cheap family recipes

Name: cottage pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
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))

feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a month

Cottage Pie

cottage pie

beefy, tomatoey mince, topped with sliced potato

0 from 0 votes

Print Recipe Pin Recipe My Recipes

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: English

Keyword: budget meals, cheap family recipes, minced beef

Dietary Requirements: Dairy Free, Freezes Well

Servings: 4

Cost per portion 69p

Calories: 506.67kcal

Click on the check box to cross off Equipment, Ingredients or Recipe Steps completed.

If you click and buy anything, I may get a small commission on the purchase. It won't cost you anything extra. Some are just things that I like and/or use myself rather than necessarily best value 🙂

If you enjoyed this recipe, would you please consider leaving a review? It would really help

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.

Equipment Needed

small sharp knife

chopping board

frying pan

large rectangular baking dish

tin opener

mixing spoon

fish slice / non-stick spatula

box grater

digital scales

Notes

The salt value excludes any you have added yourself, as each family's tastes will differ

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

cottage pie

Amount Per Serving

Calories 506.67 Calories from Fat 17

% Daily Value*

Fat 1.86g3%

Saturated Fat 0.35g2%

Sodium 502.51mg22%

Potassium 1448.5mg41%

Carbohydrates 114.11g38%

Fiber 13.38g56%

Sugar 57.14g63%

Protein 12.29g25%

Vitamin A 13364.8IU267%

Vitamin C 38.79mg47%

Calcium 125.6mg13%

Iron 9.31mg52%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Tried this recipe?Mention @ThriftyLesley or tag #ThriftyLesley !

Why Not Try....?

Porridge (meal plan 2)

cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthPorridge Raisins are used as they are a purple portion, the hardest one to get. If you don't have them, use any other dried fruit - sultanas, home dried foraged apples or plums for instance [the_ad...

Houmous Sandwich

cheap family recipesfeed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthHoumous Sandwich Why Not Try....?Before putting together our meal planners we surveyed over 600 people to ask when faced with a tighter budget, which things they would struggle to...

Potato Wedges

cheap family recipesfeed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthPotato WedgesPotato wedges are used in various places in the meal plans They can also be substituted whenever potatoes are used for mash etc if you prefer wedges potato wedges oven...

« Older Entries

Take care of your family and your budget

Before putting together our meal planners we surveyed over 600 people to ask when faced with a tighter budget, which things they would struggle to give up.

View Meal Plans

Want to know more about how to feed yourself for £1 a day?

Find out at thriftylesley.com - 500+ £1 a day recipes and meal plans