Fine dine on leftover rs for only £1 a head

British households waste 4.5 million tonnes of food every year. Even things you might assume can’t be used, like vegetable peelings or banana skins, can be turned into delicious meals.

i hope i can help you become more conscious of the food you may be throwing away, by providing brilliant ideas and tasty inspiration for meals that can be cooked for just £1 per head.

Planning meals is important. You don’t have to be super regimented about this, but thinking about what you’d like to cook before you go shopping can help you avoid waste and make sure you pick meals that share ingredients so you can use leftovers from one meal in the next.

Generally speaking, replacing stodgy meats and heavier carbs with vegetables saves money and also helps you feel better and more energised.

it’s all too easy to see vegetables as a side dish or just a token bit of green on your plate. instead, try to make at least half of your meal fresh veg. From using lettuce wraps instead of tortillas to replacing meat with cauliflower, this is a much healthier and more vibrant way to approach your menus. how about flipping Meat-Free Mondays on its head? try having meat only on a Monday (or any day) and eating plant-based meals the rest of the week.

Eating seasonally can help, too. We think of asparagus as a luxury, but when in season the price plummets and there are shelves and shelves of it in the supermarkets.

this is when you should capitalise and eat so much asparagus you don’t even want to eat it again for another year!

these recipes are for one person. But to cook for more, just multiply the ingredients by the number of people. And don’t worry if you cook too much, just save your leftovers for the next day.