Budget recipes
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Lamb mince recipes
Lamb and bulgur wheat meatballs with carrot houmous and feta
Make budget-friendly lamb meatballs with lamb mince and bulgar wheat, then serve on top of homemade carrot houmous for an easy dinner.
Fish pie recipes
Curried fish pie topped with Bombay potatoes
Spice up fish pie with our easy recipe for curried fish pie topped with Bombay potatoes. It's a great dish to make ahead and freeze.
High protein recipes
Steak and lentil salad with rocket salsa verde
Stretch one steak to serve two in this wallet-friendly steak salad recipe. Drizzle with punchy salsa verde and serve with lentils and rocket.
African recipes
Smoky jollof rice
Jollof rice gets a smoky flavour boost in this delicious jollof recipe from Lerato Umah-Shaylor. One helping is never enough.
Slow cook recipes
Slow-cooker chicken curry
Our slow-cooker chicken curry is packed with flavour. Chicken, coconut, ginger and spices simmer in the slow cooker for delicious results.
Easy vegan recipes
Crispy shallots
Crispy shallots add colour, crunch and flavour to all manner of dishes. Sprinkle these golden bits on soups, pasta, hot dogs or curries.
15-minute meal recipes
Pasta with beans and sausages
This riff on pasta e fagioli (pasta with beans) is big on flavour and low on budget. Feed a four with this hearty 15-min sausage pasta.
Aubergine recipes
Burnt aubergine soup with rice and herbs
Josh Katz's burnt aubergine soup is a delicious combo of flavours and textures: smoky aubergine, crispy shallots, tomato and a chilli kick.
Budget recipes
Kimchi fried rice
Transform leftover rice into a feast with this easy kimchi egg fried rice recipe. Top with a runny egg and a zig-zag of hot sauce.
15-minute meal recipes
Lemon pasta
Pasta al limone is the ultimate quick storecupboard dinner. The key players are anchovies, olives, lemons and stale bread.
Budget pasta recipes
Smoky aubergine pasta
Our take on Sicily's aubergine pasta sauce (pasta alla norma) uses traditional ingredients but we’ve griddled the veg for maximum smokiness.
Recipes using chickpeas
Cheesy baked polenta with garlic butter, mushrooms and chickpeas
Top cheesy baked polenta with mushrooms, pesto, chickpeas and garlicky butter for a budget vegetarian dinner with a big flavour punch.
Chicken soup recipes
Spring chicken minestrone soup
Stretch one chicken breast to feed 4 in this budget-friendly chicken soup recipe. Our spring chicken minestrone is packed with pasta and veg.
Budget recipes
Lamb meatballs and curried lentils
Get out of a meal rut by dishing up filling bowls of delicious (ready-made) lamb meatballs with a coconut, lime and curried lentil broth.
Filling salad recipes
Ultimate niçoise salad with roasted new potatoes
This warm niçoise salad is packed with flavour and filling ingredients, like roasted new potatoes, tuna, jammy eggs and crisp summer veg.
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