cheap family recipes
feed a family of 4 for less than £200 a month
Ingredients
- 100 g peas
- 250 g pasta
- 50 ml vegetable oil
- 1 dessertspoon balsamic vinegar
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- fresh herbs if you grow them or have them already
Instructions
- Cook and drain the pasta.
- Make a dressing with the garlic, oil and vinegar.
- Combine the dressing with the pasta and add the frozen peas. The warmth of the pasta will be enough to cook the peas, and they will cool the pasta to room temperature.
- Serve with 2 slices per person of homemade bread to mop up the juices.
Equipment Needed
Notes
Nutrition
Why Not Try....?
Bread and Ginger Loaf
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a month Bread and Ginger LoafThe ginger syrup loaf is SO good! The instant oat cereal is there for those following the monthly plan fully. The cereal has added calcium which is needed if this plan is all...
Bread and Carrot Loaf (and Calzone)
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthBread and Carrot Loaf (and calzone)This recipe makes 3 normal loaves, a spiced carrot and raisin loaf and 4 calzone If you don't want the carrot loaf, use the recipe for 4 loaves If you just want to...
Brazil Nut Butter, with Pumpkin Seeds
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for less than £200 a monthBrazil Nut and Pumpkin Seed SpreadI love a nut butter, and this Brazil nut and pumpkin seed butter is absolutely delicious. It can be used in all the different ways that the more common peanut butter...
Take care of your family and your budget
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 give up.