Budget Meals? | Family Treasures

October 12th, 2012 | Add a Comment

?that taste good and go far.

OSTRICH BURGER

This is one of the higher end budget meals but is a healthy alternative to?your usual?Red Meat meal as Ostrich is an extremely low fat meat. Make it healthier by using wholewheat rolls.

Main Ingredients

• 5 rolls
• 125 ml chakalaka
• 3 tomatoes, sliced
• 2 baby gem lettuces

Ostrich patties

• 1 glug olive oil, for frying
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 slices bread, blitzed into breadcrumbs, or ? cup oats
• 500 grams ostrich mince
• 2 tbsp coriander seeds, finely ground
• 1 tsp braai spice
• 3 tbsp basting sauce
• 3 tbsp chopped parsley, (optional)
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 pinch salt and milled pepper

Method

• Heat a glug of oil in a pan and fry onion until soft.
• Place on a plate in the fridge to cool quickly.
• Mix cooled onion with remaining patty ingredients.
• Season well and shape into 5 patties.
• Brush patties with oil.
• Heat a heavy-based or griddle pan until smoking.
• Fry patties for about 3-5 minutes a side, or until well browned and just cooked through.
• Halve rolls and top with chakalaka, tomato and lettuce.

Serves 5

View the recipe here: http://www.picknpay.co.za/picknpay/content/en/recipe-search-results?oid=138247&sn=Detail&pid=2393

TUNA AND LEEK PIE

I found this great budget meal by Sous Chef.

It looks great and the total price is?R24.63

For the base:

• 4 pkts cheddar biscuits, crushed
• 80g butter, melted ? (keep 2 TBS of the crushed biscuits aside)

Mix the melted butter and the biscuits and press into a greased pie dish.
Put in the fridge to firm.

For the filling: ?

• 1 tin of tuna, drained
• 1 onion, chopped ? I only used half an onion because I added leeks
• 1 or 2 leeks, chopped (optional)
• A little oil
• Cheese, grated ? I used about 1/3 of the cheese pictured in the first photo, so just over a 100g

While the base is firming, fry the onion & leeks gently until soft, in a little oil.
Sprinkle the tuna and cooked onion/leeks over the firmed base.

• ? cup of cake (plain) flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• Seasoning
• 2 jumbo eggs
• 1 cup milk

Place all of the above ingredients into a bowl and whisk until smooth then pour over the tuna mix.
Sprinkle grated cheese and the remaining crushed cheddar biscuits.

Place in a pre-heated oven?at 175 degrees?for 25/30 minutes.?Allow to rest before serving.
Serves 4 ? 6

View?the recipe here: http://blogs.food24.com/sous-chef/2011/09/15/budget-meal-no-5-tuna-leek-pie

BUTTERNUT SOUP

Soup is always a great option for Budget Meals. It goes far and tastes great. In summer, you may wish to try a Cold Soup. I found a Budget Soup recipe on Simply Delicious.

Ingredients

• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 carrots, finely chopped
• 500g (17.64 ounces) Butternut, peeled and diced
• 300g (10.58 ounces) Sweet potato, peeled and diced
• 1.5l Chicken Stock 1/2 tsp
• Cinnamon 125ml (4.23 fluid ounces)
• Cream Salt & Pepper to taste

Method:

• If roasting the veg before hand, preheat the oven to 200?C (392 degrees Fahrenheit) and combine the butternut, sweet potato, carrots and onion in a roasting tray. Drizzle with 2tbsn Syrup or honey or 3 tbsn Sugar and some oil. Roast for 30 minutes until cooked. Combine the cooked veg in a pot with the stock and allow to simmer gently for 10 minutes. Puree the soup and add the cinnamon, cream (if using) and season to taste.
• If you won?t be roasting the veg, heat a large pot and fry the onion and carrots in some oil until soft and golden. Add the butternut and sweet potato and fry for another 3 minutes. Add the stock and allow to cook for 30 minutes until all the veg is soft. Puree the soup, add the cinnamon, cream (if using) and season to taste.

Serves 4

View the recipe here: http://simply-delicious.co.za/2010/07/27/budget-butternut-soup

Written by denisevdm

Denise is a mother and a wife. She believes in the importance of family. She feels it is important that we, as individuals, should develop ourselves to the best of our ability so that we can contribute to our family and our community resulting not only in a better family life but also personal joy and fulfillment.

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