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02/10/2026

£5 Family Meals Using Just 5 Ingredients
Episode 6: Melted Feta Spaghetti with Vegetarian Meatballs
INGREDIENTS (serves 4):
200g feta 85p
500g spaghetti 28p
500g vine tomatoes £1.50
2 x red peppers £1.40
380g bag of plant based meatballs £1.32
Total cost: £5.32
METHOD:
Turn the oven to 200 degrees c fan.
Roughly chop the peppers and tomatoes up, then add them to a large ovenproof dish. Place the feta in the middle and drizzle over a little oil and season with black pepper.
Once the oven is up to temperature, place the dish in the oven for 1 hour.
After which, remove the cooked veg and feta using a slotted spoon (to retain some of the juice in the dish) and add it to a food processor, blitz until smooth - adding seasoning if you feel it’s needed.
To the same dish, add your meatballs and return to the oven for 15 minutes.
At this point, pop your spaghetti onto boil and cook according to packet instructions then drain.
Once the spaghetti is cooked and the meatballs have had 15 minutes, combine them both with the sauce in a large saucepan. Check for seasoning and that’s it!
Serve!

25/09/2026

£5 Family Meals Using Just 5 Ingredients ✋
Episode 4: Easy Lentil Lasagne
INGREDIENTS:
250g grated cheddar £1.89
2 x tins of lentils 90p
340g jar white lasagne sauce 57p
Tomato pasta sauce 49p
Lasagne pasta sheets 75p
Total: £4.60
METHOD:
Turn the oven to 200 degrees c fan.
In a large bowl, combine the tomato sauce and the two tins of drained lentils. Mix and season generously.
In a large ovenproof dish, layer the pasta sheets, followed by the lentil mixture until it runs out.
Top the final tomatoey lentil layer with pasta sheets, then pour over the white lasagne sauce.
Sprinkle the cheese across the whole top of it and bake in the oven for 45 minutes.
After which, remove and leave to cool for a few moments before slicing and plating up.
That’s it!
Serve!

22/09/2026

£5 FAMILY MEALS USING ONLY 5 INGREDIENTS
Episode 3: Garlicky Greens Orzotto
INGREDIENTS (feeds 4):
Orzo 500g £1 - we only use half
Garlic & Herb Cream Cheese 200g £1.30
Fresh spinach 125g £1
1 courgette 56p
Peas £1.15 - we only use 1 cup
Total = £5.01
METHOD:
Firstly, fill the kettle and boil it ready to add as you go.
Roughly chop the courgette into any shape/size you like.
Heat a large lidded saucepan with a good drizzle of oil or butter.
Once hot, add the courgette and gently fry until softened.
Then add the orzo (250g) and mix with the courgette, then pour over enough boiling water to just cover everything in the pan.
Stir on a gentle heat for 5-8 minutes until the orzo is nearly cooked through. Adding a splash of hot water occasionally if you feel it drying out.
Once nearly cooked, add the peas and most of the garlic cream cheese. Stir and mix thoroughly.
Once the orzo is cooked all the way through - add a good amount of seasoning and turn off the heat.
Then add the spinach and pop the lid on the pan to allow it to steam and wilt.
Give it one final mix, adding the final few spoonfuls of the garlic cream cheese, check for seasoning and that’s it!
Serve!
If you want to add a stock cube then by all means do.
A good handful of grated Parmesan to finish would also be great!
For meat-eaters, some leftover shredded roast chicken would work well here too.

14/09/2026

Blueberry Loaf 🫐
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup of self raising flour (125g)
Half a cup of brown sugar (90g)
4 tbsp of melted butter
2 eggs
2 handfuls of blueberries
METHOD:
Turn the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Add the blueberries to a bowl along with the brown sugar, butter and eggs and mix.
Sieve the flour in and fold the mixture together.
Pour the mixture into a lined loaf tin.
Bake the loaf at 180 for 35 minutes (or until a skewer comes out clean).
After which, transfer to a cooling rack for 20 minutes before slicing.
That’s it!
Serve!
If you want to omit the sugar for babies, swap it for 2 mashed bananas instead.
You can use chia eggs instead of eggs if you wish.
You can swap the butter for sunflower oil or coconut oil if you prefer.

09/09/2026

Spiced Butternut Squash Pasta 🧡
INGREDIENTS (feeds 2):
200g dried pasta
200g frozen butternut squash
100g cream cheese
1 tsp of curry powder
1 red onion sliced

METHOD:
Add the butternut squash to a pan of boiling water and boil for a couple of minutes until defrosted, then drain.
In the same pan, boil the pasta according to packet instructions - reserving a little pasta water for the sauce.
To a frying pan on a medium heat, add a little oil and once the oil is hot - add the onion and curry powder. Fry until soft and fragrant but not crispy.
Once the onion is cooked, add it to blender along with the butternut squash, cream cheese and the reserved pasta water.
Blitz until smooth then season to taste.
Once the pasta is cooked, combine it with the sauce and mix thoroughly.
Harry had his with a little crispy chilli oil and Jemima had some grated cheddar on her portion. Both enjoy it!

02/09/2026

It really is the littlest things isn’t it.

It took me an 1.5 hours to walk 2 miles because I had my head in the hedgerows, standing ankle deep in the river, watching the flowers bobbing in the breeze. Magic ✨

I probably got a few strange looks but who cares 🤪

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29/08/2026

How Richard Osman became the king of crime - you can read all about it in The Times today!
Oh and if you like nice, easy 5 ingredient recipes - there’s a whole 4 page spread on that too courtesy of little old me 😉

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