Budget Macaroni and cheese – whats in your cupboard?

When there really is too much month for your money, what else can one do but use up what you have and try to make it still as tasty as possible.

My dad and I have always had a good relationship, when I don’t live at home, any way.
So now that I really do have to watch costs so much more than before, my dad is getting regular visits from me, not only to do my washing there- but also to help him in, clearing his fridge of a few things before he does more grocery shopping.

So most of what I am using lately, is either what I can forage for at Dad’s, or ingredients that cost as little as possible..

But if you still have to buy these ingredients and don’t have have them lying around:
Cook 250g pasta (macaroni) in boiling water with one stock cube ( chicken, veg, beef) whatever you have or prefer. Melt about 2 tablespoons of butter and add about the same amount of flour to make a roux. Put about half a cup of the water from the pasta aside and add milk to fill the cup. Add the milky stock to the cooked flour and butter- off the heat and only a little at a time ( this prevents lumps) untill the sauce coats the back of the spoon.. Not too thick and not too thin

Add grated cheese, I also had some of Robertsons Basil Paste so added a nice heapen teaspoon. Season with salt, pepper or whatever spices you have in that cupboard.
I don’t think I need to tell you to put it all together in an oven dish, and cover it with more grated cheese.. But I guess I did just tell you that, did’nt I?

Now, you can add anything you want. Bacon, mince, chicken, veggies, onion, tuna – experiment.. Different ingredients or even different pasta’s. After all – it is all really about the sauce isn’t it?

Happy comfort eating