Easy student recipes

Student cooking on a budget needn’t be boring. We have selected easy recipes that are cheap, quick and tasty, to guarentee you eat well at university.

Showing 1-16 of 69 recipes

Filter This Page
Clear All
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Chocolate ganache

Chocolate ganache

Every cook should have this recipe for rich, silky chocolate ganache up their sleeve. This...

Gluten-free Vegetarian
  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Spiced squash kitchari (Indian slow-cooked rice and lentils)

Spiced squash kitchari (Indian slow-cooked rice and lentils)

Kitchari (Indian slow-cooked rice and lentils) makes a filling vegan dinner for 4. Add roast...

Dairy-free Gluten-free Vegan
  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Baked potatoes with smoked salmon and soured cream

Baked potatoes with smoked salmon and soured cream

Jazz up your jackets with this delicious recipe for crispy baked potatoes piled high with...

Gluten-free
  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Harissa chickpea stew with crispy halloumi

Harissa chickpea stew with crispy halloumi

Slow-cooked chickpeas topped with crispy halloumi makes for an easy and satisfying midweek meal. Batch...

Gluten-free Vegetarian
  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Easy tarragon chicken

Easy tarragon chicken

Looking for an easy but impressive chicken recipe? Debora Robertson’s easy tarragon chicken with golden...

  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Fiery pineapple chicken

Fiery pineapple chicken

Make Jack Monroe’s fiery pineapple chicken recipe with juicy tinned pineapple and succulent chicken thighs....

Dairy-free
  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Fruity chicken curry traybake

Fruity chicken curry traybake

Take a pack of chicken breasts and make our easy chicken curry in the oven...

  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Smashed avocado with curried butter

Smashed avocado with curried butter

Turn the flavour factor up to 11 at your next weekend brunch with this avocado...

Vegetarian
  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Easy pancakes

Easy pancakes

Anyone can give our easy pancakes a go and get flippin’ fantastic results. Here’s how...

  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Sardine puttanesca with a herby crumb

Sardine puttanesca with a herby crumb

This hearty sardine puttanesca recipe uses tinned storecupboard ingredients – it will come to the...

  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Mince and tatties casserole

Mince and tatties casserole

For a new way with mince, try this spin on the Scottish classic mince and...

Dairy-free
  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Lemon, parsley and caper fish balls

Lemon, parsley and caper fish balls

Trying to make your mealtime budget stretch a bit further? Feed four with this creamy,...

  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Coronation chicken on toast

Coronation chicken on toast

Looking for quick and easy working from home lunch ideas? This tasty coronation chicken on...

  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
One-pan tomato fish chowder

One-pan tomato fish chowder

This flavoursome, gluten-free tomato-based chowder recipe by Donal Skehan uses soffrito as a starting point....

Gluten-free
  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Charred chicken ramen bowls

Charred chicken ramen bowls

These quick chicken ramen bowls by Donal Skehan are by no means traditional but with...

  • Effort icon Easy
Save recipe icon Save recipe icon Save recipe
Biscoff microwave mug cake

Biscoff microwave mug cake

Looking for a quick pick me up? This Biscoff microwave mug cake takes about 5 minutes...

Vegetarian
  • Effort icon Easy
Save icon Save this collection

Subscribe to our magazine

Subscribe to delicious. magazine for HALF PRICE

Subscribe

Join our newsletter

Packed with menu ideas, recipes, latest competitions and more...

We treat your data with care. See our privacy policy. By signing up, you are agreeing to delicious.’ terms and conditions. Unsubscribe at any time.