Having been being frugal for a while now I've got quite good at some of my grandmothers old cheap recepies:
As these were shown to Mum then she showed them to me there aren't any exact timings or quantities, experiment.

YaYa’s Greek Meatballs.

This are good for about to go out of date discount mince and freezes well.

Use 500 grams – or more - best lean mince.
Put it in large mixing bowl and stir in a large diced onion. Make the onion pieces very small – smaller than a pea.
Stir in a large handful of dried mint. (add basil instead for Italian Spaghetti and Meatballs.)
Stir in 2-3 slices of bread crumbed.
Make a well in the mixture and add a beaten egg and stir in.
Stir in juice of a fresh lemon.
The mixture should be quite moist. It will be quite speckled with the mint.
Shape golf ball sized balls in the palm of your hand and then coat them in flour. Roll on a tray don’t shake in a bag.
Fry briefly to brown them in olive oil in a large frying pan then transfer – a single layer- to a buttered swallow oven dish.
Cover completely with chopped tin tomatoes and season with black pepper if desired.
Bake at 200°C – be sure meat balls are cooked through before serving.
Serve hot with salad and crumbled feta cheese. also nice with greek yoghurt.

Orange Pasta
The pasta used for this is Orzo (also known as Risoni)
Grate a lot of mature cheddar - at least 500 grams for two people – and put aside.
Add a few drops of olive oil to the water and cook in a large pan following instructions on package.
Add a large diced onion to the pasta – while still cooking - still in the boiling water.
When the pasta is cooked drain and return to pan with two 14oz tins of chopped tomatoes – or break up whole tinned toms.
Return to a low heat and keep stirring to heat the toms. Or heat the toms while the pasta is cooking. If you do heat the toms separately add the diced onion to this pan instead of adding it to the pasta.
Stir all together and add some grated cheese now and serve.
Everyone to add more cheese as desired.
(bill, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:27, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I don't see any times there
5 minutes? An hour? All day?
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 15:35, Reply)

I'll direct you to the first line sir.

(bill, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:10, Reply)