Cheap meal for two filling and delicious

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Cottage pie:
Home canned mince, dehydrated onion, stock cube and flour(to thicken) Topped with Instant mash, served with Home canned Carrots.
Soak onions 20mins in hot water. Make up instant mash per instructions. Bring mince to a boil, add stock cube and onion, cook until onion is soft. Thicken. Pour into dish top with potato cook in oven or dutch oven till nice and crispy

Or Salmon Fishcakes:
Small 200G tin Salmon, cup instant mash, tsp dried parsley, salt, pepper, pinch Cayenne pepper, I egg equivalent of dried egg powder.
Mix dried egg as per instructions. Do the same with potato. Break up Salmon into pieces add all other ingredients and mix well, try not to break up Salmon too much. Dust in flour and roll in breadcrumbs, crumbled Weetabix or crushed Cream Crackers. Fry til golden brown and crispy.