Savvy dad reveals how to cook a Christmas dinner for just £1 per person – but turkey’s off the menu
Miguel Barclay, 35, of north London, has filmed a new recipe video showing you how to prepare a budget feast
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A SAVVY dad-of-one has revealed how you can cook a Christmas dinner for just £1 per person - if you make a few sacrifices.
Turkey is off the menu but cookbook author Miguel Barclay, 35, of north London, shows that you can still prepare a festive feast on a shoestring budget in a new recipe video.
By swapping turkey for chicken, using sprout leaves, and having stuffing instead of sausages for the pigs in blankets, Miguel says you can prepare a Christmas dinner for just 96p per person.
The author of keeps the cost low by buying own-brand ingredients, not using much meat and by shopping around at different supermarkets.
Miguel's recipe serves only one person, but Miguel says you can easily double, triple or quadruple the quantities to make more for a crowd.
His new recipe video, which he published on on Sunday, shows step-by-step how you can recreate the budget festive dinner at home.
Miguel explained how he kept the cost down.
He told The Sun: "With such a tight budget I had to research and buy from multiple supermarkets.
"The key to this dish was to use chicken leg. Everybody loves buying breast, but there are just as many legs. It means the legs are always way cheaper than they should be.
"To make this dish special, it requires a bit of extra effort with de-boning the chicken leg.
"But it’s Christmas, the one time of the year where you can justify going the extra mile to make it a special day."
Miguel first rose to fame on Instagram for his delicious-looking, well-photographed under his One Pound Meals brand.
Now he has 294,000 followers and a book deal under his belt, with a fourth book coming out in April next year.
Money bloggers have also been sharing their top tips for saving money on the Christmas dinner food shop.
Meanwhile a thrifty mum managed to cook Christmas dinner for her family of five for just £3.75 per person.
If it all sounds like too much hard work, you could always head to Morrisons and have a three-course Christmas dinner in a pasty for £2.50.
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