A SAVVY dad has revealed the ultimate mid-week dinner for busy families – and his epic fakeaway will set you back just £1 a portion.
With the price of our supermarket shop jumping up every week, we’re all trying to find budget-friendly dinner ideas.
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Sadly, this can sometimes mean we end up sticking to the same old, boring menu.
Luckily Mitch Lane has made it his mission to show how creative you can get on a £5 budget.
And his take on Subway’s infamous Meatball Marinara sub is ideal for busy families that want a treat on the cheap.
He said: “Just look how naughty that looks.
“Let’s do some meatball marinara subs, all for under our fiver budget.
“19p change which you can spoil yourself rotten with.”
During the short reel, Mitch shares a glimpse at the six ingredients needed for this simple recipe, including bread rolls, white onions, mozzarella, basil leaves, tinned chopped tomatoes, and beef mince.
He also shared a glimpse at his Sainsbury’s receipt, revealing that everything came to just £4.81, with more than enough to feed his family of five.
The savvy cook then went on to share how he threw the easy dinner together in under half an hour, adding: “So I’m going to start off with the sauce, so half an onion, two cloves of garlic, salt, black pepper.
“Give that all a good stir, let it soften for a couple of minutes.
“Add two tins of tomatoes, half a tin of water, and some basil leaves.
“Just give it a good stir and let this bubble away now for half an hour.
“For the meatballs, 500g of minced beef, one grated onion, three to four cloves of garlic, salt, black pepper.
“I took the end off one of the bread rolls, blitzed it up.
“Add the breadcrumbs, couple of tablespoons of olive oil. Just get your hands in there, squeeze it all together.
“If you want, you could add some chilli flakes, some parmesan, some dried herbs. Whatever you want, make it your own.
“Roll them out into balls, get them into a hot pan, get some colour on them.
“It doesn’t matter too much if they’re cooked through at this point, you just [need to] look for some nice colour.
“So take them out of the pan, give the pan a wipe over. Add the sauce, then re-add the meatballs. Just going to let them bubble away now for five minutes.
“Cut the sub rolls in half, spread over a ball of mozzarella, get them under a hot grill.
“I’m just going to finish off these meatballs with a load of fresh basil, and just look at the state of that.
“You’ve just got to bite the bullet with these things, accept you’re going to get in a mess, and just enjoy them.”
Fans loved his recipe, with the step-by-step guide gaining more than 10,200 likes and 284,300 views.
Known online as @mealsbymitch, the content creator regularly shares family-friendly meal recipes with his 1.2 million followers.
In the comments, TikTokkers shared their reactions, with one writing: “Man of the people.”
“FairPlay mate on doing the under a fiver meals, things are hard out there now and these sort of things really help,” commented another.
A third put: “The dogs recipe. thanks bud.”
Someone else added: “Another great meal – who needs subway!!!!!”
