Hala El-Shafie served up tasty penne with roasted vegetable and tomato sauce on Eat Well For less.

Hala says: “Add spices to mostly ready-made ingredients and you can knock together a family meal for well under £1 a head in no time.”

The ingredients are: 300g penne, 400g tin chopped tomatoes, 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, pinch onion powder, pinch garlic granules, ½ tsp chipotle sauce, or to taste, 250g frozen roasted Mediterranean vegetables, salt, freshly ground black pepper and 4 tbsp freshly grated Parmesan, to serve.