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Many people in Britain face real food poverty - which means a daily struggle to eat and to get enough nutrition because of lack of money. But is it possible to cook decent meals for £1 a portion?
Half a million people in the UK are using food banks, and a third of children are going to school on an empty stomach.
So where are the best places to shop? What are the best things to buy? And how can you add flavour to meals cheaply?
Chef Richard Corrigan, took part in The Great British Budget Menu and shares his top tips.
Buy second hand cookery books
"I'm in restaurants - the top end sector - to be given so little money to live off (in the programme) it was such a shock.
But what I've noticed, is that many have a distinct lack of cookery reference books.
You need to study and learn, read and absorb and learn how to cook.
Books don't have to be expensive. Go to Oxfam.
Pick up a few cheap cookbooks and try things out.
Test cook things. Click the link for the rest of this article http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/23230098