Lots of great ideas Jane, just remembered ive got some Ikea meatballs in the freezer and a bag of white fish. x

I don't know where my mother got this recipe, but it's been one of my favourites for 60+ years as well as being cheap and easy to make. It's a version of macaroni and cheese only instead of making a cheese sauce, you layer cooked macaroni, tinned (diced) tomatoes and shredded cheddar cheese in a casserole dish. Repeat the layers once. Top with bread or cracker crumbs and dot with butter. Bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit for 30 minutes or until topping is lightly browned. I THINK that's 180 degrees celsius?? Sorry, I forgot to say to sprinkle salt and pepper to taste on each tomato layer.

With mince...stroganoff, beef and barley with veg. Unstuffed cabbage or unstuffed peppers.

Jane it is so interesting to see how people from different countries cook. (We are from the USA). Thank you for sharing ❤

Chicken and egg dumplings (one or two eggs, fold in flour to make a sticky dough, add a little cream if necessary, no leavening) drop into chicken broth to cook. We call them rock dumplings. Chicken and biscuit dumplings. Place hot chicken and broth in casserole dish. Gently place homemade biscuits on top. Bake until biscuits are cooked and browned. These dumplings are very light.

Hear her to the good old roast meal.

This will be so useful in the future. I love videos that i can reference when my mind can't think of anything different for meals. I thank you and Mike for sharing so much of your time and knowledge. Hugs from Ohio!

6 p.m. Something I have long done is occasionally use ground beef and ground pork/sausage interchangeably, such as pork burgers rather than beef burgers, or sausage meatloaf rather than ground beef meatloaf. Can give a new taste to an everyday recipe😊

This is a brilliant video Jane! Something I used to do when I could get them cheaply, was take an M&S cheese and onion pie (my dad could get them from the factory shop for pennies), break it into chunks and put in a casserole dish, then pour a tin of baked beans around the chunks. Bake in the oven until bubbling hot and the pastry was crispy. This was a standby meal when the kids were young and we had no money for food.

On rare occasion we have a roast . Any leftover cooked meat is thinly sliced into small pieces, leftover over veg and roasted veg incl roast potatoes also cut into small pieces,. All added into a pie dish, then I add, depending on type of meat ,place small spoonfuls of sauce -around the pie dish for lamb-mint sauce or redcurrant jelly, beef-cream of horseradish sauce,pork - apple sauce, chicken - red currant jelly. Turkey - cranberry sauce.If you have leftover dauphinoise potatoes or cauliflower cheese place small spoonfuls around the pie dish. Then pour over your leftover gravy. Place a thin layer of either ready made rough puff or flakey pastry on top of the pie dish and seal edges. Brush the pastry with either beaten egg or milk and place in a preheated oven 180 degrees fan oven in the middle of the oven for approx 40-45 mins . If pastry is browning to quickly place a square piece of greaseproof paper on top until pastry is golden brown on top. Make sure centre of the contents of the pie is very hot, 70degrees + with a cooking thermometer before eating. Sometimes I will make the pie without cooking it and place in freezer as a ready meal to cook off for impromptu entertaining meal.

There is some great ideas- something I recently started adding was Indian dal and curries. So cheap and so easy to make and my kids love it

Thank you for a very thoughtful and informative video Jane! It’s obvious that you spend a lot of time and effort on your videos and it shows! I appreciate it!

Great ideas, I'll be coming back to this video

Again I love the slideshow presentation. I found that I can easily refer back to your ideas when the material is so well organized in this manner. Thanks for the great ideas and some of which I had forgotten about. Looking forward to your next presentation.

Excellent slides, Jane. I rotate the refrigerator's freezer stash when I have plans to "feed the freezer" with my garden produce. I just used up the winter's homemade soups, making room for spring rhubarb. The discounted chicken breast will be gone sooner than the late-summer harvest, so I'll slide reusable freezer packs in as placeholders.

Thank you for listing some of the meals you make. You gave me a lot more ideas to make our meals more interesting.

Really helpful video and have picked up some new meal ideas! I have six children, so planning and stretching and getting good deals is so important! My children's favourite mince recipe is keema curry and leftovers can be made into a keema cottage pie with sweet potato, sour cream and chive topping.x

The different breakdowns were wonderful. A lot of great ideas. Thank you for doing all of that work for the video.

Wonderful ideas! A great American favorite is loaded nachos. Cook up some minced beef and your favorite beans (black beans, chilli beans or refried beans). Place the beef and beans over tortilla chips (either purchased or homemade. Top with any or all of the following: finely diced onions, jalapeño or chilli peppers to your desired spice level, sliced/diced black olives, and top with shredded chedder or Mexican blend cheese. Broil until heated through and the cheese is bubbly and melted. Top with sour cream, guacamole (or diced/smash avacado) and salsa (chopped tomatoes, finely diced onions, and peppers). Can be served as a meal or an appetizer. Another popular iten is a homemade McDonald's Big Mac Bowl. Similar to your bowl, cookup minced beef or burger patties. In a bowl, shred up lettuce of your choice, top with minced beef, "special sauce" (mayonnaise, ketchup, pickle relish and a dash of Worstershire sauce), diced onions, sliced pickles, mustard, shredded cheese. Finally I love "breakfast for dinner". Cook up eggs as you like them, your favorite breakfast meat (bacon or sausage), hash brown potatoes and toast or pancakes.

Hi there from N. Idaho USA. We made sausage and shrimp gumbo tonight for dinner. I was unloading the fridge and freezer of things needing used and I saw we had everything I needed to put this easy one pot meal together. Onions, celery, green bell pepper, garlic, a can of diced tomatoes, cajun seasoning, chicken broth, a pound of spicy sausage and 12 ounces of medium sized shrimp. We served it over white rice in a bowl and topped it with green onions Yum. I looked up my recipe on Pinterest. There was a few to choose from. My family said they would love to have it again. Easy clean up too.