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  Any dish that you prepare yourself will cost a lot less than buying it ready made in a shop or restaurant - so really all home cooking is relatively frugal. The recipes listed below are exceptionally thrifty but still healthy (sacrificing your health is not frugal at all!) - no meal should be over £1 per person and most will be less. If you are using some of our shopping tips such as buying staples from clearance sellers like Approved Food, many of the main courses are under 50p per person and the soups and dips considerably less. The recipes listed all feed a family of four unless otherwise stated (you can of course, reduce or increase the quantities if needed). All recipes are suitable for vegetarians and vegans. Those that are low fat are marked LF and wheat free dishes have WF by them. Don't miss our new Frugal Weightloss section if you want to trim down a bit! For recipe books recommended by us visit our aStore

 

Soups:

Creamy Carrot and Wild Garlic Soup WF new!
Lentil Soup LF WF
Basic, versatile vegetable soup
Tomato and Rice Soup LF WF
Radish Top Soup
Nettle Soup
Vegetable and Barley Soup LF WF
Yellow Split Pea Soup LF WF
Minted Noodle Soup LF
Leek and Potato Soup LF

 

Main Courses:

Aduki Bean and Amaranth Pie new!
Basic Pasties new!
BeanBurgers
Chick Pea Curry LF WF
Potato Bake LF WF
Mixed Bean Casserole LF WF
Mince and Dumplings
Singapore Noodles
Pasta with Tomato sauce LF

 

Side Dishes, Sauces, Dips and Basics:

Mushroom and Pea Rice new! WF
Rice Salad new! WF
Dandelion Fritters or Pancakes
Wild Garlic Pesto
Simple Herb and Garlic Bread
Hummus WF
Basic Baked Potatoes LF WF
Mushroom Gravy LF WF
Mayo WF
Vegetable fritters WF
Oatmeal Stuffing WF

 

Sweet Things:

Banana Raisin Flapjacks with no refined sugar WF new!
Rhubarb and Ginger Jam LF WF
Apple Pie
Basic Cookies
Chocolate Cake
Basic Sponge cake
Ice Lollies LF WF
Wheat Free Apple Layer Cake WF

 

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