Shopping savvy mum shares how to cook 70 meals with just £20 – Chronicle Live
A savvy mum has shared how she has been able to cut costs by making 70 meals for her family at a cost of just £20.
YouTuber Julia Pacheco has given some easy to make recipes to help people as they battle the cost of living crisis. With many reports of parents missing meals to ensure that their children don’t go without, or resorting to food banks, bargain meal advice will come in useful.
And Julia’s food dishes can also be put together quickly for those parents who are also battling against a lack of time. She has listed seven mouthwatering recipes that have proved extremely popular with more than 19,000 likes, the Mirror reports.
She wrote: “When you’re at the end of your grocery budget, and don’t have much left, it might be overwhelming to try to make a lot of meals out of a few inexpensive ingredients. I know, I’ve been there! That’s why I created this extreme budget cooking video!
“So that when you’re overwhelmed, wondering what in the world your family is going to eat, you can make delicious, nutritious meals for cheap! Eating on a budget doesn’t have to be boring!! I hope you find a little cooking inspiration. Thank you for watching.”
1. Sausage and Tomato Casserole
2. Creamy Tomato Pasta
3. Black Bean Sweet Potato Hash
6. Creamy Pasta and Vegetables
7. Lentil Enchiladas
8. Tuna Macaroni & Cheese
“You’d be surprised how much protein comes from this recipe. You could easily add ingredients to make it your own,” she added on the YouTube video.
Julia then made a potato hotdog skillet which saw the sausages chopped up along with the potatoes and tomato sauce was also added.
For the sausage and tomato casserole dish, she is seen putting half a pound of sausage meat in a frying pan and follows that with a mixture including 12 eggs and half a cup of milk. She then adds some hash browns and cooks them in the oven.
With the creamy tomato pasta she puts in the other half of the sausage meat which she cooks and then adds to diced tomatoes, garlic and penne pasta, along with seasonings. She adds parmesan cheese and says it can feed seven people.
Her black bean sweet potato hash is made with sweet and russet potatoes which are cut up along with onions and put in a pan along with olive oil. Black beans and frozen spinach are added for a dish which serves seven.
Julia’s list of ingredients