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clover wrote: Surely can, I can't quite remember it off the top of my head so I'll grab it out tonight and post it for you tomorrow.

mmm yum

DH wants to make his (or more likely me pasta sauce. I would use tinned tomatoes & add garlic, onion, herbs...maybe roasted capsicums.

Any other ideas...will it be cheaper than buying, I usually buy Dolmio.

This week is roughly this:

tonight fish veg rice(one piece salmon, lemon fish and dozen scallops between 4 people and trust me the kids eat as much as we do)

2: pork chops with some veg (was on special)

3: cottage pie (loaded with loads of veg in the mince and take half the mince mixture and freeze to top with mash in about 2 weeks) I also have pumpkin so mix some pumpkin with the mash or use some kumara.

4. chicken roast with veg and cous cous

5. vegan pizza

6. pasta of some sort.

7. Lamb tjops with veg.

But this changes as my whole freezer is full after todays shopping. I want to make a stew as well and save up on some meals for during my exam time so I can just defrost and heat up for the family.

caliandjack wrote: I never buy ready made pasta sauce, I use tinned tomatoes add flavourings (onion, garlic, herbs etc) and reduce it down to the required consistency. I've done the same to make tomato topping for pizza.

Do you ever make it up before or make in bigger batches & then freeze or bottle the left over?

Because it is tomato base it should keep right?

another meat free option (might have been said before but it came to mind because it's what is now on our menu for tonight!) is nachos without mince. I just use beans and mash them a little if I need to hide the fact that that is what it is.  I'm doing mine with rice and a few corn chips on the side.