This is a non-spicy chili, because I'm a wuss, but you can always add cayenne or whatever to taste.

1) Brown and drain:

1 pound (16 oz) hamburger [called mince in the UK?]
1 onion, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste

2) Add:

2 16-oz cans diced tomato (or 1 plus 1 can tomato sauce [I prefer this way])
2 16-oz cans kidney beans (1 dark, 1 Mexican [a.k.a. chili beans]), rinsed and drained
1 16-oz can crisp and sweet corn, drained (or about 1.5 to 2 cups/12 oz frozen)
1 Tablespoon chili powder
1 Tablespoon brown sugar

3) Simmer 1/2 hour on the stove or heat 4 hours in a crock pot

4) Serve with sharp cheddar cheese (or whatever you like) on top.

One recipe is good for about four servings. If you have a big pot, you can double it and freeze extra portions for later.

~Neshomeh

Today, I vill show you our big mentor, Boris, shoving how to survive by tight budget. Dis good for any student with no job, or trying to save their moneys for fan stuff, da? Good. Grab your Slav spirit (and any vodka you have), and let's go, blyat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKfmRhfuI8g

If you want to do this, you'll probably have to order capellini rather than capelli d'angelo. The latter is a bit more of a niche product here, and either way up you'll need to get it from online shopping services.

As for pasta recipes, well, I do a pretty good cheapo bolognese.

You will need:-

Mince (1 cheapo supermarket box)
Onion (White or red, doesn't matter which)
Carrot
Celery
Garlic
2 Tins Tomatoes
2 Beef Oxo Cubes

Peel and chop an onion, chop or crush some garlic, chop a carrot or two into thin-ish slices, and chop a bunch of celery for bulk. Get your saucepan nice and hot and bung a bit of olive oil in - if it starts hissing and spitting like an angry cat, you're good to go. First add the onion, wait until it's starting to go clear, then add the carrots, then the celery, then the garlic. Once the onions are nicely browned and the carrots are soft, brown off the mince. If your pan's looking a bit dry when you add the mince, a little more olive oil won't hurt. When the meet is browned off, add the tinned tomatoes, crumble in the Oxo cubes, and stir on a high heat for about 5 minutes. After that, transfer it to a low heat, put a lid on the pan, and let it simmer in the pot for an hour or two. Stir it every 15-20 minutes. Once it feels done, it probably is, so whack a pan of water on to boil and select your pasta of choice. I like tagliatelle with this because... well, because it's Mel's favourite, if I'm honest, but any long pasta is fine with the exception of the really thin stuff like capellini.

It's not quick, not by any stretch of the imagination, but it's easy to the point that you can do it whilst playing Overwatch, so that's good. You can also scale up the quantities fairly easily, meaning you've got shedloads of it for your freezer. =]