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Healthy meals on one pound a day

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Food for less than a pound a day
Food for less than a pound a day

From today there are a group of 5000 Britonians who are going to be living on just £1 per day as they partake in the campaign by the global poverty project.  The article I read on BBC gives some delicious recipes for meals which do not cost more than £1 and they are healthy too!  The question that this campaign and the participants have faced is whether or not it is possible to live healthily on £1 a day; with these delicious recipes it definitely looks possible!

This could also inspire us all to have a look at our daily expenditure on food and how we can cut down without losing out on nutrients, if we could all eat healthy foods for less we could make our budgets stretch further on a monthly basis.

Here are some tasty recipes all for less than 1 pound per serving.

Photo Credit: BBC News
Photo Credit: BBC News

Oh My God Dinner

1/4 large courgette

1/4 red/yellow pepper

35g cooking bacon

100g spaghetti

mint

thyme

5ml lemon juice

50g peas

10g value Brie

1 garlic clove

Photo Credit: Yummy Family Recipes
Photo Credit: Yummy Family Recipes

Mushroom and pea risotto

75g mushrooms

1 small onion

1 garlic clove

oil

thyme

parsley

50g plain rice

1 stock cube

hard cheese shavings

 

Photo Credit: BBC Good Food
Photo Credit: BBC Good Food

Carrot, kidney bean and cumin burgers

1/2 medium carrot

1 small onion

2 sprigs coriander

1/2tsp ground cumin

1/4 can kidney beans

oil

1/2tbsp flour

For garnish

2tbsp mayo

1/2 iceberg lettuce leaf

1tbsp mango chutney

2 buns

 

Photo Credit: Dramatic Pancake
Photo Credit: Dramatic Pancake

Lentil and tomato curry

45g lentils

1/4 tin chopped tomatoes

1/2 Maris Piper potato

oil

1/2 small onion

celery stick

1/2tbsp curry powder

1/2tsp cumin

stock cube

1 garlic clove

1 pitta

4tbsp Greek yoghurt

2tbsp coriander

 

Photo Credit: Foodnetwork
Photo Credit: Foodnetwork

Italian white bean, kale and pasta soup

50g white beans

25g kale

25g conchiglie pasta

10g anchovies

1 stock cube

rosemary

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  1. lee says

    June 14, 2013 at 5:58 pm

    Great, now where are the recipes?????

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    • Julie Cheung says

      June 14, 2013 at 6:23 pm

      Ha! You can find some here, in the original post http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22263706 :)
      Are you going to attempt the £1 a day healthy meals?

      Reply

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