Add something to this meal!

King Damager · 17 Nov 2011 at 16:25

Ok, so one of my staple lunches is a Mackerel Pasta. It's done on a tight budget (student) and to be honest I try and keep this meal under £2.

I am however starting to get a bit bored with it, and was wondering if any of you guys had any suggestions of things that would work with the basic tastes, wouldn't cost much, and might add a bit of variety?

Basic meal is:
Handful of Pasta
Tin of canned mackerel
About 200ml of Pasatta
teaspoon of mixed herbs
pinch of salt and pepper

Was considering adding in a small grating of cheese, but not really sure what else might work?

kd

Haircut · 17 Nov 2011 at 16:29

A bit of chopped chilli, or some chorizo would work well in that.

randomshenans · 17 Nov 2011 at 16:31

Olives? Can get cheapy black tinned ones.

Take out the passata, use a glug of olive oil, spring onion, some peas? lots of black pepper.

Few things really I suppose!

cainer · 17 Nov 2011 at 16:40

"keep this meal under £2."
cheeseburger and medium fries for £1.98 at maccy D's

im not realy a fan of fish but what about some red or green peppers to add a sweet edge to it

K.C. Leblanc · 17 Nov 2011 at 18:55

How about some gently fryed onion and some garlic?

Pestilence · 17 Nov 2011 at 19:47

Haircut said:
A bit of chopped chilli, or some chorizo would work well in that.

Chorizo's a very good shout for that!

nydryl · 17 Nov 2011 at 20:14

If you want to keep it really cheap some chili flakes would give it a kick. Mucking about with any spices, garlic, ginger etc is normally a good cheap way to see what works with what.

vicisthebest · 17 Nov 2011 at 20:50

Chickpeas - bit of texture.

nydryl · 17 Nov 2011 at 20:53

Something like diced aubergine, courgette and some feta would be nice too.

GhostlyPea · 17 Nov 2011 at 20:59

Bacon. This is all.

- GP