Cheap and cheerful

[Tilly2]

We've spent a lot of money today out and about so I thought I'd cook something cheap and cheerful for tea.....dinner, whatever.

So, I've made a Spaggy Bol from scratch. Cheap enough. However, we needed a £6.99 bottle of Chianti to go with it. Bumped up the cost of the meal a bit. How daft is that?

[4getmenot]

you didnt 'need' it

[ummmm]

Was the Chianti for the ragu?

[Tilly2]

No, we didn't need it. You're right.

[tonyav]

Not daft Tilly, you must have wanted it or you wouldn't have bought it !

[chi-chi66]

who cares, you will enjoy it though!!x

[Tilly2]

No ummmm, the chianti was for drinking, with the meal.

[Prudie]

And you've upgraded the whole meal. Have cheap and cheerful tomorrow, beans on toast?

[ummmm]

But you need red wine for the ragu? How do you make yours?

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Prudie. An upgrade feels much less daft. It won't be beans on toast though. last time I ate beans, I thought I was having some kind of seziure!

[Prudie]

Oh yes, that was you wasn't it, sorry I forgot.

[Tilly2]

Oh, I see ummmm. I don't put wine in my ragu.

[Anngel123]

Try a cheap Merlot next time...under £4 in some supermarket. They go really well with Italian food.

[Tilly2]

Thanks, anngel. I'll look out for that. Our meal was lovely despite not being cheap. Oh well it was bank holiday.

[D1i2g3t]

I would use white cider

[Tilly2]

White cider with spaggy bol? Which would be cheapest?

[pdust]

lol at it being daft..you didnt have to buy it.... look on the positive side... you could have made a more expensive meal and had no wine, so a cheap meal and wine probably adds up to the same

[Tilly2]

Thank you I feel better now. Happy birthday, by the way.

[pdust]

aw thanks x

[Smowball]

Strangely enough, the authentic Italian way to make ragu is with white wine and not red. Honestly.

[Tilly2]

Do you have a recipe smowball?