The whole thing came to about 62p and was enough for two of us for dinner, plus leftovers for us each to take for lunch the next day! That works out at just over 15p per person per meal.įry the onion in some oil for a couple of minutes, then add the garlic and continue to fry for another minute or so until soft. To make the risotto, you’ll need about a third of a butternut squash (23p), an onion (5p), 2 garlic cloves (3p), a cup of arborio/risotto rice (25p), and 2 stock cubes (6p). As it’s an American blog, the recipe suggests using canned pumpkin which is a lot harder to come by in the UK, but my trusty butternut squash still did the trick! I’d bought a butternut squash on offer and didn’t really know what to do with it! A quick google brought up this risotto recipe from By Chef Chloe. Risotto sounds quite fancy, but it’s actually a really cheap and easy meal to make. Laura’s butternut squash risotto (15p per portion) If you want to add a new twist to this old classic you can add in dark chocolate, red wine or even instant coffee to make it extra tasty, but obviously you’ll then start pushing up the price. Prepare some rice and garlic bread and you’re done! Bring the entire mixture to the boil for 10 minutes until everything is cooked. Finally, add 2tbsp of tomato purée and stir the whole mixture together for 20 minutes.ĭrain and rinse 1 can of red kidney beans and stir them into the chilli. Add a can of chopped tomatoes and some some salt and pepper for flavour. Crumble a beef stock cube into 300ml of hot water and pour this into the pan. Now add the mince to the mixture and brown it off. Cook the onions for 5 minutes and add 2 chopped garlic cloves and the pepper, 1 tsp of chilli powder, 1tsp paprika and 1tsp of cumin and stir it all together for about 5 minutes. The main ingredients you’ll need are: 500g beef mince (£1.85), 1kg of long grain rice (40p), 1 large onion (15p), Beef stock cubes (36p), Tomato purée (37p), 1 tin of red kidney beans (23p), Garlic bread x 2 (60p), 1 tin of chopped tomatoes (35p), 2x Garlic cloves (40p), Chilli powder (10p per serving), Cumin (10p per serving).ĭice the onion and slice a red pepper. Once you’ve made this recipe once you should have plenty of leftover ingredients for the next batch. Rory’s chilli con carne and garlic bread (93p per portion)Ĭhilli con carne is such a quick and easy meal to make that I almost always have a spare portion tucked away in my freezer for those ‘cheap and cheerful’ days. Last month we tried to have as much fun as possible for five pounds, previous challenges have included: cooking with cheap cuts of meat, road-testing budgeting apps and DIY Christmas presents. This is the latest in a range of challenges the MoneyAware team have undertaken. Reading this challenge might give you some inspiration for tasty alternatives when you’re next planning a cheap meal. The winner is the person that manages to find the right balance between thrifty ingredients and a tasty meal.Ĭooking on a budget can be a challenge and it’s easy to fall back on beans on toast or ready meals if you’re skint.
This month we’ve challenged ourselves to cook the tastiest meal for under a pound per portion. Back home in the Great Midwest, her local Aldi supermarket is her happy place.Tasty meals for under a pound – the MoneyAware cheap meals challenge Her book, Everyday French Cooking: Modern French Cuisine Made Simple, will be published by Harvard Common Press in 2022. Moranville was a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award, Best Food & Cookbooks 2019, for The Little Women Cookbook. While she's covered just about every food topic imaginable-from bargain wines to fancy desserts-she's most passionate about the easy-yet-inspired everyday French cuisine she's discovered throughout more than twenty summers living and cooking in France. Moranville later studied creative writing at Iowa State University, where she received a master's degree in English and was the recipient of the Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship in Creative Writing. She holds a bachelor's degree in French and English from the University of Iowa she also studied French at the University Laval in Quebec, Canada. Wini Moranville has written about food and wine for leading magazines and websites for more than 20 years-hundreds of those being for Better Homes & Gardens publications, including the iconic New Cook Book.
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