I couldn't cook when I left home – but these easy £2.50 recipes became my go-to

Image source, Mia Jones Image caption, Mia says she saved £20 a week on her grocery shop when she started cooking from scratch

When Mia Jones left her home in Anglesey to go to university in London, she couldn't cook "whatsoever" - but quickly realised this had to change.

"I couldn't live off pasta for the rest of my life," she says - and all the ready meals and pot noodles were starting to add up.

"I'd be spending £45 a week on food," says the 22-year-old. "That wasn't viable."

So she started buying fresh ingredients. "Then I realised, 'Oh, I need to learn how to cook now'."

She started following social media videos for tips and recipes, swapping out foods she didn't like.

Image source, Mia Jones Image caption, Mia says learning how to cook "made me realise I could function on my own"