Every evening, the hostess faces a choice - to cook a delicious and inexpensive dinner, but kill a lot of time for it, or save time, but spend money on expensive semi-finished products. No need to choose. Make a dinner for four - inexpensive, delicious, and super quick.
It is necessary
- Cabbage salad:
- - small forks of white cabbage;
- - 1 carrot;
- - 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- - 1 tablespoon of wine vinegar;
- - 1 dessert spoon of sugar;
- - salt to taste.
- Pasta with pink Italian sauce:
- - 500 g of pasta;
- - 3 frozen sausages or sausages;
- - 1 large carrot;
- - 3 cloves of garlic;
- - 2 tablespoons of concentrated tomato paste;
- - 0.5 cups of milk;
- - dried herbs thyme and oregano;
- - vegetable oil for frying;
- - salt;
- - ground black pepper.
- Liquid Chocolate Ice Cream Cupcakes:
- - a bar of natural bitter or milk chocolate;
- - 50 g butter;
- - 1 egg;
- - 2 tablespoons of flour;
- - 200 g (1 pack) creamy vanilla ice cream.
Instructions
Step 1
Nutritionists recommend starting your meal with a light vegetable snack. A universal dish for all seasons is cabbage salad. Take a small dense cabbage fork, finely chop it. Place the cabbage in a bowl, salt and rub with your hands to soften it. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater and mix them with the cabbage. Prepare a dressing by mixing vegetable oil (olive or sunflower), vinegar, and sugar. Season the salad. add salt to taste if necessary.
Step 2
The most economical option for hot, which, moreover, is liked by almost everyone - pasta. It can be cooked every night by changing sauces and additives. Try the versatile pasta with pink Italian sauce.
Step 3
Pour pasta - penne, spaghetti or tagliatteli into boiling salted water. Cook according to package directions. Make sure that the pasta is not overcooked. Throw the finished pasta in a colander, add a spoonful of vegetable oil and stir - so they will not stick together.
Step 4
Make a sauce. Take sausages or hunting sausages as the main ingredient. Best straight out of the freezer for easier slicing. Cut into thin, round petal slices. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Heat a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil in a frying pan, put sausages and carrots in the oil. Fry until half cooked, stirring occasionally with a wooden spatula. Chop the garlic finely, add to the pan.
Step 5
In a separate bowl, mix the tomato paste with boiling water, stir thoroughly so that there are no lumps, add salt. Pour the mixture into the skillet. After a couple of minutes, add milk, dried herbs and black pepper. Cover the skillet with a lid and simmer until the sauce thickens. If it seems too runny for you, add a spoonful of flour and stir. Place the prepared pasta in the sauce. Stir and serve.
Step 6
Even the most budget-friendly dinner should not be complete without dessert. Don't buy ready-made baked goods and sweets, but rather try a very inexpensive restaurant-grade dessert. Melt a bar of dark or milk chocolate and butter in a water bath. In a separate bowl, grind the egg with sugar and pour in the chocolate-butter mixture. Stir well, add 2 tablespoons of flour and stir again. Pour the mixture into silicone muffin tins, 2/3 full.
Step 7
Place the tins on a baking sheet and place them in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Do not leave the cupcakes unattended - as soon as they rise and the crust on top hardens slightly, remove the tins from the oven. Place dessert on a plate, add a couple of scoops of ice cream and serve immediately. If the muffins are cooked correctly, there will be liquid hot chocolate inside. Well, if you bake them a little, you will just get delicious chocolate muffins without special effects. The ideal accompaniment to this dessert is freshly brewed green tea or a glass of frozen brandy.
