What to bulk mince with?

[MrsGokWan]

I've been left with about 300gms of mince and need to use it up. What can I bulk it up with? and more importantly what can I make with it? It has to feed a family of 5.

Thank you ladies

Brown lentils
Bulgar wheat
Rice
Breadcrumbs
Vegetables
Potatoes

You could make burgers, hash, a pasta bake (sorry!) where the mince was just a layer, stew and dumplings...loads of things.

make some spaghetti bolognaise. Just use a jar for sauce (or canned tomatos) and add veggies like peas, carrots, mushrooms or peppers...

Red lentils give an interesting texture and add fibre and protein without extra fat.

Aubergine adds a lovely silky texture to beef. Pulses also nice, esp. for middle eastern-type dishes (moussaka, spicy meatballs, etc)

get a tin of pulses - kidney beans, haricot, flageolet, anything! or chick peas. you can get mixed cans.

add a tin of tomatoes, onion, veg, and have it with rice or pasta. or chop up some potatoes into it to make a stew

chick peas?

Mushrooms?

finely chopped celery

Finely chopped spinach and / or porridge oats. You could make a batch of chilli and bulk it out further with a tin of mixed beans or kidney beans - even baked beans.Oh and tinned tomatoes.

Celery, grated carrot, onions, toms, chickpeas (or any pulses) breadcrumbs/crushed cream crackers (for burgers/meatballs)

Then serve with pasta/rice or spuds

Wow! you lot are quick

Now off to rummage around my cupboards and see what I have that has been suggested.

Right we have lentils do I just cook them and add to the mince?

Have onions, carrots, tin of sweetcoorn, tin of tomatoes, mushrooms as well as well.

Thought I could fry off the onions and mince, add lentils, grate carrot and put in to bulk it as well, add sweetcorn, tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, herbs and possibly an oxo cube to make it a bit richer. Serve with pasta.

How does that sound?

Thank goodness it's nearly payday.

What time do you want us round?

tinned tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms and kidney beans?

Oooh! we have kidney beans, borlotti, aduki and butter beans. Which would you add?

More mince

Sorry shirley we have no more mince. DH used the rest for a snack

lamplighter glad you think it sounds good

It's the only sensible option I'm afraid.

Oohh, I do mince, onion, garlic, mushrooms, pepper, herbs, stock cube, tinned tomatoes then put it in a dish, layer with (cheap dried) pasta. Grated cheese on top and in the oven or under the grill. Yum.

Or leave out tinned tomatoes and layer with mashed potato instead.

From your choice of beans I would add kidney beans and chilli powder and serve with rice.

Beans - kidney would be favourite out of those you have; if you need more add the borlotti as well.

I cook the pasta first obviously.

DP does that too - looks at a pack of 6 sausages and sees 2 sausage sandwiches, instead of sausage casserole for family of 4.

spottymuldoon will add that to my repotoire when we have some money and cheese no pots. either atm < feeling poor emoticon>

Kidney beans it is then and possibly a bit of chilli powder.

lastyearsmodel I have sausages for tomorrow (to go in a casserole) and 4 pork chops for the next day to be cut up and put in a stir fry type thing. I have hidden in the freezer behind things so they are not used before I need them. Payday Friday woohoo!!

If you make up a bolognese/chilli, add red wine and then a couple of handfuls of breadcrumbs - good way of using up stale bread.

I heard this is what italian housewives do, which makes me feel better about it! (strange i know.)