Going to uni - cheap and tasty meals wanted!

[Alex]

[Henry Hawthorne]

identti said:

Thanks for all the advice everyone, much appreciated.

Henry Hawthorne said:

Hi,

I'm in the same situation as you, leaving a week Saturday for Bath. Birthday was yesterday and one of my presents was "The Ultimate Student Cookbook" by Fiona Beckett. Generally I tend to stay away from these books as they are generally full of boring meals that I know how to cook already, but this one is really quite good... It has standard things such as bangers and mash, but also more interesting meals such as pasta with bacon and cockles. It gives you loads of advice along the way on how to save money and it's just generally very well put together. Definitely recommend it.

I'll check that book out - sounds good.

What course are you doing and where are you staying?

I'm doing BBA and staying in Woodland Court. Are you going to Bath as well?

[Dupont666]

For cheap meals...

get some pork shoulder, a can of full fat coke and tomato sauce.

Mix sauce and coke into marinade, chuck pork in and leave overnight.

Cook and enjoy a cheap and simple marinade that any student can do.

[chard]

1 Tin of anchovies in oil
couple cloves Garlic
1 chilli
4-5 tomatoes
a few frozen peas
Some mediteranian type herbs
100g pasta

chop anchovies garlic and chilli soften in the oli 5-10mins bung in the quartered toms and herbs fry 5 mins bung in peas another 5-10mis serve with pasta of choice (season + extra olive oil to taste dont bother skining tomatoes lifes too short)

Delicious

[jammiedodger26]

Have you also tried http://www.sortedstudents.com ? There's loads of recipes on the website and there's also a book with loads of stuff in too!

[trix-a-belle]

sausage casserole!! one pot; sausages, veggies, can on chopped tomatoes, voila
very easy to make more than needed & freeze the rest too (while you're in your i'm a new student phase with loan money have a chinese or two & keep the plastic tubs for freezign meals in!!)

since coming out of uni i've found myself cooking risotto alot. very presentable & when you consider how little riotto rice you need to use it should be quite cost effective. also good for using random veggies etc up in & you don't have to be a pro & use parmesan i use mature cheddar & actually prefer it

[captainzep]

You can make a surprisingly acceptable fish pie from a can of tuna, some white sauce, froz peas & mash.

Sunday roasts become surprisingly cheap if a few people are willing to chip-in. Leftovers make great shepherds/cottage pie etc.

Ability to make a decent tomato sauce is a must. So many dishes follow on from this.