As many households look for ways to keep costs down, one savvy mum set out to make a family meal from Aldi as cheaply as possible, and was pleasantly surprised.
Trying to find something both adults and children would enjoy, and also keep the ingredients cheap, Emma Gill also wanted the meal to include at least one vegetable towards her family's five a day. The end result was a "rather tasty" cottage pie that came in at less than 71 pence per head using items from Aldi.
In total, the ingredients cost £7.60, the Manchester Evening News reports, but this included entire packs of products, including stock cubes, gravy, Worcestershire sauce and thyme, all of which would be used in many further meals. Emma said she didn't even use all the potatoes, carrots, onions or butter - and worked out the total cost of what went into the dish to be £3.53.
