Xmas dinner on the cheap.

[Gob]

Londoner Miguel Barclay publishes his one pound meals on Instagram where he has attracted more than 130,000 followers.

Using supermarket budget ranges and alternating turkey for chicken, he says Christmas dinner can cost as little as £1 per person.

He says: "A chicken leg costs 50p from a budget supermarket, it's the cheapest cut for the amount of meat you get."

He recommends deboning the chicken leg (a turkey leg would serve two) and then rolling it into a ballotine with cranberry stuffing.

He substitutes sausages for stuffing balls for his pigs in blankets and suggests making your own rather than buying a pack of ready made which often results in food going to waste.

When he posted his other £1 recipes online he said the number one meal people requested was a cheap version of Christmas dinner.

"It's the ultimate meal of the year, people threw it down like a challenge because no one could fathom that it could be done."

He will be serving his £1 Christmas dinner to his family at a get together before Christmas Day.

Meal breakdown:

Chicken leg 50p (£2 for a pack of four)

Stuffing mix: 10ml cranberry sauce 3.2p (80p for 250ml), stale bread, and half an onion 5p (six onions for 55p)

Pigs in blankets: 30g dried stuffing mix 6p (170g dried stuffing mix 35p) and one rasher of streaky bacon 7.5p (14 rashers of streaky bacon £1.05)

Potatoes 200g for 9.4p (47p/kilo)

Gravy granules 1 tsp for 5p

Sprouts 30g 6p (500g/£1)

Total: 92.1p ($1.15 UDS)

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-37985164

[Bicycle Bill]

That may be his idea of a 'dinner', but it sureashell ain't mine.

-"BB"-

[rubato]

Mmmm gravy granules! Nothing says special treat like gravy granules.


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[Long Run]

Celebratory dinners usually cost several pounds at least, though it may mostly be water.