Jane Ashley, 47, from London, is able to to make her family’s breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for a day – all for under a pound per person.
Her frugal meals include dishes such as fried bean tacos with guacamole and pomegranate salad and Thai green curry.
The generous mother provides all her recipes online for free on her blog named “Eat Not Spend”, so that other families can benefit from her handy work.
As well as featuring vegan and gluten-free recipes, Jane has also shown how you can shop at more upmarket supermarket chains like Waitrose and still successfully feed a family for a pound-per-day. You can shop at cheaper places such as Aldi.
Graphic designer, Jane, who lives with her photographer husband and 19-year-old daughter, says: “You don’t need fancy ingredients to cook good food. Before I started my blog, I could easily walk out of the supermarket with £150 worth of shopping – but I’ve learned to more frugal, less wasteful and still eat well.
“Hopefully my blog should offer something for everyone to help you to save money whether you’re a poor student, struggling to feed a large family or even if you’re just trying to save some funds towards a holiday”
A typical day consists of porridge for breakfast, leftover hot and sour chicken soup with homemade bread for lunch and a supper of chicken and mushroom pie with mashed potatoes, carrots and peas. To top it all off, there’s a flapjack snack.
Jane was inspired to try feeding her family on an extraordinarily tight budget after speaking to a friend who works at a local food bank and hearing about the struggles of people living on very little money.
Jane isn’t a professional chef and has found ingenious ways to adapt recipes she finds online and in cookbooks so that they can feed everyone at a bargain price.
Jane has tried to make the recipes and shopping lists as easy as possible for others – as she and her partner work full-time.
Jane – whose husband, Phil, 50 takes all the photographs for her blog – explains: “My husband and I work full time so we don’t have a lot of time in the evening. I do as much prep work as possible for the weekends in terms of baking cakes and making curry pastes.
“And I’ve seen other recipes where people use half of a lemon or a quarter of an onion to create a meal for under £1 which is great. But at the same time, supermarkets won’t sell you a vegetable or fruit in that quantity.
“So in my guides, I’ve shown how you can use the rest of the ingredient for other meals to help you save money.”
Top tips for frugal eating from Jane
1. Always, always have a shopping list.
2. Check what you have run out of or need before you write your list.
5. Buy supermarket own brands.
According to nutritionist Michelle Lake, making your own lunch is not only a great way to save money but is a healthier option too.
“Add up what you spend each day. For this you could buy loads of great ingredients to make your own,” she says.
“Why pay over the odds for sandwiches, soups and salads that aren’t really giving you the nutrition you need?”
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