What on earth should I cook tonight??? something quick, healthy and cheap please?

Egg fried rice,

Boil up rice just before it reaches the sticky stage. Heat oil in frying pan or wok, fry up rice, add a oxo stock cube and then anything else

like, ham, peas, carrots, or any other meats or veg. In Thailand they call this kow phat and it really is lovely (but they add coriander)

Are you a vegetarian? If so delete the bacon from this unbelievably cheap and delicious meal.

Finely chop an onion, a garlic clove and dice some bacon. Fry the bacon and the onions in a good glug of olive oil and when they have browned off, add the garlic. Chuck in a tin of chopped tomatoes and simmer it all for about 30 minutes. If it gets too thick add a litle water.

Boil up some pasta, it doesn't matter what sort but spaghetti can get messy with this sauce. Serve with grated parmesan cheese and a nice crisp salad with an olive oil and balsamic dressing. Dead easy, really cheap and very nice

An omelette on toast. Just add whatever you have got to it, but a nice one is spring onion and mushroom. You only need a couple of mushrooms and maybe added some ham/sausage/cooked meat. slice the spring onion, separating the white bits from the green bits. Cook the white bits with the rest of the ingredients and make an omelette as normal, saving the green bits as garnish. quick, cheap and not too bad health wise!

Those unltra cheap supermarket noodles with either a can of tuna or a handful of frozen prawns. Cooks in about 2+1/2 minutes in boiling water. SImple, healthy easy tasty meal.

Mmm all these suggestions for tonights dinner has got me hungry

Though my suggestion and what i lurve is

make an omelette and while cooking drop some chopped spring onions..chopped tomatoes..grated cheese onto it then pop it under the grill to finish off cooking...once cooked sit it onto a burrito and splash either brown or tomato sauce onto it then roll it up and enjoy :-)

PS dont forget you can put any kind of toppings on the omelette

Grilled vegetables. Grab your favorites, carrots, potatoes, squash, zucchini, cucumber, bell peppers (red,yellow green), broccoli... Anything you like. Put them in an aluminum foil pouch with a little butter (1 tablespoon or so) or olive oil and some seasoning salt. You can add sliced ring sausage for a complete meal. Put it on the grill for about 10 minutes then turn over and cook for another 10. My kids love it. You can use fresh or frozen vegetables.

Raman Noodle Surprise! yummy and cheap. Adjust quantities for the number of people but a good rule of thumb is 2 eggs and 1 pack of noodles per guest. Scramble eggs lightly until almost done and remove from fry pan/ Turn heat to high and add water to the same fry pan/mix in seasoning packets from the Raman, chicken is the best or add some bouillon cubes as well for flavor/ once the water is about to boil add the noodles,crush them first/continue to turn the Raman so it does'nt burn til the water is just about gone/ add your scrambled eggs back in and mix/ Then add a genourous amount of your favorite cheese to the mix and continue to turn til golden brown. Enjoy!

Tex-Mex Salad with Chili Vinaigrette

Makes 8 to 10 servings

Ingredients:

Salad:

1 cup long grain rice

1 15 ounce can pinto beans, rinsed and drained

1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen whole kernel corn

3 green onions, sliced

1/4 cup red sweet pepper, chopped

Vinaigrette:

1/4 cup corn oil

2 tablespoons lime juice

1 tablespoon cider vinegar

1 tablespoon brown sugar

2 pickled jalapeño peppers, stemmed, halved and seeded

1 teaspoon chili powder (or more to taste)

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

Preparation:

Salad:

Cook rice in salted water as directed on the package. (The rice can be cooked ahead and chilled.)

Combine cooked rice, beans, corn, green onion, and sweet pepper in a large bowl. Toss lightly to mix.

Vinaigrette:

Combine corn oil, lime juice, vinegar, brown sugar, jalapeño pepper, chili powder, cumin and salt in a blender container or food processor bowl. Cover and blend or process until smooth.

Pour dressing over rice mixture; toss to coat. Cover and chill until serving time or up to 2 days. Serve at room temperature.

* Exported from MasterCook *

Black Bean & Rice Burritos

Recipe By : Chef Vilery

Serving Size : 24 Preparation Time :0:45

Categories : Beans

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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8 cups cooked black beans

8 cups cooked rice

1 cup salsa

1 tablespoon tabasco sauce

1 tablespoon garlic -- minced

2 cups mozzarella cheese -- shredded

1 tablespoon cumin

1/2 cup onion -- minced

48 flour tortilla

Combine ingredients in a large bowl

Wrap mixture into torillas, then wrap each in foil

Heat in oven @ 450 for 20 minutes

Also thin slices of purple onion and red bell peppers.

Can be add to each burrito just prior to wraping

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NOTES : Serve with Salsa, Sour Cream & Guacamole

this takes 10 minutes from start to finish simply fry of any vegetables you have such as peppers cherry tomatoes,mushrooms, and cook some pasta when both are cooked mix togethor with pesto sauce and finish with cheese on the top simple and delicious and also cheap

recipe1 = Fry onions , chopped tomatoes and garlic for few

minutes until oil separates. put chilli powder, salt , ketchup and

splash of vinegar or lemon juice. Add cheese , green chilli and serve with boiled spaghetti, or toast.

recipe2 = Boiled and mash potatoes, add diced onion, tomato,

green chilli, salt pepper , cumin (optional). Make patties , dip in egg and fry into greased pan until golden on noth sides. Sandwich with toastd bread, lick of mayo salad leaf or wtever is there onion tomato cucumber etc