Day 1!!! - Chilli Con Carne

I thought I would ease myself in gently! One of my husbands favorite dinners is Chiliconcarne.
I really am not introducing anyone to anything different here but I had a busy day with the kids today so it was something quick & easy to throw together.

I picked the following up from Somerfield on my way home from school. Mince £2, Mushrooms £1 (only actually used half of the punnet though) and a can of chopped tomatoes 47p. So all that came to £3.47. If you take away half the packet of mushrooms I did not use that is £2.97.

I had Chili powder & rice at home.

I also added a green pepper I had at home & half a can of baked beans (hubby does not like kidney beans)

Had I bought these they would have cost 64p for the green pepper & 47p for the baked beans. (I usually get my shopping delivered from Ocado) so....all that makes £3.91.

Now a 500g bag of brown rice from Ocado is £1.58...I would probably us a third of that? So about 50p! So in a long winded fashion we have dinner for £4.41

This would usually feed 4 adults but in this instance my husband had seconds and then took the rest to work with him for his lunch today!

What we need to make sure we are doing however is using the mushrooms later in the week as otherwise they will go in the bin which ultimately adds to the cost of the dinner.

I have no recipe for this dinner! I just throw it all together!

Fry a onion up with the mushrooms & then the green pepper. Add the mince & fry till brown. Add tomatoes, chili powder & baked beans & simmer for about a hour! Sometimes I add some red wine when I am frying the mince as this adds a really lovely flavor.

For the rice I have a rice cooker from Pampered Chef and I put 1 cup of rice to 2 cups of water in for each person. Then cook for about 20 mins. If I was cooking white rice this would be a lot less time.

So there you go...my 1st blog.
I really hope to try different recipes all of which come in at under £5 for the basic ingredients. You may need extras from your store cupboard like spices etc but the general bulk of the meal will be under £5.

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If I know people are reading me then I will keep updating!!!