This page shows all meals I’ve had during the challenge, along with an estimate of what they nominally cost me. Note that what a dish has cost me doesn’t necessarily equals the actual cost of the dish.
Day 01 Breakfast: Rice and coffee breakfast (4p)
Day 01 Lunch: Fat-free broccoli and onion stir-fry (8p)
Day 01 Snack: Leftover overtime pizza slice (0p)
Day 01 Supper: Gratinated tomato mash (34p)
Day 02 Breakfast: Company breakfast (0p)
Day 02 Lunch: Upgraded curry noodles (16p)
Day 02 Supper: Onion and bacon mash with tomato/carrot/ginger sauce on a toasted bun (20p)
Day 02 Dessert: Green apple with blackberry yogurt (5p)
Day 03 Breakfast: Rice porridge with gooseberry yogurt and a fruit bag (14p)
Day 03 Lunch: Fresh tagliatelle with onion/bacon sauce (9p)
Day 03 Supper: Apple/cucumber wrap (5p)
Day 04 Breakfast: Artisan bread with marmalade and a banana milkshake (17p)
Day 04 Lunch: Pitta pocket with avocado/tomato salad (18p)
Day 04 Supper: Garlic rice with hazelnut stirfry (15p)
Day 05 Breakfast: “fennel/mint” rice porridge (8p) – don’t bother 😉
Day 05 Lunch: Spicy chicken pasta pot with a tomato (16p)
Day 05 Snack: CHOCOLATE CAKE!!! (0p)
Day 05 Supper: Braised liver and leek mash (50p)
Day 06 Breakfast: “Empty continental” (25p)
Day 06 Lunch: Cabbage and Pork Garlic noodles (19p)
Day 06 Supper: Meatball casserole (22p)
Day 07 Breakfast: Two croissants (28p)
Day 07 Lunch: Instant noodles with salt-and-vinegar seasoned blanched cabbage (23p)
Day 07 Supper: Mash, mushy peas and jellied eel (32p)
Day 08 Breakfast: Oats with milk and a banana (15p)
Day 08 Lunch: Potato and carrot salad (22p)
Day 08 Supper: Vegetable stir-fry with rice (16p)
Day 09 Breakfast: Company Breakfast (0p)
Day 09 Lunch: Instant noodles with sage-and-onion stuffing and dandelion (20p)
Day 09 Supper: Roast potato wedges and mixed vegetables with a garlic and onion bechamel (33p)
Day 10 Breakfast: Apple and cherry yoghurt oats (13p)
Day 10 Lunch: Saag Aloo (15p)
Day 10 Supper: Mixed vegetable and garlic pork parcel (39p)
Day 11 Breakfast: Mini loaf of bread with liver-and-mushroom pate (20p)
Day 11 Lunch: Apple, Egg and Toast (10p)
Day 11 Supper: Cabbage grub (20p)
Day 12 Breakfast: Plain oats (5p)
Day 12 Lunch: Mixed vegetables and egg salad (25p)
Day 12 Supper: Pan-fried potato, onion and mixed vegetables with cream (38p)
Day 13 Breakfast: Raw oats with strawberry yoghurt (13p)
Day 13 Lunch: Garlic flatbread with coleslaw (31p)
Day 13 Supper: Garlic and broccoli rice with a fried egg (13p)
Day 14 Breakfast: Banana pancake with banana and apple (23p)
Day 14 Lunch: Canned ravioli (35p)
Day 14 Supper: Singapore style noodles (dinner out) (0p)
Day 15 Breakfast: Plain oats (5p)
Day 15 Lunch: Onion bread braid with tomato (30p)
Day 15 Supper: Red pepper and carrot stir-fry with boiled rice (10p)
Day 16 breakfast: Company breakfast (0p)
Day 16 Lunch: Mushy peas, juice and the breakfast apple (12p)
Day 16 Supper: Warka savoury tart (20p)
Day 17 Breakfast: Crumpet with egg (13p)
Day 17 Lunch: Potato salad (and banana and apple, not shown) (54p)
Day 17 Supper: Pizza (50p)
Day 18 breakfast: Crumpet cheese melt
Day 18 Lunch: Instant noodles (Indomie Mie Goreng Rendang)
Day 18 supper: Leek soup with toast
Day 19 Breakfast:”buttered” toast
Day 19 Lunch: Cheese and onion sandwich
Day 19 supper: Hutspot (onion-and-carrot mash) with mustard
Day 20 breakfast: Toastie mess
Day 20 lunch: Sardines on toast
Day 20 Supper: Spaghetti with mixed vegetables, crispy sea bream and a basil/mustard/butter dressing
Day 21 Breakfast: Plain oats
Day 21 Lunch: Spaghetti with mixed vegetables (no picture) – as supper day 20 but without fish.
