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Spaghetti with Beef & Tomato Pasta Sauce – 29p a portion
I was inspired yesterday by Jack Monroe’s ingenious use of fish paste to make a pasta sauce, it isn’t an ingredient I have ever given a passing thought to and had a look on mysupermarket.co.uk to see what other varieties were available. At that price there were...
Massive Tomatoes @ Tiny Price
Ooh, Ooh, I am so excited! I bagged a HUGE carrier bag of beef steak tomatoes for 20p a pound!! In my travels around Heathfield, where I live, I popped into the greengrocers. They have a cheapy box there for stuff they need to sell quickly, super cheap – and there...
Stuffed Beefsteak Tomato 51p each
I stuffed one of the tomatoes I got cheap at the green grocers with a few puy lentils, a bit of feta and a few black olives from a big jar I got from Morrisons.
Great British Budget Menu – is £1 a meal really such a big challenge
Great British Budget Menu – is £1 a meal really such a big challenge?
Spicy Cabbage, Lentils & Nan
A spicy dish that’s delicious, filling & a cheap meal. Red lentils for protein, spices for flavour and lots of veg for everything else
Vegetable Casserole & Dumplings
Only takes about half an hour to make and is a delicious warming dish to come home to. Root vegetables in cder or apple juice, with cheesy dumplings on top
Vegetable Crumble. Root veg in a tomato sauce, topped with oats, cheese and salted peanuts
Vegetable Crumble, a favourite in our house and a fabulous budget family meal
Potato and Onion Hash
You could whizz up all the same ingredients into a warming soup instead and take it with you in a flask
Carrot & Lentil Soup – 20p a serving, Meal Plan 1
A delicious, quick and simple soup, and only 20p a serving. Many vegetables can be substituted for the carrots, depending on what you have in.
Hummus & Grated Carrot Sandwich
Hummus – currently very popular and much, much cheaper to make than to buy, plus there are lots of flavouring options.
Fruit Scones that happen to be egg free and vegan
Fruit Scones that are quick and simple to make and just happen to be vegan
Making Pastry With Oil
Wonderfully short and delicious pastry, made with oil. Many people are daunted by pastry making. If this is you, try this super easy method!