cheap family recipes
feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a month
Snack 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.
Chocolate Truffles
Rich and fudgy truffles for any celebration. Smashing gift too
Potato Wedges
crispy oven baked potato wedges, good with everything!
Yule Log
great for a sunday lunch or as a seasonal yule log
Walnut and Pumpkin Seed Butter
Walnuts and pumpkin seeds made into a delicious nut butter – won’t find this in the shops!
Tomatoey Scones
deeply savoury bites of tomatoey loveliness
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
Sunshine Scones
deeply savoury bites of loveliness with tomato puree – vegan
Savoury Scones
savoury scones with cheese, mustard and a little lard
Savoury Bites
Loads of umami flavour from one little bite
Raisin Scones
simple and delicious scones from a monthly family meal plan
Raisin Biscuits
scrumptious little raisiny biscuits
Peanut and Pumpkin Seed Butter
st blitz and spread for a delicious nut butter
Mayonnaise
home made mayonnaise, with no egg. Use plant milk and it’s vegan
Marmalade
uses orange carcasses – love those leftovers!
Lemon Cordial
cheap family recipesfeed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthLemon Cordial 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 give...
Lemon Cheesecake
Blitz an entire lemon when making this gorgeous, and simple cheesecake. Mix it by using an orange or lime instead
Homemade Bread
Absolutely delicious, there’s nothing quite like bread straight out of the oven!
Fruity Scones
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthFruity Scones There is 15p per person, per day, allocated in the given budget for the month for fruit. This isn't much and you will need to shop carefully if you want to stick with...
Doughnuts
Vegan doughnuts are surprisingly not that difficult to make. Mix some loose bread dough, prove, fry until golden and toss in sugar
Christmas Pudding
a wonderful fruity steamed pudding for Christmas or any time
Chocolate Nut Cheesecake
A gorgeous celebration chocolate nut cheesecake
Chocolate Brownies
dark, fudgy and chocolatey brownies
Carrot Cake
A classic way to get vegetables into children in a delicious way. A soft, light, utterly gorgeous cake
Bread and Ginger Loaf
The spicy ginger syrup loaf is SO good!
Bread and Carrot Loaf (and Calzone)
A batch cook of 3 loaves, a carrot and raisin loaf and 4 calzone – all vegan
Boodle Biscuits
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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...
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.