MEAL HACKS!
Want to make tasty nosh for less dosh? We've cooked up delicious, bob-saving solutions for your favourite meals, making budget easy recipes a breeze.
Discover smart food hacks and frugal recipes that boost flavour and your cooking confidence!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Stretch your budget: Make mince go further by adding lentils or beans to your favourite cheap meals.
- Flavour made easy: Colman's recipe mixes deliver a punchy taste without needing separate ingredients.
- Save energy & time: Batch cook, freeze leftovers, and use smart oven techniques for efficient cooking.
- Reduce food waste: Get creative with cupboard essentials and leftovers to whip up delicious dishes.
- Quick meal solutions: Enjoy classic British tastes with simple, budget-friendly recipes.
HOLLY'S TASTY LASAGNE
Top hacks for making Holly’s Lasagne a budget easy recipe:
1. Make mince meat go further by adding lentils or beans to the mix for cheap meals with mince.
2. Pack a flavour punch using Colman’s Bolognese and White Sauce Recipe Mixes – no need to buy all the separate ingredients for a delicious Colman's lasagne mix!
3. Reduce oven energy usage by batch cooking and filling up your oven. Portion up and freeze your leftovers, ready to defrost and quickly reheat in the microwave for simple cheap recipes.
Serve up Holly’s Lasagne for £1.38 per portion*.
*Based on Tesco prices 29/08/22 using lowest cost ingredients at full price with a recipe serve for 8 portions.
TOM'S TASTY TACOS
Top hacks for making Tom’s Tacos a simple cheap recipe:
1. Reduce your cost per serve on mince by buying bigger packs of meat and bulking it out with lentils or beans for cheap meals with mince.
2. Dried lentils over tinned is often cheaper per gram (top tip: batch cook your lentil mince mix so it’s ready to go for lasagne, pies, you name it..).
3. Pack a flavour punch using Colman’s Chilli Con Carne Recipe Mix – no need to buy all the separate seasoning ingredients for a delicious Colman's chilli mix!
Serve up Tom’s Tacos for £2.27 per portion*.
*Based on Tesco prices 29/08/22 using lowest cost ingredients at full price with a recipe serve for 4 portions.
CUPBOARD ESSENTIALS MAC & CHEESE WITH ARANCINI LEFTOVERS
Instead of a shopping list, we’ve shopped for ingredients from our shelves, cupboards, fridges, and freezers to make our delicious Cupboard Essentials Mac & Cheese. This is a fantastic food hack for frugal recipes.
Bonus hack idea: Why not add extra ingredients that need using up? Here are some of our favourites for inspiration: stirred in bacon, cherry toms or veggies, and crushed crackers or blue cheese topping.
All sorts of leftovers go well in a Colman's Mac & Cheese, don’t let them go to waste!
POPPY’S TASTY FISH PIE
Top hacks for making Poppy’s Fish Pie a cheap easy recipe:
1. Love the freezer aisle: use frozen fish and peas for a budget-friendly Colman's fish pie mix.
2. Batch cook mashed potato and save leftovers for another dish – it can be more cost-effective to bulk buy ingredients.
3. Use a tasty Colman's recipe mix rather than buying all the separate ingredients for a flavour boost.
Serve up Poppy’s Fish Pie for £2.31 per portion.
*Based on Tesco prices 29/08/22 using lowest cost ingredients at full price with a recipe serving 4 portions.
NOLENE'S DIRTY FRIES
Top hacks for making Nolene's Dirty Fries a simple cheap recipe:
1. Use up leftover spuds (potatoes, sweet potatoes, cauliflower) for a smart food hack.
2. Use Colman's DPS rather than buying individual ingredients for a flavour-packed meal.
3. Make mince meat go further with beans/pulses, perfect for cheap meals with mince.
4. Cover saucepan with lid to save energy, a great frugal recipe tip.
*Based on Tesco prices 23/09/22 using lowest cost ingredients at full price with a recipe serve for 8 portions.
AVA'S CHICKEN & MUSHROOM PIE
Top hacks for making Ava’s Chicken & Mushroom Pie a budget easy recipe:
1. Love your freezer. Using frozen meat and veg is often cheaper for easy cheap recipes.
2. Bulk buy the ingredients and batch cook your mash, freezing leftovers for another dish.
3. Pack a flavour punch using Colman’s Chicken Supreme Recipe Mix – no need to buy all the separate seasoning ingredients for a delicious Colman's chicken supreme!
Serve up Ava’s Chicken & Mushroom Pie for £2.49 per portion*.
*Based on Tesco prices 29/09/22 using lowest cost ingredients at full price with a recipe serve for 4 portions.
SAVOUR SMART SAVINGS
From tasty lasagne to flavour-packed tacos, these Colman's meal hacks prove that delicious, budget-friendly cooking is totally achievable. Embrace these food hacks and simple cheap recipes to boost your cooking confidence and make every meal a win!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Colman's recipe mixes, like Bolognese, White Sauce, Chilli Con Carne, and Chicken Supreme, provide a flavour punch without the need to buy many separate seasoning ingredients, making them a cost-effective choice for budget easy recipes.
To make mince meat go further, add lentils or beans to the mix. Buying bigger packs of meat and bulking it out with these ingredients can significantly reduce your cost per serve, perfect for frugal recipes.
Batch cooking and filling up your oven can reduce energy consumption. Additionally, covering saucepans with a lid helps to save energy, contributing to more efficient and simple cheap recipes.
Leftover mashed potato can be saved for another dish, and extra ingredients like bacon, cherry tomatoes, or veggies can be stirred into dishes like Mac & Cheese. Don't let anything go to waste!
This page offers several Colman's recipes and meal hacks, including Holly's Tasty Lasagne, Tom's Tasty Tacos, and Ava's Chicken & Mushroom Pie, all designed to be easy and cheap recipes.
