Continuing in my occasional ‘How to feed a Family of 5 on £20′ series, I’m going to introduce you to a recipe that is so easy to make, even your kids or Other Half could make it! To prove this I asked my OH to make the pie and see what he thought of it.

Full credit for this recipe goes to Carolyn Humphries of The New Students Veggie Cook Book as it is she who set me off on my quest to feed my family healthily and well on a limited budget.

This was the second time we’ve made the pie and this time we used genuine leftovers from a rather large Sunday dinner the day before, though you can easily cook up some frozen veg to go in it.

The Day-After Pie:

Cooked leftover veg.

1 can baked beans (Sainsbury basic 29p)

3 slices of bread crumbed

2tbsp Marmite

30ml Boiling water

1/2 tsp mixed herbs

Salt and Pepper

1lb Mashed potatoes

Knob of butter

1. Mix the veg, beans and bread in an ovenproof dish.

2. Blend the Marmite with the herbs, Salt and Pepper and boiling water

3. Top with the mash and dot with butter

4. Bake for 30mins at 220 C/gas mark 7 until golden brown.

It’s so incredibly easy and tastes fab!

If using left-overs the cost is minimal. Easily less than £2 per pie and it fed all five of us plus baby and I had some the following day for our lunch.

My OH’s verdict. He thought that it was incredibly easy to make, though he admitted to adding some extra spuds in the mash and would top it with cheese next time before putting it in the oven.