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feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a month
Cottage Pie
Ingredients
- 240 g onions diced
- 300 g mince
- 80 g oat instant oat cereal
- 320 g carrots grated
- 2 cans tomatoes
- salt and pepper
- 1 tsp garlic
- 1/2 tsp chilli
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 kg potatoes (250g per person)
Instructions
- Slice and boil 1kg potatoes. Slices need to be approx 3-5mm.
- Fry onions, spices and mince together until onion is softened and meat is browned off.
- Chop tomatoes in the can with your knife and then tip the tomatoes and juice into your pan.
- Add grated carrot and the oats and keep stirring until the oats have cooked out and absorbed the tomatoey juices and the grated carrot has disappeared.
- Transfer from your pan to your oven dish.
- Top with sliced, boiled potatoes.
- Place in oven at gas mark 6 until tops of potatoes have browned, approximately 15 mins.
- Serve with 80g peas per person.
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