Cheap and cheerful vegetarian dishes

We've got a fantastic selection of cheap and cheerful vegetarian dishes which are ideal if you're eating on a budget. These value meals comprise simple ingredients for easy-to-make, satisfying vegetarian meals.

Spring vegetable minestrone with broken spaghetti
This freezable vegetarian minestrone recipe is ideal for using up vegetables and half-used packets of pasta. Any dried pasta shape will work.

Spring vegetable minestrone with broken spaghetti
Quick falafel with harissa dressing
This easy and speedy recipe is ideal for vegetarians, but anyone can enjoy these tasty patties in a spicy dressing.

Quick falafel with harissa dressing
Moroccan vegetables and chickpeas
Chickpeas are a brilliant way to make a filling meal for less. This budget dish is a fabulously flavoursome low-calorie vegetarian meal.

Moroccan vegetables and chickpeas
Vegetable fritters with poached eggs
These crispy vegetable fritters belong with soft poached eggs. A marriage made in heaven and a cheap vegetarian dinner!

Vegetable fritters with poached eggs
Chilled cucumber and yogurt soup
This gently flavoured soup is a refreshing start to any Moroccan inspired menu or perfect on its own.

Chilled cucumber and yogurt soup
Spinach and feta filo pie
This vegetarian pie costs around £1.50 per person to make. It's a cheap and cheerful meal that looks more expensive than it is!

Spinach and feta filo pie
Baked mushrooms with polenta and cheese sauce
A fabulously simple vegetarian dish that, at less than £1.50 a head, is cheap as chips to make.

Baked mushrooms with polenta and cheese sauce
Mushroom and blue cheese risotto
This gorgeous risotto makes an ideal vegetarian main course. The combination of mushrooms and blue cheese adds something special to this cheap midweek staple.

Mushroom and blue cheese risotto
Broccoli and pasta soup
This healthy broccoli and pasta soup produces a wonderful broth. It's low in calories, full of flavour, and very cheap to make – a recipe that won't hurt your waistline or your wallet.

Broccoli and pasta soup
The super-cheap supper
This veggie version of a risotto recipe uses pearl barley. It’s cheap (99p per portion), a source of complex carbs and it's almost impossible to overcook – great for novice cooks.

The super-cheap supper