Being a student and living alone means an endless tight budget. I pretty much never have more than £50 a month to feed myself - so any cheap food is a must have. I don't tend to eat much, I can survive off one meal a day (which is terrible) but when I'm sat up late doing coursework - I need an easy snack to keep me going.

Tesco have their own brand, pretty much in any product. You could get cookies, soup, ketchup, noodles - pretty much your entire food shop could be their own cheap brand and cost you so much less! This brand is named Tesco Value, renamed in the past month or two as 'Everyday Value' with a much nicer packaging - which is yet to change on the noodles as I assume they are getting rid of the final stock.

I think the most well known brand of noodles is Bachelor's Super Noodles - which despite being yummy, are they really worth 50p-£1.50? (Prices vary depending on where you buy them from). My new best friend, tesco value noodles only cost 13p a packet - which means I can buy 5 packs for only 65p! I usually buy about 5-8 packs per monthly shop because I find them to be such excellent value and a 'must have' item in my cupboard.

The noodles come in a bag, made of plastic but similar to what you'd expect from a bag of crisps. The packet is white with the 'Tesco Value' red and blue logo at the top. There is an image of noodles with the flavour written on the front. You can only buy them in chicken or curry flavour - I'm undecided on which I prefer. The back of the packet includes information about how to best cook your noodles, ingredients and nutritional information.

You can cook the noodles in microwave (in water on full power for 2 minutes) or on the hob - which personally I think makes them taste nicer. To cook my noodles I usually heat the saucepan, boil a kettle and pour the water into a jug along with the seasoning and one chicken stock cube. I then pour the water into the pan and wait for it to bubble - then add the noodles and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally. The noodles stay in the water until they have completely absorbed all of it so that I get all of the flavour - then enjoy! Obviously this isn't how you MUST cook the noodles, but this is the way I think works best.

When it comes to the taste, I find them to be really good. I have cooked them without a stock cube and the seasoning does make them taste really yummy - I just add the stock cube for the added kick! I don't really think that the real 'Super Noodles' are any nicer in taste at all, so I'd never again pay more for what I think is the same quality. I find them to be adequate for a snack, but for a meal I think they need something else with them - like chicken curry or something.

I would recommend these noodles to anyone wishing to save a few pounds and bring quality food home for a fraction of the price. They are only 385 calories per pack and 13p which is definitely worth it. I have tried my noodles with sweet and sour chicken and it tastes delicious - I didn't use the seasoning though because I felt it would bring two completely different flavours together.