter-community communication,  grow (some of) their own food.

[grandmoon]

Rice stretches out mince meat.

I've used mince beef, onions, carrots, cabbage, rice and a couple of stock cubes. The trick to get max flavour is to brown everything first before adding water and rice.

A cheap meal is something you can cook in bulk and freeze in separate containers.

The last 2 weeks we have been able to have the rice on the free list.  We always have bread, potoatoes and onions free.  The last few weeks we have also had pumpkin, watermelon and apples.

[grandmoon]

most of these organisations own assets, properties.

be far more useful, if they were to donate land to set up community gardens, those who want to put the effort in, would reap many benefits, get exercise, self-esteem, inter-community communication,  grow (some of) their own food.

Thank you for you opnion.  Its a pity you don't know enough of the facts.

[not_an_eloi]

'ow useful is it, to keep folk reliant on goodwill, makes a person lazy and insular, these organisations should be showin' 'em how to learn to be self-sufficient.  
cookin' lessons would be a good start.  

[dynogrl]

Many organisations do offer cooking classes.....

'cook me happy' is one that comes to mind

[freddie*rooster]

Eloi, what a great idea.