A savvy mum who manages to feed her family on just £10 a week has shared her secrets in a bid to help others.
Married mum-of-two and award-winning personal finance blogger Nicola runs The Frugal Cottage - on a mission to show followers how to live "the good life" on a budget.
The Express reports how she focuses on making savings where possible with the ambition to pay off her mortgage by keeping a close eye on her groceries budget.
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Nicola puts her success down to preparation and dedication.
She said: "Writing a meal plan and sticking to a list."
The saving expert went on: "It wasn't easy but the process shows what is possible when it's absolutely necessary.
"I did have to get slightly more creative with meals as things began to run out during the week."
In her video, How to Eat for £10 a Week, Nicola detailed what she bought for £10 a week.
The saving expert did her shopping in Morrisons.
£10 a week shopping list
Loaf of bread - 49p
Teabags - 55p
A small bottle of milk - 50p
Head of broccoli - 49p
Jar of curry sauce - 28p
Strawberry jam - 28p
Baking potato - 21p
Carrot - 3p
Milk chocolate digestives - 45p
Plum tomatoes - 28p
Tin of veg soup - 24p
Small tin baked beans - 24p
Tin of garden peas - 21p
Tin of creamed rice pudding - 20p
Tin of peach slices - 35p
Tin of chickpeas - 35p
Three bananas - 28p
Long grain rice (1kg bag) - 45p
15 free range eggs - £1.20
12 chicken drumsticks - £1.49
Total cost: £8.78
She planned on having toast and jam or rice pudding and jam with a cup of tea for breakfasts.
Then for lunches she planned to have scrambled egg on toast with a banana, soup and bread, jacket potato and beans or boiled eggs with toast.
For her evening meals, she would use the chicken drumsticks for lots of meals. She aimed to have chicken drumsticks, rice and broccoli, a veggie curry and then a mix of leftovers for the last day.
She said: "I'm hoping there will be some chicken and eggs left for some fried rice with chicken."
She revisited the challenge in a later video. She said: "I think I'm going to do this again at another supermarket and look how prices vary."
"I definitely would think about the rice aspect, I did get really bored of rice.
"But I did enjoy the challenge. It really makes you think about just how the little extras you have or add into things do make a difference when you are cooking."
You can follow Nicola's money saving journey on her Instagram and her Youtube.
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