Tonight's meal I stumbled upon by accident when I made pasta and forgot to buy the jar of arrabiata sauce. Sometimes when I'm busy that happens, so I threw together anything I could to make a passable red chilli pasta sauce that I could add tuna to. We liked it so much it stuck and now I no longer buy jars of sauce. This is also much cheaper - I would buy a supermarket branded 350g jar for 88p. This I get 400g+ for just 44p.
Basic red sauce recipe for 2
One onion (from a pack of about 20 for 75p; 3.75p)
Smidge of garlic (1p - usually from an ancient tube I have in the fridge. It's so old it has pricing in farthings ;-))
400g tin of chopped tomatoes (31p)
2 scant tsps of sugar (1p)
Good glug of chilli sauce (5.8p - bottle cost 58p and I can get 10 good glugs)
Squirt of tomato paste (1.2p - 36p for the tube and I get about 30 squirts)
Cost of sauce: 44p
Small tin of tuna in brine (54p)
12 oz pasta twirls (18p - £1 per 1kg. Hubby is a very thin manual worker so eats A LOT of food every day)
Total cost for two: £1.16
Fry garlic for few seconds and add onion. Fry gently until transparent Add the chopped tomatoes, sugar, chilli sauce, tomato paste bring cover and simmer for 15 minutes. In the meantime cook the pasta, drain and set aside. Drain the tuna and add to the pan, stirring gently. Heat through. Serve.
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