Headline One Pound Meals: Delicious Food for Less by Miguel Barclay

One Pound Meals: Delicious Food for Less is a cookbook by Miguel Barclay. It presents over 80 super-simple recipes designed to be cooked for under £1 per person, with single-serving quantities that can be multiplied for more.

Key details

• Over 80 recipes focused on low-cost cooking
• Recipes are designed to cost under £1 per person
• Single-serving recipes that can be scaled up
• Laid out without chapters or themes for easy browsing
• Each recipe is labelled with hashtags to help identify dish types, including veggie options
• Built around a core group of ingredients to help reduce waste

Synopsis

Miguel Barclay shares a straightforward approach to cooking that prioritises simple ingredients and uncomplicated methods, aiming to save both time and money. The recipes are designed to deliver familiar, family-friendly meals while keeping costs to under £1 per person.

The book uses a relaxed format with no chapters, encouraging you to flick through and choose what to cook. Recipes are tagged with hashtags to help you find the kind of dish you want, and the collection is planned around a core set of ingredients so you can use leftovers across multiple meals, supported by supermarket swap ideas and time-saving tips.

Recipes include

• Lasagne
• Crab mac & cheese
• Chicken katsu curry
• Pork chop in a mustard & leek sauce
• Spaghetti carbonara
• Mushroom risotto
• Quiche lorraine
• Aubergine dal & chapati
• Scotch Egg
• Ultimate £1 burger
• Ham & mushroom pizza
• Pancake stack