Budget Meal Planner
Make it different everyday!
Potatoes are so versatile, you can get lots of different meals out of just one bag. Simon Rimmer, the BBC's Something for the Weekend chef, says: "With the current credit crunch, a staple home-grown crop like potatoes is, as it was to our grandparents, so important. A bag of potatoes offers such tremendous value and so many options."
Budget Weekly Meal Planner
This planner shows how potatoes are a great budget meal solution and gives you a week's worth of delicious and varied potato dinner ideas most are UNDER £1 PER PERSON!
 CHICKEN & POTATO CURRYThis tasty easy curry is finished off in the oven. Boil extra potatoes for tomorrow... |
 FARMHOUSE POTATO OMELETTE Ready in just 15mins if you use potatoes you boiled yesterday |
 LAYERED TUNA POTATO SALADOnly £3 to feed a family! Put leftovers in lunchboxes for energy during the day. |
 BANGERS & MASHTreat your family to the British classic. Boil extra potatoes for tomorrow at the same time. |
 POTATO PIZZAReady in just 30mins and more nutrients than just a dough base. This easy pizza base costs just 53p for 4 people |
 BAKED POTATOESSimple, versatile and nutritious! Bake more than you need and take to work or make LOADED POTATO SKINS |
 ROAST LEMON CHICKEN & POTATO WEDGES This easy oven roast serves 6. Invite friends and family over or save leftovers for lunch! |
Use your leftoversMASHED POTATO• Shepherd’s or Fisherman’s Pie topping • Quick Salmon Fishcakes • Make Chilli Potato Cakes • Stir in pesto or mustard • Winter Vegetable Mash BAKED POTATOES • Smoky Bacon Loaded Skins • Take them to work with you for a filling lunch to give you energy for the rest of the day. |
BOILED POTATOES • Add to an Omelette • Turn into delicious classic Mash, Roasties or Wedges • Make tasty, wholesome soup: Chilled Potato & Leek or Chunky Potato & Bean • Pan-fry slices for a hearty breakfast or simple dinner like Panfried New Potatoes • Make this quick Potato Pizza POTATO PEELINGS Don't throw these away - make these healthy crisps |
(Prices are from mysupermarket.com and correct as of 2.6.09)
What can I get out of a bag of potatoes?
A 2.5kg bag of potatoes costs only around £2 and as the diagram shows you can get 16 portions out of that! Potatoes are so versatile:
Tell us what you think...
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Potato Council 31/08/2011 2:44pm (9 months ago)
Hi Robyn,
We totally agree with you Robyn, in fact potatoes are naturally fat-free and 175g of boiled new potatoes, with their skins, provide 20% of your RDA for vitamin C, and also contain vitamin B6, potassium, iron, vitamin b1, folate and magnesium.
We're not nutrionists so you are best of discussing this with your doctor, but there are plenty recipes on our website to give you some ideas of potato recipes. -
David j McEgan likes this 31/08/2011 10:43am (9 months ago)
I have just come out of hospital after 15 weeks and im on low fibre diet which means no vegies very little sugar and im having difficulties in finding the kind of food ,I can eat potatoes canyu help.
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Robyn Piper likes this 27/08/2011 6:02pm (9 months ago)
These "ways with potato" are so quick an easy even students can manage to cope with them. People need to be reminded of the benefits of potato not always their association with weight gain.
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zara anne whatcott likes this 11/04/2011 4:25pm (1 year ago)
Good ideas, having children we use a lot of potatoes so its nice to see some inspiring ideas as what i can use the leftovers for!!
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