cheap family recipes
feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a month
Lunch Recipes
Tomato Relish
If you are following the vegan monthly meal plan, this tangy homemade tomato relish is used as a condiment whenever you would like to use it.
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
Vegetable Soup
This simple and delicious soup uses up all kinds of vegetable this and that. Add anything else that needs using too, soup is a great way to help love your leftovers
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
Red Lentil Pate
Delicious and versatile – add a handful of any firm veg and whizz them in to ring the changes
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 Rice Salad
A simple lunchtime salad, can be used in a packed lunch too. Part of a monthly family meal plan for around £100
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
Creamy Parsnip Soup
creamy parsnip soup, such a classic Christmas flavour. Easy to make, warming and comforting
Why Not Try....?
Tomato Relish
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthTomato RelishIf you are following the vegan monthly meal plan, this tangy homemade tomato relish is used as a condiment whenever you would like to use it. There is no particular use specified in the...
Chocolate Truffles
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthRich and fudgy TrufflesSticky, fudgy, chocolate truffles - who can resist. They make fabulous gifts at any time of year, shoosh them up by wrapping the in cellophane and tying up with a ribbon. I buy...
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...
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