2 sandwiches, 2 toasty breakfasts and 2 pasta dinners from 1 tin of sardines!

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2 sandwiches, 2 toasty breakfasts and 2 pasta dinners from 1 tin of sardines!

Super frugal and super good!

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Side Dish, Snack

Servings: servings

Calories: 278kcal

Author: Thrifty Lesley

Cost: £2.01 in total. 28p for each toasty breakfast and sandwich, 44p for each pasta dinner

Equipment

Ingredients

Sandwich Filler and Toast Topper

60 g sardines in tomato sauce Asda 55p/120g, 28p (half a tin)
50 g baked beans value brand, drained, 42p/tin, 21p
20 g cream cheese value brand soft cheese, Asda £1.48/200g, 37p
4 slices wholemeal bread - for sandwiches 2 each for a sandwich lunch, 3.4p per slice
4 slices wholemeal bread - for toast 2 each for toasty breakfast, 3.4p per slice

Pasta Sauce

60 g sardines in tomato sauce Asda 55p/120g, 28p (half a tin)
50 g cream cheese value brand, Asda £1.48/200g, 37p
160 g pasta value brand, Asda 75p/500g, 24p

Instructions

Sandwich Filler

Divide the tin of sardines in half and put each half in a separate bowl.
60 g sardines in tomato sauce
Mash them up, bones and all, they will add valuable calcium.
Open the beans and drain them in a sieve over a third bowl. Keep the
sauce and use it in something else, I usually add any beans in an opened
tin sitting in the fridge to the soup or casserole, so you can do the
same with this.
50 g baked beans
Run the drained beans under the tap for a bit and drain off the water well.
Now measure out 50g of them and tip them into the mashed up sardine bowl. Mash the beans up with the sardines. Or leave them whole if you want them that way, up to you.
Add the value soft cheese and mix well. All done. This will give you enough sandwich filler for at least 4 sandwiches, maybe 5.
20 g cream cheese
Toast 4 slices of bread and use half the sardine mix
4 slices wholemeal bread - for sandwiches
Use the remaining 4 slices of bread to make 2 sandwiches, with the remaining sardine mix.
4 slices wholemeal bread - for toast

Pasta Sauce

Simply mix the sardines and soft cheese together while the pasta is boiling. Mash it up, or not, just as you like.
60 g sardines in tomato sauce, 50 g cream cheese
Drain the pasta well and mix through the sauce.
160 g pasta
Serve immediately.

Notes

Sandwich Filler:

You can use it for packed lunches, or on toast for breakfast, or a quick toasty tea for the kids. Or with a a little pile of crudités, carrot and celery sticks for instance, and maybe a value pitta, toasted if at home, sliced up if not.

If you have any, a few little bits of lemon zest would work well in either of these recipes. I have had this little lemon zester gadget for many years, it is really handy and I can zest off just a few strips very easily with it.

You can add some sliced cherry tomatoes to the pasta, or some whole or chopped up olives, serve it with salady bits, roast some fennel/carrots/onions to go with it, make a simple salsa from diced cucumber and tomatoes or fennel, serve it with some peas or dark leafy veg. Anything you like.

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