Caitriona Redmond: 15-minute noodles for less than €1

My €1 per portion meal this week is low on energy and high on flavour. It’s a simple gathering of ingredients that are easy to pick up in any supermarket.

Fried noodles

Here we are at the start of the month with less than 4 weeks to go until the kids go back to school. I’ve been chipping away at the school costs since the schools finished earlier this summer but there always seems to be something else to be added to the list or new to pay for.

This year I remembered to check all the bags for food at the end of June. I have been caught out before and found things growing in the bottom of a school bag that possibly would have qualified for a new type of life form. The lunchboxes and backpacks have been pressed into use weekly though - they are not just for school days. There have been some questionable lunch combinations that wouldn’t normally make it to school but the kids have been fed and watered no matter what they’ve been up to.