Vegan One Pound Meals (a book of budget-friendly recipes)
Vegan One Pound Meals is a super book of budget-friendly recipes. Although it was published a few years ago, the meals still stand up as being affordable, with rising food prices. This is how cookbooks should be. It has no desserts, but all the recipes have a few ingredients on one page, with a colour photo on the facing page. You can even remember the ingredients in your head, on the way to the store!
Read up on food safety for people and pets. Bin allium scraps (onion, leeks, garlic, shallots, chives) and tomato/citrus/rhubarb scraps (acids may harm compost creatures).
Fully remove tinned lids (or pop ring-pulls back over holes) before recycling, to avoid wildlife getting trapped.
Many people on a tight budge want to cook their own food, but recipe books often have too many weird and unaffordable ingredients, especially for vegan ones (this author does have non-vegan books too if you eat meat – at least you can then afford free-range and eat more plants).
This is a real ‘peaceful politics in action’ book as with it, you can make your own meals, and not be slave to the ready-meal industry, and also reduce food waste. The 85 recipes include:
- Artichoke Paella
- Sweet Potato Katsu Curry
- Golden Syrup Broccoli Noodles (Miguel’s fave!)
- Mac & No Cheese
- Sticky Aubergine Bao
- Black Bean Meatballs
- Mexican Stuffed Peppers
- Oothappam Indian Crumpets
- Vegan Sausage Rolls (use homemade pastry to avoid palm oil)
About the Author
Miguel Barclay is a self-taught cook whose background is in banking and mathematics. His hobby is producing spreadsheets (?!) So he decided to combine his cooking and financial skills, to come up with easy meals that are affordable for everyone, and now has published many books.
I’ve always loved cooking. But I’m not a fan of needlessly over-complicated recipes that waste time and money. So I’ve created my own style of cooking: simple ingredients, straightforward recipes and mouth-watering meals, all on a budget. Miguel
