Veggie Stir fry for ALL the family!

This evening I cooked a veggie stir fry for the family. I think it's the first time in 9 months the boys have eaten my meat-free food! It was an exciting time :)

We've not had stir fry for ages, but whenever we do I always use instant noodles. I think they're tasty and moist, and so much cheaper than any of the other supermarket options at about 18p a packet.

For tonight's meal I used 3 packets of Aldi noodles, and it made 7/8 portions.

I did an optional Yellow Bean and Cashew Nut sauce which I got from Quality Save for 29p. That was served separately in case people didn't like it but to be honest it was delicious without.

The other accompaniment was cook-your-own prawn crackers. Bought from the Chinese supermarket for I think 99p (it was an age ago). They're a total bargain compared to ready to eat ones and so much more fun! They take about 10 seconds to fry.

So the stir fry itself included

1 onion
4 carrots
1/3 white cabbage
Pack chicken style pieces
Beansprouts
2 spoons of garlic ginger (amazing stuff. Available in Asian food shops but currently in Lidl for 99p!)
Slosh of soy sauce

I pretty much chucked it all in for about 20 minutes and served on the noodles.

I'd say a total cost of about £3, which works out about 40p a portion!

The boys weren't quite convinced by the "chicken" but ate it without complaint. And enjoyed the rest of the meal. There's enough left for 3 more meals. It would have been 4 but Master P had a big helping of seconds.

What are you favourite quick and easy meals? Do you have any cheap products you'd recommend instead of forking out for the proper ones?