£3 means the whole meal
The focus is feeding 4 people for under £3 total, not per portion. It is tight-budget family cooking with clear, practical recipes.
The practical UK recipe-book series
500 Recipes for real family meals
The series starts with 500 Recipes for Meals Under £3 — a UK cookbook built to help feed a family of 4 for less than £3 a meal, with more themed books coming soon.
Family of 4Every recipe is written for proper family portions.
Under £3 totalNot £3 each — the whole meal aims to stay under £3.
500 recipesOne recipe per page, clear, practical and easy to follow.
Feed 4
for less
than £3
for less
than £3
First in the series
Real food for real budgets.
The first book is built around simple UK supermarket staples: pasta, rice, potatoes, lentils, beans, eggs, frozen veg, tinned tomatoes and smart ways to stretch flavour without stretching the food bill.
One recipe per page
Each recipe includes cost, ingredients, easy method, water amounts where useful, nutrition notes and a small “spruce it up” idea.
UK-friendly ingredients
Built around familiar own-brand staples and budget ingredients you can actually find in normal UK shops.
More books to follow
The 500 Recipes Series is only just getting started.
A growing collection of themed recipe books: practical, useful, easy to cook from, and made for real kitchens rather than chef show-offs.
Book One
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500 Recipes for Meals Under £3
Feed a family of 4 for less than £3 a meal.
Coming Soon
♛
500 Recipes for Penthouse Lords
Extra-special evening meals for 4 at around £5 per head.
Coming Soon
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500 Fakeaways
Takeaway-style dinners without takeaway prices.
Coming Soon
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500 Lazy Sunday Dinners
Slow, cosy, low-stress food for proper weekends.
Open a page. Check the cost. Grab the ingredients. Feed the family. Done.
The idea behind the 500 Recipes SeriesWhy people will use it
Simple books that solve real dinner problems.
- Budget meals when the food bill matters.
- Beginner-friendly methods without being patronising.
- Clear water amounts, timings and cooking cues where they help.
- Optional upgrade tips for when there is a little more spare.
- More themed books coming for different budgets, moods and occasions.
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