Freezer-friendly budget meals

Cook once, eat twice. These cheap dinners freeze well, so you can batch cook and save money and time.

Make a double batch, eat half and freeze the rest for another night. Batch cooking makes the most of every pack you buy and stops leftovers going to waste.

230 recipes, cheapest first. Prices are per portion for a family of 4.

Money-saving tips

Cool leftovers as quickly as you can, ideally within 2 hours, then freeze them.
Freeze in portion-sized containers labelled with the name and date.
Defrost in the fridge overnight, then reheat until piping hot all the way through.

Questions

Which recipe is the cheapest?

Mexican lentil soup, at about £0.40 a portion for a family of 4.

How much do these dinners cost?

From about £0.40 to £2.30 a portion, with most around £1.11, based on typical UK budget supermarket prices. What you pay depends on where you shop and the brands you choose.

Can SupperSmart plan a week of these for me?

Yes. Tell it your weekly budget and how many people you're feeding, and it picks a week of dinners, writes the shopping list in whole supermarket packs and uses up what's already in your cupboards. It's free to use.

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