Thrifty mince!

Yesterday I decided to see just how many meals I could get from a pound of lean minced steak. I chopped up a large onion very finely and softened it in the wok in a tablespoon of olive oil together with two fat cloves of garlic which I crushed. Then I discovered a large lonely carrot lurking in the fridge so I chopped that into fine dice and added to the onion and garlic. After five minutes I added the mince and once that was browned I put in a tablespoon of dried Italian herbs and a tin of chopped tomatoes with a tablespoon of tomato puree. Then I covered the wok and cooked the mixture on a low heat for about an hour.
Once the mixture was cooked I seasoned it then left it to cool while I made a sauce using a pint of skimmed milk and two tablespoons of cornflour, some white pepper and a little grated fresh nutmeg. When the sauce had thickened I added two tablespoons grated parmesan and two tablespoons of strong Cheddar cheese which I mixed in until smooth then left this to cool.
In the freezer I found four sheets of egg pasta which I cut in half and decided that I could probably get four single lasagne portions and still have some ragout left over so I put a layer of the mince into each of four foil trays then covered that with a thin layer of sauce and topped it with a sheet of lasagne. This was repeated and on the second sheet of pasta I divided the rest of the sauce and then sprinkled some Cheddar cheese over the top.
When these were completely cold I put the lids on and put them in the freezer and I found that I still had two portions of the ragout which I could freeze and use later with pasta.
So, I made six really good meals all from a pound of mince and a few other odds and bits that I had in the kitchen and those six meals probably cost me a fraction of the price of buying the same thing ready made from the supermarket, with no unnecessary additives either!