✅ Curated by chef and family influencer Claire Thomson

✅ No more than £50 for a week's worth of dinners

✅ Approved by our registered nutritionist

✅ Serves a family of four

✅ Pre-prepared shopping list to save you time

Developed by meal planning expert Claire Thomson (@5oclockapron), our budget plan keeps costs down by using affordable ingredients, employing savvy shopping tricks and making the most of fuel-efficient cooking methods. With an emphasis on family favourites, like sausage meatball & mushroom pasta, Claire has designed a plan that offers balance and variety through the week.

Simply by adding a touch of cream to everyday staples, like beans and pulses, Claire has elevated low-cost protein options to a new level, try for yourself in our lentil curry with cream.

'Cook once but enjoy twice' is a smart way to save time and money – the extra sauce for our three bean chilli with rice & soured cream is ready to upcycle into our tasty vegetable & bean chimichanga, freeing up your time and solving a potential midweek meal dilemma.

One of the secrets of this plan is the clever use of larger, more cost-effective pack sizes for expensive ingredients like meat. Claire’s dishes like the tasty teriyaki chicken and chicken & courgette fried rice showcase just how versatile this popular meat can be. When time is short, there’s nothing better than pasta and it doesn’t get tastier than our tomato, courgette, cream & oregano pasta, providing calcium, vitamin C and fibre, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more satisfying dish.

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Claire Thomson Shopping List

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  • Image shows a bowl of penne pasta shapes in a tomato red sauce

    App onlyTomato, courgette, cream & oregano pasta.

    A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.39 ratings

    Exclusive to the BBC Good Food app, Claire Thomson has produced a week's worth of easy dinners to help you and your family settle back into the school routine. This creamy courgette and tomato pasta is ready in half an hour, perfect for midweek

    • 30 mins
    • Easy
  • Image shows a bowl of three bean chilli with rice

    App onlyThree-bean chilli with rice & soured cream.

    A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.24 ratings

    Exclusive to the BBC Good Food app, Claire Thomson has produced a week's worth of easy dinners to help you and your family settle back into the school routine. This easy bean-packed veggie chilli is a satisfying meal that everyone will enjoy

    • 1 hr
    • Easy
    • Vegetarian
  • Plate shows rice with teriyaki chicken on top with spring onions.

    App onlyTeriyaki chicken.

    A star rating of 4.2 out of 5.58 ratings

    Exclusive to the BBC Good Food app, Claire Thomson has produced a week's worth of easy dinners to help you and your family settle back into the school routine. Learn how to cook this classic, crowd-pleasing chicken teriyaki at home

    • 25 mins
    • Easy
  • Image shows a bowl of orange lentil curry.

    App onlyCreamy lentil curry.

    A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.58 ratings

    Exclusive to the BBC Good Food app, Claire Thomson has produced a week's worth of easy dinners to help you and your family settle back into the school routine. This lentil curry is comforting and full of flavour

    • 1 hr 10 mins
    • Easy
    • Vegetarian
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