Really cheap, really nice recipes

Posted by: Volcano

7th Jun 2012 12:13pm

I'm on a really tight budget at the moment, so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for some really nice, really cheap recipes?

Brijewina

19th Apr 2014 01:48pm

You're very welcome, I'm glad these tips were useful to you!

Since writing this a while ago I've recently discovered someone who in my opinion bypasses everything else I've ever discovered, which is a blog called 'A Girl Called Jack'. She is from the UK and has the most amazing recipe ideas that cost extremely little, and I've just spent the last hour or so this morning copying and pasting some into emails that I then sent to myself.

She just completed the Live Below the Line challenge and had some wonderful ideas for very, very cheap meals. They spend ten pounds over there which is meant to be for 5 days but she stretched it out to 7, figuring most people do a weekly shop so she'd do it for that long, so you can see at 5 pounds for 7 days you're going to have a lot of cheap meals, that also were surprisingly tasty looking. Things like sausage hot pots, risotto, stews, plus her general blog/website is amazing anyway even without the LBTL recipes. They're all very affordable and lovely looking. I have tried so many already since discovering her a few months ago and think she's amazing.

Look out for her 'Not so Tagine' if you like things like that, really tasty and goes a long way, I get three dinners out of it usually. She's also very famous for some carrot, cumin and kidney bean burgers, this recipe started her off and got her known, and she just released a cookbook with 100 of her most loved recipes in it. You should read her story called 'Hunger Hurts' quite moving and one to get you thinking! Enjoy

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