A lovely quick and simple soup using frozen garden peas and not a lot else. Use a plant milk to make it vegan
Frozen Pea Soup
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Meal Plan 4
Learn about Meal Plan 4 on our blog
Sweet corn fritters
Simple little fritters, very quick and easy. Change it up by using the peas as the fritter and the corn as the side
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 £1.31 a day each as at October 2023
Carrot & Sultana Loaf
If you take 250g flour, some yeast and water, you can add many, many different things to it and get a lovely loaf, with 4 portions, to use for any meal
Meal Plan 4 – Flapjacks, 3p a piece
Flapjacks, part of the weekly meal plan, number 4. sticky, sweet and great for hungry moments, packed lunches, when the kids get in from school etc
Meal Plan 4 – Butter Beans with Sauted Mixed Veg, 38p
This is lunch on Day 1 of Meal Plan 4. 150g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 8p 200g carrots, Asda 1kg/ 57p, 11p 300g potatoes Asda 2.5kg/£1.69, 20p 150g peas Asda 1kg/98p,15p 75g dried butter beans Asda 500g/£1.09, 16p 30g veg oil £1.25/litre, 4p Total cost 74p, serves 2, 37p...
Meal Plan 4 – a scrummy lunch of Butter Bean Pate, carrot sticks & pitta, 18p
This didn’t take long to prepare, although I did have a big dish of butter beans, already cooked, in the fridge. It was filling, even tho it was less than 300 calories, and 3 hours later, I am not in the least bit hungry. It tasted really good with the carrots. A tasty lunch from the simplest of simple ingredients.
Pancakes, with lemon and sugar, the classic, and SUPER cheap!
I couldn’t tell the difference between my usual ones, made with eggs and milk, and these. Costwise, these could be doable, where egg and milk ones weren’t. Pancakes with lemon and sugar – or there are lots of other lovely ways to enjoy them
Herb Bread, 6p a serving
250g flour mixed with yeast, water and a handful of something else makes four portions of lovely bread
Gigantes Plaki and pitta
Giant butter beans, in a spicy sauce and served with a pitta bread, couscous, or anything else you fancy. Part of meal plan 4
Spiced Parsnip Soup 17p a serving. Serve with tomato scone or herb bread
This is a delicious soup. Mildly spicy and creamy, a lovely cold weather lunch, filling, warming and tasty. Serve with either herb bread or tomato scones.
Butter Bean and Vegetable Curry
This recipe is one I have had in my recipe book for a very long time. As is the case with many curries, it is very variable. You can change the vegetables around pretty much to whatever you want