Your recipes for when supplies are running low!!!!!!!!

[Salad]

Funds are tight at the moment it seems all the bills come at once, so I am trying to save some money where possible.
I am interested to hear what you cook when your main supplies are running low. In my case I have very little meat some frozen vegies and some fresh vegies, lots of stuff in pantry such as canned soups, pasta and rice herbs spices, canned tomatoes flours, sugars etc etc etc.
What do you make?

[Rainbow_Mumma]

just subscribing to this may come in handy!

[~Hestia~]

Tomato soup is easy. All you need is butter, 1 onion, 800g canned tomatoes, 600ml chicken or veggie stock, sugar & herbs if you're into them.

[Sammiejane]

Spanish omlette
Couple of potatoes (cooked and cubed)
Eggs
Cheese
Red onion
Herbs

[Nelle]

Risotto...as long as I have arborio rice and stock in some form (liquid, powder, cubes), then I'm set. I just add whatever else I have to it! Great way to use up leftovers too...a little bit of this and that.

I flesh things out with tinned tomato or chickpeas where I can.

[Mak]

All in one quiche - really a frittata and use up whatever is around
Fried rice/risotto variations
Pasta bakes
Vege pies
Make pizza bases - sauce from tomatoes etc
Pasta with simple chilli/garlic/oil
Bake cakes/cookies/scones

[~Kim~]

corn and noodle soup? - can creamed corn, stock, noodles, any veges you want to add, and a beaten egg (or a bit of cornflour and water)

last night after some inspiration from an old post of Rouge's I made a cauliflower risotto - I grated a head of cauli, sauted an onion and some garlic in a heavy pan with some olive oil, sauteed the cauli for a bit then added 1/2C chicken stock and put the lid on the pan. Cooked for 10mins sirring occasionally, then I stired in some leftover roast pumpkin and 1/4C of grated cheese (I used parmesan and tasty mixed). i served DH's with leftover heated roast pork and mine plain - beautiful.

[mummato1]

I use the Taste website all the time! I just type in a few ingredients and see what comes up.

[roses]

Snap jng1977....it's such an easy website, I highly reccommened it - look for the useful search tips when you must use something or for people with allergies (like me) when things must be ommitted.

[Twin Sister]

This is a favourite in our house and DS (who is 2) can eat two whole bowls of it he loves it so much. Recipe courtesy of Chatelaine Magazine. It's very fast, and easy and inexpensive too.


Orzo, chicken and sage simmer pot
Published by Chatelaine on 2/1/2004


Ingredients

* 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
* Olive oil
* 2 garlic cloves or 1 tbsp (15 mL) bottled chopped garlic
* 1 large onion
* 1 tbsp (15 mL) dried sage leaves
* 1/2 tsp (2 mL) each salt and ground black pepper
* 28 oz (796 mL) can diced tomatoes
* 1 cup (250 mL) water
* 1/2 (500 g) pkg orzo, about 1-1/2 cups (375 mL)
* 6 oz (170 g) bag baby spinach, about 4 cups (1 L)
* 1/4 cup (50 mL) grated Parmesan cheese (optional)


* Directions

1. Slice chicken into large bite-size pieces. Lightly coat a large wide saucepan with oil and set over medium-high heat. Add chicken and stir-fry until golden-tinged, 5 to 6 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, mince garlic and chop onion, then add to pan. Stir often until onion begins to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Crumble sage overtop and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Stir in tomatoes and water. Bring to a boil.
3. Stir in orzo. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, uncovered and stirring often, until most of liquid is absorbed, about 10 minutes. Stir in spinach, then remove from heat. Cover and let stand until liquid is absorbed, 3 to 5 minutes. Spoon into bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan.

[AnyDream]

Twinsis - not familiar with "orzo"...this is what wikipedia said:

Orzo (from Latin hordeum, sometimes called Italian rice) is Italian and means "barley" [1], from which orzo was originally made. However, in common usage in the United States, orzo is understood to mean rice-shaped pasta, slightly smaller than a pine nut. It is frequently used in soups and baked casseroles. Despite its rice shape, orzo is made not of rice but of hard wheat semolina. It is also known as risone in Italian

Is this what you're using...rice shaped pasta (we call it risone here)??

[Twin Sister]

Yup that's the stuff.