Low carb on a budget !

Home made fresh low carb cottage pie serves two

250 grams of minced beef £1.75 carbs nil tin of chopped tomatoes 400 grams £0.31 carbs per tin 12 ASDA

Mixed veg fresh carrots 35%, swede 32%, onion 20% and potato 13% 600 grams £1.00 total carbs 48

Method

Place minced beef in a frying pan and brown. Add tomatoes bring to boil and turn down and slowly simmer for 20 minutes. Adding salt, ground black pepper and dried mixed herbs to taste. Stir occasionally. Spoon out with slotted spoon and place in an oven proof dish. Boil vegetables for ten minutes then drain off water. Cover minced beef and tomatoes with vegetables and place in a pre heated oven, 180 Celsius for 10 minutes, as an option, cover with grated cheddar cheese and cook until cheese is beginning to brown. 

So, meat and five vegetables. Whole food. Great low carb grub that won't break the budget, total carbs per person around 30 and very filling and extremely easy to prepare and cook.

Around half the carbs of one pot noodle, the choice is yours. With our low carb breakfast (we rarely eat lunch) of bacon, eggs and mushrooms we can keep to 50 grams of carb per day and my BG numbers stay in the non diabetic range.

Eddie