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Budget Recipe: Lasagne

By Ricky Willis | last updated 5th June 2020

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This is a really easy lasagne recipe. A lasagne is basically the same recipe as my Spaghetti Bolognese but I just don’t add any carrots. I don’t know why, I just prefer it without.

Budget recipe: lasagneSaying that, when I batch cook Bolognese, instead of just having it with spaghetti, to make a change, I will use the meat sauce to make nice lasagne.

I often put the lasagne together the night before, or earlier in the day, and leave it in the fridge. I then just pop it into the oven in the run up to dinner time, meaning I need to spend less time cooking (and cleaning!) after school.

There always seems to be an argument about whether the lasagne sheets get put on the meat first, or whether the white sauce is used first. I always put the lasagne sheets on first, I don’t know if it makes a difference, it’s just the way I do things. If there is a reason I should be doing it the other way around please do let me know.

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Budget Recipe: Lasagne
 
Ingredients
Meat sauce
  • 500g minced beef (£1.99)
  • 1 onion, chopped (6p)
  • 1 clove of garlic, crushed (4p)
  • 100g mushrooms, sliced (21p)
  • 1 tin of chopped tomatoes (31p)
  • 1tbsp tomato puree (4p)
  • 1 beef stock cube (2p), dissolved in 250ml hot water
  • 1tsp mixed herbs (2p)
  • 1tsp sugar (1p)
  • salt and pepper to season (1p)
  • 1tbsp oil (2p)
White Sauce
  • 50g butter/marg/spread (10p)
  • 50g plain flour (2p)
  • 500ml milk (22p)
  • pepper (1p)
  • 50g grated cheddar cheese (24p)
Lasagne
  • 10 lasagne sheets (26p)
  • 50g grated cheddar cheese for the top (24p)
£3.82 total – 96p each (plus we always have at least one lunchtime size portion as left overs)
Instructions
  1. Add the oil to a big based pan and gently fry to the onion and garlic.
  2. Once the onions have turned translucent, add the beef and brown.
  3. Add all the other ingredients, stir and leave to simmer for 30 minutes.
  4. For the white sauce, in a separate pan, gently melt the butter then add the flour and mix in.
  5. Stir in the milk, a little at a time to make sure no lumps appear.
  6. Once all the milk has been added, continue to stir and it will thicken after a few minutes.
  7. When thick, remove from the heat and stir in the cheese.
  8. To make the lasagne, add about a third of the meat sauce to the bottom of an oven proof dish. Add the a few lasagne sheets on top to cover then a third of the white sauce. Then repeat – meat, sheets, sauce twice more and sprinkle the cheese over the top.
  9. Bake in the centre of a 180C preheated oven for 45 minutes.
Notes
We used about 10 sheets for our dish but you may need to use slightly more or less. We served our lasagne with a little salad (22p per 80g portion).

Prices are correct at time of cooking and are based on supermarket basic label, where they were available. We don't shop at one supermarket and shop around to get the best bargains.
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The price comparison between cooking from scratch and buying ready made is amazing. The total for this lasagne recipe was £3.82. If you bought a ready made lasagne to feed family of four from ASDA, you would look to spend £5.48, or you can buy kits for £3.98 (plus £1.99 for the beef mince and more for cheese) or buy the ready made Dolmio sauces for £1.80 (versus the 59p we spent making our from scratch).

Cooking from scratch is cheaper and, as it uses fresh ingredients, it’s a lot healthier too.

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Comments

  1. cloudfreebies says

    24th June 2014 at 10:36 am

    YUM! ant believe how cheap you have got this. I would recommend spending a bit more on the meat.

    Reply
    • Ricky Willis says

      24th June 2014 at 9:59 pm

      The meat isn’t too bad actually. I used to have to reservations about buying cheaper meat but Lidl is ok. We tried the beef/pork (very cheap) mince from the other supermarkets and probably won’t be trying it again(!).

      Reply
  2. ninegrandstudent says

    24th June 2014 at 11:02 am

    I was always taught that putting sheets first encourages them to burn and stick – but it your dish doesn’t let them scorch then I suppose its fine. I just know the first time I try it I will ruin my dish!

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    • Ricky Willis says

      24th June 2014 at 10:01 pm

      I knew there would be a reason to put the sheets on second but I’ve never had a problem to be honest. I’m sure you wouldn’t ruin the dish – if I can make it, then anyone can! Just take your time with everything it should come together on its own.

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