spicy beans on toast - make a bean chilli using 2 tins kidney beans, 2 tins tomatoes with chilli, a chopped onion and some garlic. Toast enough slices of bread on one side and then sprinkle the other side with a little grated cheese and toast. Serve the beans on the toast.
refried bean quesadillas - soak overnight and cook a bag of dried pinto beans with a couple of chopped onions, some garlic and PLENTY of black pepper. When they are done, use half of them to make refried beans. Put them in a frying pan with a knob of butter, a good shake of lime juice and some chilli powder. Stir about with a masher until the are hot and mostly smooth. Make into quesadillas with cheese, serve with salad and salsa.
Use the other half of the beans to make bean chilli, bean curry, Mediterranean beans, bean burgers or whatever.
Boil 3lbs of potatoes which you have diced in water flavoured with about 1tblspn curry powder. Meanwhile, fry 2 onions with some garlic and curry powder until translucent. Add a couple of tins chopped toms and some frozen spinach, simmer about 15 mins until saucy. Add the drained potatoes and a couple of spoons of mango chutney. Cook for 10 minutes or so. Serve with wraps and natural yoghurt
Cauliflower and bacon soup - 1lb frozen cauli, 2 decent sized potatoes, 2 chopped onion, 2 or 3 rashers bacon cut into little pieces, veg stock
Bacon and potato bake - 1 baking potato per person sliced thinly, 1 onion per person, sliced thinly, 1 rasher of bacon per person, cut into tiny bits, 1/4 pint white sauce per person, grated cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Layer the potatoes, onions and bacon up, seasoning between cycles and finishing with potatoes. Pour over sauce and bake for about 2hrs at 160, until potatoes are very tender.
Patatas bravas - roasted potato cubes in a sauce made from onion, pepper, tinned toms, garlic, smoked paprika and chilli powder. You can add some sliced chorizo to the sauce when you are frying the onions.
Smoked salmon pasta - pasta tossed in a sauce made from cream/milk and philly melted together flavoured with lemon and black pepper/ Toss in one of those packets of salmon trimmings and a bunch of rocket/watercress.
lemon pasta - cook a bag of pasta, in a big bowl mix the juice of a couple of lemons, a good glug of olive oil about 4oz of grated parmesan and plenty of black pepper. Mix the drained pasta into the dressing and add a good bunch of rocket.
toad in the hole with either veggie or meaty sausages.
Sausage and bean pot - cook some sausages and chop them into chunks. Meanwhile fry a chopped onion with some garlic, add a tin of baked beans, a tin of kidney beans, a tin of chopped toms and either some herbs or some chilli powder. Simmer these for about 10 minutes, then add the sausage chunks. Simmer for another 10 minutes until everything is well blended and delicious. Serve with mash.
leek and potato soup - leeks, potatoes, onions, grated carrots, veg stock.
borlotti bean soup - 2 tins borlotti beans (or dried beans cooked) a couple of chopped onions, a couple of cooked sized potatoes, cubed, garlic, veg stock, chilli flakes
chick pea, garlic and pasta soup - 1/2 a bag of dried chick peas cooked according to pack, a couple of onions, chopped, a lot of garlic (5 or 6 cloves) chopped, 1/2 a bag of pasta, 4 pints or so veg stock, some basil. Soften the onions and garlic in a little butter. Add chick peas and stock and simmer for about 20 minutes. BLend half the soup until smooth and then return to the pan. Add the pasta and simmer for 10-15minutes. Add chopped basil or parsley and serve with crusty bread.
Use the other half of the chick peas to make curry/falafels/hummus or chick pea salad (a bit like egg salad without the eggs)
SUmmer curried pasta - cook a bag of pasta, chop a couple of tomatoes. In a bowl mix a big pot of natural yoghurt with some curry paste or powder. Mix the pasta and tomatoes into the yoghurt. Sprinkle with some chopped coriander leaves of you like.
Sandwiches/wraps with fish fingers and salad leaves.
PEa soup - soften an onion in butter, add a bag of frozen peas and either some mint or garlic. Cover with veg stock and cook for a few minutes. Blend until smooth and stir through some cream/milk.
tomato bake - 3 cups cubed bread, toasted, a chopped onion, softened in butter with some garlic, 4 tins chopped toms, basil, grated cheese, salt and pepper, spoonful of sugar. Mix onion, garlic, tomatoes, bread, basil, seasoning and sugar together in a casserole dish. Top with grated cheese and bake at 180 for about 30 minutes.
smoked mackerel spread - mix 1/2lb of smoked mackerel with a tub of phillu type cheese, some parsley, black pepper and lemon juice until it is smooth. Spread on toast/wraps
Smoked salmon omelette made with smoked salmon trimmings, peas and cooked potato slices.
Smoked salmon soup - a tub of philly, pint of milk, a chopped onion, some grated parmesan, a spoonful of mustard , juice of a lemon, some chopped dill, 1 pint stock, 2 packs salmon trimmings. Mix cheese, onion, milk and dill in a pan and gently melt it all together. Add lemon, stock and fish. Simmer for a few minutes. Season and blend.