A Girl Called Jack

Jack Monroe is a cash-strapped single parent living in Southend. When they found themselves with a shopping budget of just £10 a week to feed themselves and their young son, they addressed the situation with resourcefulness, creativity and their local supermarket's 'basics' range. They created recipe after recipe of delicious, simple and defiantly upbeat meals that were outrageously cheap. Discover with Jack how to be less wasteful, whilst creating inexpensive, great food on a budget.

Recipes include Vegetable Masala Curry for 30p a portion, Pasta alla Genovese for 19p a portion and a Jam Sponge reminiscent of school days for 23p a portion.