Pasta & sauce side dish - How to?

[Daydream Believer]

We use a lot of those packet pasta & sauce side dishes

I was wondering if anyone had any recipes so I can save a bit of money. Ultimately I would like to do the same sort of thing. Have all the dry ingredients in zip-lock bags then when I want them add the liquid ingredients & stick it in the microwave for 10mins

The ones we usually have are
Mild Chicken Curry
Alfredo


Thanks

[barney]

hun im actually just learning this one my sil tought me and its so easy and cheap feeds a heap of us lol.
1 x packet of fettucinne ( lol spelling )
bunck of shallots
small hand full diced bacon
1 x large thickend cream
1x tin homebrand mushrooms in butter sauce
and 1 x glass bottle of continental ? creamy pasta sauce

PREP..
cook your pasta
cook every thing else in 1 sausepan
when your pasta is cooked add it to your sauce mixture.

i hope ive made some sence hun and you will find thats sauce were the bolognaise sauces are at the shops its very yummy and goes a long way.
not really sure if ive helped but ive got 4 girls and a husband and we get leftovers from this so you could freeze this also

[Salad]

Great thread daydream I have been thinking this myself - the zip lock bag idea is excellent lets hope someone out there can help us.

[Nelle]

If you are happy to cook your rice/pasta/potato in the microwave, could you just make up a big batch of sauce and freeze it in zip lock bags?

Otherwise, I suppose you could look up recipes and just mix the dry ingredients in a bag, with instructions on what wet ingredients to add?

Looking forward to reading the other suggestions too!

[~clover~]

Chicken Fettuccini
Fettacini Pasta (boil)

In fry pan
onion
chicken
diced bacon
Cook til chicken is cooked through.

Add thickened cream & broken up chicken stock cubes (don't worry about dissolving in water first) Stir for a few minutes

Add pasta & simmer til cream thickens.

Can add shallots, mushrooms, parmesan. I put all in 'cept parmesan coz I keep forgetting to buy it!

If you leave the chicken out it can be a side dish, or a full meal with the chicken

[Daydream Believer]

OK I have been experimenting & this is what I have come up with for chicken curry pasta & sauce side dish

In a zip-lock bag:
1-1 1/2 cups small/quick cooking pasta (I used pasta pronto, 3 mins to cook normally)
1 tsp curry powder
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tsp chicken stock
dash of salt & pepper
1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp tumeric (to make it yellow)

Make sure there's no lumps in the powders/flours

Then when you are ready to cook, put in a microwave safe bowl & add
1 tbsp marg or butter
1/2 cup milk
1 1/4 cup boiling/hot water

Microwave 6-8 mins depending on mircowave & stir 3-4 times during cooking

[Salad]

You are awesome great job I am going to try that one out, thanks so much. My favourite one is the savoury tomato and onion I have to try and fugure that one out.

Thanks again.