Day 21 Supper: Asian style foil steamed sea bream
Day 22 Breakfast: Plain wholemeal toast
Day 22 Lunch: Egg fried rice
Day 22 Supper: Potato soufflee, mixed vegetables and garlic mayonnaise
Day 23 breakfast: Company breakfast
Day 23 Lunch: Ciabatta with strawberry jam and cake
Day 23 supper: Indomie Mie goreng instant noodles
Day 24 breakfast: Plain oats
Day 24 Lunch: Cheese, egg and ham on bread
Day 24 Supper: Fishy pork liver with mixed vegetables and oats in dark soy sauce
Day 25 breakfast: Pate and ham sandwiches
Day 25 lunch:Fruit salad with oats
Day 25 Supper: Spaghetti ‘No’lognese
Day 26 breakfast: Banana on toast
Day 26 Lunch: Curry instant noodles x2
Day 26 Supper: Lemon-curd butter chicken with rice and bean sprouts
Day 27 Breakfast: Plain rice pudding (seriously, don’t bother)
Day 27 lunch: Leftover chicken rice with bean sprouts
Day 27 Supper: Shallow-fried potato/onion with mushrooms, ham, carrot and beansprouts
Day 28 Breakfast: Banana pancake with lemon curd
Day 28 Lunch: Baked beans and toast
Day 28 Supper: Spaghetti with rainbow roast vegetables
Day 29 Breakfast: Onion flatbread
Day 29 Lunch: Spaghetti Stir-fry
Day 29 Supper: Chick peas con carne
Day 30 Breakfast: Company breakfast
Day 30 Lunch: Buttered pitta bread with strawberry jam and a banana
Day 30 Supper: Unwanted-carbs burger with beetroot and lemon/mustard dressing
Day 31 breakfast: Crumpet with lemon curd
Day 31 Lunch: Microwaved baked beans
Day 31 Supper: Microwave Chicken Madras with Rice
One Pound Per Day 
For living on 1 pound a day the food doesn’t look so bad. it actually looks good! Thanks for sharing
Thanks, the start wasn’t very inspiring, obviously. I’ve just returned from getting the groceries for day 4 and it’s been a good “hunt”. As the month progresses and my pantry extends, I should be less and less limited in what I can prepare. It should be interesting to see just how far that pound stretches by the end of it!
It costs more than 10p for half an apple, an egg and toast!!! The egg is 20p, half an apple is usually 30p. This is more healthy than most £1 a day projects I have seen, but tiny portions and far, far more starch foods than I eat. You could not feed a growing teenager on this, for eg.
I’ve been abnormally frugal. If you check the blog around the time I made this, you’ll see how I did it (including receipts for all shopping I did the whole month!) The eggs were heavily discounted. I managed them for 50p for a box of 10 if I recall correctly. Not sure if that apple was bought separately or if I brought it from company breakfast at the time. Anyway, have a read. Thanks for your comment!
how have you got poyatoes in it as the cheapest, is £159 from aldi
Hi, 1.59 would be for an average bag of potatoes. There are at least three ways to get your potatoes for less, depending on the recipe they’re used in. The most obvious was what I did on the very first day: get a 20p packet of instant mash. For “Proper” potato, it’s possible to either go for loose potatoes, in which you get one baking potato when you go shopping. At ALDI, you can also get “sweet harvest” potatoes. As I’m writing this reply, they’re listed as 14p for a 560 grams tin. This translates to 38.9p per kg drained (and you won’t need to peel them!)