Midweek meals

These inventive, wallet-friendly midweek meals are easy to cook and great to serve as delightful dinners for family or super suppers for friends.

Midweek meals

Pan-fried salmon with herby courgettes

Pan-fried salmon with herby courgettes

Look out for salmon (or another type of fish, if you fancy) that is Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) approved. This fish dish is great with new potatoes.

Roast tomato, mascarpone and rocket pasta

Roast tomato, mascarpone and rocket pasta

A vegetarian pasta dish with tangy tomatoes, creamy cheese and fresh rocket. The sauce would also be lovely with pieces of pan-fried cod or king prawns instead of pasta.

Fennel and broad bean tart

Fennel and broad bean tart

This vegetarian tart is bursting with fresh flavours. A wonderfully light summery dish.

Sticky Chinese pork

Sticky Chinese pork

Bring the tastes of a Chinese takeaway to your home but save money and calories by cooking the dish yourself.

Spiced prawn and new potatoes

Spiced prawn and new potatoes

A low-fat, low-calorie spicy prawn dish that's nutritious, comforting and quick to make.

Chilli burritos with tomato relish

Chilli burritos with tomato relish

This Mexican dish is great for sharing – so double the recipe to serve a crowd.Flour tortillas keep well in the freezer, so any leftovers from the burritos can be frozen.

Baked potato and egg florentine

Baked potato and egg florentine

A simple dish packed full of hearty vegetarian ingredients, including spinach, pine nuts and mozzarella.

Turkey koftas

Turkey koftas

A simple, cheap recipe for that Middle Eastern favourite.

Minty yogurt lamb with nutty couscous

Minty yogurt lamb with nutty couscous

A lovely summer recipe that's budget-friendly too.

Greek chicken salad

Greek chicken salad

This chicken salad would also be delicious with grilled lamb or beef steaks. It's easy on the wallet too, costing around £2.70 a head.

 


More midweek meal inspiration

Cheap eats

Cheap eats

Budget food doesn't have to mean boring food. Try some of these cost conscious recipes and make a little go a long way.

Shortcut suppers

Shortcut suppers

Quick recipes from delicious. Magazine. Browse our simple to make, quick and delicious recipes which use time-saving ingredients to make midweek cooking easy for everyone.

20 minute recipes

20 minute recipes

Beat the budget and the clock with these delicious mid-week meals. That’s shopping bag to plate in just 20 minutes.

One hour menu

One hour menu

Only got an hour to make three delicious courses? Not a problem, try one of these simple menus for friends, family or just for two.

One-pan suppers

One-pan suppers

Dishwasher or not, cleaning dishes is always a chore. But these one-pot, one-pan and pot-roast recipes solve that problem… 

 

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