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feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a month
Lunch Recipes
Houmous Sandwich
You can pre-prepare these houmous sandwiches and freeze them, ready to grab and go
Walnut and Pumpkin Seed Butter
Walnuts and pumpkin seeds made into a delicious nut butter – won’t find this in the shops!
Velvety Pea Soup
Velvety smooth vegan coconutty green pea soup
Tomato Houmous on Toast
Stir, toast the bread and serve. Simples!
Tangy Bean Pate
The beans in this bean pate can be changed for a tin of anything else, butter beans, white beans, green lentils, mixed spicy beans, chickpeas etc
Swede Cloddies
simple little fritters using root vegetables that make a delicious lunch for all the family
Spicy Pea Soup
A spicy pea soup made with dried marrowfat peas,apple and spice
Roast Onion Houmous
Now a classic hummus flavour, but much nicer home made!
Red Pepper Houmous
Change the peppers for many other things – caramelised onions; tomato puree; spring onions etc
Pork Shoulder
Christmas lunch, just over £1 a serving. Great for other celebrations too
Pasta Salad
A simple and tasty salad. Change the peas to whatever vegetables you have
Onion Rings
crispy, battered onion rings that go with everything
Caramelised Onion Houmous
roasted onions are pureed in to your batch of hummus for a deliciously different flavour variation
Onion and Potato Soup
A lovely thick soup for a cool day
Peanut and Pumpkin Seed Butter
st blitz and spread for a delicious nut butter
Cream of Mushroom Soup
This delicious soup can use either fresh or frozen mushrooms
Lunchtime Pate
this pate can be made up into sandwiches and frozen, ready to grab and go
Green Pea Soup
frozen green peas make a warming bowl
French Onion Soup
a classic recipe for a celebration weeks menu
Egg Mayonnaise Sandwich
An egg mayo sandwich made with home made bread and home made mayonnaise
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Porridge (meal plan 2)
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthPorridge - Meal Plan 2Raisins are used as they are a purple portion, the hardest one to get. If you don't have them, use any other dried fruit - sultanas, home dried foraged apples or plums for...
Houmous Sandwich
cheap family recipesfeed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthHoumous Sandwich Why Not Try....?Before putting together our meal planners we surveyed over 600 people to ask when faced with a tighter budget, which things they would struggle to...
Potato Wedges
cheap family recipesfeed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthPotato WedgesPotato wedges are used in various places in the meal plans They can also be substituted whenever potatoes are used for mash etc if you prefer wedges potato wedges oven...
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