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Basic Chia Pudding
Chia pudding is one of those foods that sounds far more expensive and complicated than it actually is. In reality, it’s cheap, filling, endlessly adaptable, and very good for you – which makes it exactly the sort of thing I like.
Super simple frozen mixed veg soup
This is a very simple soup using a pack of frozen mixed vegetables and not a lot else. Tasty, filling and very variable, depending on what you have in.
Leftover Chicken Curry
Chicken curry, a top dish in the UK, made and enjoyed by millions. This recipe is one that has evolved over the years and comes out often. It’s simple, quick, flexible, cheap and, most importantly, delicious!
Don’t Toss the Giblets: A Rich, Old-School Turkey Liver Pâté Recipe
This turkey liver pâté is old-fashioned in the best way—simple, thrifty, and packed with flavor. It’s perfect spread on toasted bread, served with pickles or mustard, or brought out as a starter / appetizer while the rest of the meal is still cooking.
Split Pea Soup – a 3 ingredient soup recipe
A soup that uses minimal ingredients, is very delicious and just 19p a portion
No Cook Recipes
All recipes that don’t need any cooking
Poach A Chicken
How to stretch a chicken to make it last the family the whole week with seven budget stretching chicken recipes
Budget meal plan with lentils and chickpeas
A cheap 7-day meal plan using red lentils, chickpeas and bacon. Frugal, nutritious and easy to cook
Week Seven Meal Planner – minced beef, bacon, red lentils
Need to feed your family with the minimum of cash? This meal plan is based on minced beef, bacon & red lentils. As at 27th August 2025, £1.46 each, per day! Everything you need, three meals a day plus cakey extras
Meal Plan 4 – butter beans, oats and parsnips
How to eat well on a teeny, tiny budget! A weekly meal planner to serve 2 adults for 7 days at a cost of £1.34 a day each as at August 2025
Meal Plan 3 – chorizo, chick peas and dried mash
A weekly meal plan based around chorizo or salami, chick peas and dried mash. Feed yourself all week for £1.40 a day – priced in August 2025
Meal Plan Two – salted cashews, black olives and soft cheese
First written in September 2013, re-priced annually since then. I’m so pleased this meal plan is still pricing up at just over £1 a day in August 2025 – 12 years old, and still going strong!