BBC Food’s family £1 recipe meal plan

Fruit and vegetables
□ 300g/10½oz cherry tomatoes
□ 4–5 medium onions
□ 2.25kg/5 lb potatoes
□ 4 medium carrots
□ 2 medium parsnips
□ 1 large red pepper
□ 1 lime

Meat and fish
□ 1 small whole chicken (around 1.3kg/2lb 14oz)
□ 3–4 rashers smoked bacon
□ 250g/9oz minced beef
□ 8 pork sausages

Dairy, eggs and chilled
□ 275g/9¾oz cheddar
□ 4 medium eggs
□ 200g tub full-fat soft cheese

Tins, packets and jars
□ 400g mixed beans in chilli sauce
□ 400g tin red kidney beans in water
□ 400g tin green lentils
□ 400g tin chopped tomatoes
□ 2 x 400g tins baked beans
□ 145g tin tuna chunks
□ 250g/9oz long grain rice
□ 550g/1lb 4oz pasta shapes (ideally 250g/9oz penne and 300g/10½oz pasta shells)

Cooking ingredients
□ 140ml/¼ pint vegetable oil
□ 2 chicken stock cube
□ 1 beef stock cube
□ 3 tbsp runny honey
□ ½ tsp dried mixed herbs
□ ¼–½ tsp dried chilli flakes
□ 2 tbsp plain flour
□ salt and ground black pepper

Frozen
□ 350g/12 oz frozen sweetcorn
□ 300g/10½ oz frozen peas

Condiments
□ ½ tsp soy sauce (preferably dark)
□ 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
□ 4–5 tsp wholegrain mustard

Other
□ 8 regular flour tortillas

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