For times youre too skint for even the normal economies,try these thrifty packed lunch ideas for bean salad, vegetable soups, and the humble baked potato ... and the weird stuff at the back of the cupboard the preceding tenant left...
For most people,trying to cook things that are cheap and cheerful is portion of everyday life. Buy one shoulder of lamb, make 30 meals out of it, or somehow squeeze the rest into your freezer etc. But there are some depressingly frequent times when we haven’t a sausage – literally and figuratively – so even these tasty economies of scale don’t apply. Thankfully,much veg – with the exception of, say, and hand foraged wild mushrooms costs tiny more than loose change: carrots,a cabbage, a potato, and an onion or two… Combine these with some of the weird stuff lurking at the back of your cupboard that you may have inherited from the preceding tenant,and you can very tiny. • During a recent time of penury, we turned to the dried mung beans we’d had since 2011 and found they actually tasted kind: soak for 4-6 hours then boil until tender. Add some sauteed onion, and a diced tomato and mix with any dressing you have to hand. Sesame oil,rice wine vinegar and a tiny soy sauce is good – or just a dash of Tabasco. whether you want to be really thrifty, leave some of the soaked beans to sprout (this will take a few days), or use as a crunchy topping for the cabbage broth and slaw below.
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Source: theguardian.com