After reading about stirring Bolognese sauce through pasta to save money, I wondered if there were any "obvious" tips I could use?

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The thread advised you'd use less meat if you stir the sauce through the pasta and then serve. I did this yesterday and it used maybe half as much meat, maybe less, we still enjoyed our dinner.

I pad out mince dishes with red lentils, as my tip.

Also, make pizza at home with dough from yoghurt and flour, and then minimal toppings, but increase things like spinach in there.

Anything else?

I buy the 750g packet of mince at Aldi, and when I cook it up with 4 cans of chopped tomatoes and 2 cans of water, I add a grated courgette and 2 grated large carrots (as well as onion, garlic, stock cubes, basil etc.). It's absolutely MASSIVE and does the four of us for several meals include a lasagne.

Ignore the posters being deliberately obtuse. I can't imagine getting my knickers in a twist over someone sharing money saving tips!

Nigella's marmite spaghetti is an excellent recipe for a dirt cheap meal (and doesn't really taste of marmite, just savoury).

Well that's just rude.
If the OP's tip doesn't help you, don't feel you have to stay and plop all over the thread.

Yeah. That post pretty much sums up the way that Mumsnet has gone to absolute shit.

Holy moly - who knew there was so much to learn about Spag Bol