Soups are actually really good when you want to make food on a budget. They are incredibly cheap, tasty, and you can chuck in pretty much anything you want. Also, they freeze really well so you can batch cook a bunch of soup, ready for a quick, tasty, healthy meal. If you shop around the reduced sections of the big supermarkets you'll be surprised at what bargains you can get. As per usual, I have added some swap outs if you can't get the exact ingredients I used, but be mindful you may have to change the cooking times and the flavour will change depending on what you use.

To make my budget friendly vegetable soup you will need:

• 2 x 200g bags of sliced cabbage & leeks

• 3 medium sized carrots sliced

• About 5 medium sized potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes

• 2 medium sized onions or 3 small, diced

• About 2 litres of chicken or vegetable stock

• 1 tbsp of tomato paste

• About 1 tsp of dried chilli flakes

• About 2 tsp of sage

• Salt & pepper

• A good knob of butter or buttermilk spread