Part of my goal in doing this was to show that actually, you can eat somewhat OK food, if you try and come up with creative recipes. Well, three days in and I’ve realised you certainly can’t have any creativity at this budget.

Not feeling as hungry as I thought I would now, but I’ll take that as a sign it is going to get much worse as the week goes on. I now appreciate that you can eat on £1/day if needs really be, which makes me wonder how some people struggle putting food on the table. On the other hand, it’s easy to see how fast food is an incredibly easy option to get something that resembles food, for very little cost – a McDonalds 89p hamburger comes to mind, but I think we all know how unfulfilled that leaves you feeling…

It is Sunday night. I’ve spent the past few hours trying to work out how I can get “the best bang for my buck”. I am attempting to complete a week of living on £1/day food cost, i.e “Live Below the Line”, in partnership with Oxfam GB.

I am going to stick my neck out and call this the best satisfying brunch ever.

(For best effect, read while listening to this and drinking a mug of EV olive oil).

Oh Jamie.

Updated: Southbank Grill closed in 2014, and now houses River Beat.

Yay for indie Nandos 🐔

It’s that time again!

It has been a quiet & confused few months on the blog, but behind the scenes, we’ve been go go go. Apart from living off sweet potato wedges and hummus, we’ve been to a ton of “blogger” type things. Here’s your amuse bouche.

Fancy yourself as a bit of a baker? Love the warming aroma of fresh gingerbread, or decorating houses made from cake? Or just eating them? You’re in luck.

I’ve been a bad blogger.

Impressive/expensive hotel food.

Update: Irvin’s sadly closed for good in 2017 ?

Mexican food. We need you here in Newcastle.

**Update: Electric East closed in 2015 and doesn’t seem to be coming back. Mark is now looking after The Earl of Pitt Street**