The submarine slob …

… with meatballs and tomato sauce

It's no coincidence that these recipes are repeated. Their usefulness knows no bounds. Check out “Hooked on cooking – the main event” for both recipes.

I appreciate that this might be rather long winded for your newly installed fledgling to want to produce but it would hit the mark for you to make at home and deliver, frozen.

The meatballs and tomato sauce are the most flexible ingredients – to explain myself :

Bag and freeze a batch of meatballs -

don't overload the bags – it's better to pull

out two smaller bags if needed than to waste

them

Do exactly the same with the tomato sauce in

small pots or sauce bags

Add a packet of spaghetti or pasta of choice

to your “staples suitable for a small space” list

I have two ideas, one for a late night snack, the other for a speedy meal.

Create a superior sub. Take a submarine roll and toast lightly then spread with the defrosted tomato sauce. Add defrosted meatballs to suit the appetite. Garnish with grated mozzarella, ordinary cheddar cheese or cheese slices as the budget allows. I'm assuming for the sake of this exercise that the ingredients are in the freezer in Halls. If preferred they can be warmed through – if they are taken straight from the freezer and defrosted thoroughly they'll be warm in any event.

Create a meal – defrost the meatballs and tomato sauce. Place both in a saucepan and heat through thoroughly whilst cooking pasta of choice. Sprinkle with grated cheese.

Easy and economical for a “batch cook” and a delivery of home cooked food when the funds are beginning to run out.

Versatile me thinks!