Easy student recipes
Student cooking on a budget needn’t be boring. We have selected easy recipes that are cheap, quick and tasty, to guarantee you eat well as you study or if you’re heading off to university for the first time.
Jack Monroe’s fiery pineapple chicken is always a winner, or try vegan spiced squash kitchari.
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Lentil recipes
Parsnip, carrot and red lentil dal
Sweet root vegetables give a twist on coconut dal in this simple vegan supper. Parsnips and carrots are cooked with...
Brunch recipes
Turmeric eggs with spinach and pickled shallots
The spinach yogurt base in this delicious turmeric eggs recipe takes inspiration from Turkish eggs. The eggs are fried in...
Air fryer recipes
Air fryer sausage and pepper stew
If you’ve never made sausages in the air fryer, we implore you to try it! They become perfectly browned (like...
Tofu recipes
Sriracha tofu with shaved broccoli and edamame salad
This sticky, spicy tofu is a genuine crowd pleaser. Cook it right, and you’ll even bring round the tofu-sceptics. Serve...
July seasonal recipes
Mediterranean feta pasta salad
Classic Greek salad meets crowdpleasing pasta salad in this Mediterranean hybrid. Fresh seasonal veg, sun-dried tomatoes and a big block...
Aubergine recipes
Sticky peanut butter aubergines and lentils
Criss-crossing, then roasting aubergines provides an incredible vehicle for flavour, as any aromatic paste spread on top will gently melt...
Working from home lunch recipes
Super herby tabbouleh
Tabbouleh is one of those rare dishes where herbs are treated as the star important ingredient, rather than a garnish...
Nut recipes
Creamy vegan cashew and artichoke pasta
Whizzed cashews provide the perfect base for creamy vegan sauces, as this super-quick pasta recipe demonstrates. Lightened with lemon and...
Casserole recipes
Chicken sausage casserole
This deeply satisfying one-pot combines light chicken sausages, beloved chorizo and creamy beans and chickpeas in a rich tomato sauce....
Easy student recipes
Spaghetti aglio e olio
Aglio e olio is simple Italian cooking at its finest. Originally from Naples, this pasta dish shows how just a...
Easy dinner party mains
Orzo carbonara
It certainly won’t please any Italians, but making carbonara with orzo instead of the more usual spaghetti or rigatoni creates...
Easy vegan recipes
Red lentil dal
‘Passive’ cooking is a method that makes the most of residual heat, cooking dishes with an initial blast of heat...
30-minute meal recipes
Speedy poached pollock with aromatic spices
Passive cooking is the term used to describe dishes that are made using the residual heat after food spends a...
Budget recipes
Speedy anchovy and broccoli pasta
This is a sustainable and budget-friendly winner of a dinner. Capturing the residual heat of boiling water is all that’s...
Pressure cooker recipes
Pressure cooker refried beans
Using dried instead of tinned beans is cheaper and offers up more flavour, but most of us don’t bother due...
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