Jamie makes a thrifty curry with chicken drumsticks and frugal but posh beans on toast.

Jamie makes a frugal but amazing paella with chicken thighs, spicy chorizo and prawns from the freezer. There's also crisp Cajun fishcakes with a classic chopped salad.

Jamie cooks piri piri pork belly with crispy crackling. There's also a meat-free roast using celeriac, creamy mushroom sauce and cheap-as-chips pearl barley.

Jamie offers a clever spin on the much-loved cheese and beans combo with Jamie's spicy, smoky BBQ baked beans with sweet potatoes.

Jamie shows how having a couple of meat-free meals each week is an easy way to slash costs in the kitchen with his show-stopping aubergine dahl, with Indian rice and homemade chapatis.

Jamie makes Jamie's Fried Chicken, or JFC - a hearty chicken-in-a-bucket feast. He also cooks up a frugal noodle dish and a sweet and spicy beef tagine.

Jamie creates a gorgeous spiced sausage bake, complete with his own mouth-watering twist on garlic bread and makes a delicious chicken chowder for just 82p per portion.

Jamie turns a thrifty cut of beef into a luxurious chille con carne feast.

Jamie proves that frozen fish can be just as good as fresh with his stunning fish tikka curry. He also makes Mexican pork tacos and uses roast chicken scraps in an elegant 'Frenchie' salad.

Jamie makes Sicilian-inspired meatballs and tomato 'Norma' sauce, quick chicken wrap and a silky carbonara of mackerel.