Veggie pasta one-pot: what it costs at each supermarket

Name: Veggie pasta one-pot
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 30 ml rapeseed oil; 3 red onion; 2 pepper; 1 aubergine; 20 g garlic; 30 ml smoked paprika; 500 g passata; 1000 ml vegetable stock; 280 g wholemeal penne; 10 g basil; 10 green olive; 90 g mature cheddar

4 servings 50 mins 499 cal

£6.66 at Sainsbury's for 4 servings

£1.67 a serving, the cheapest of 5 supermarkets

Prices checked 6 November 2026 on each supermarket's website. Updated every night.

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Price at each supermarket

Sainsbury's Cheapest £6.66 £1.67 a serving
Tesco £6.73 £1.68 a serving
Ocado £8.25 £2.06 a serving
Asda £8.48 £2.12 a serving
Waitrose £8.81 £2.20 a serving

What you pay at the till for every pack the recipe needs for 4 servings, staples like oil, salt, dried herbs and stock left out. You'll have some of it left for another day.

What you'd buy at Sainsbury's

Aubergine Sainsbury's Aubergine £1.05
Basil Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Basil 30g £0.50
Garlic Sainsbury's Garlic £0.22
Green olive Sainsbury's Pitted Green Olives with Lemon & Thyme 70g £1.15
Mature cheddar Cathedral City Mini Mature Cheddar Cheeses 6x20g £1.50
Passata Sainsbury's Passata 500g £0.60
Red onion Sainsbury's Red Onions Loose £0.95
Wholemeal penne Sainsbury's Wholewheat Penne Pasta 500g £0.69

Ingredients

Rapeseed oil 30 ml
Red onion 3
Pepper 2
Aubergine 1
Garlic 20 g
Smoked paprika 30 ml
Passata 500 g
Vegetable stock 1000 ml
Wholemeal penne 280 g
Basil 10 g
Green olive 10
Mature cheddar 90 g

Recipe and method by BBC Good Food. zesd only prices it: follow the method on the original page.

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