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Under 15 Min
On the table before the kettle's cold.
25 recipes
Under 30 Min
Proper dinners, no faffing about.
30 recipes
One-Pot & Traybake
One dish in, one dish to wash.
25 recipes
Budget Under £5
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25 recipes
Batch Cooking & Meal Prep
Cook once, eat four times.
23 recipes
No-Bake Sweets & Snacks
No oven, no bother.
13 recipes
A few to start with
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
Sweet Potato & Black Bean Stew
A smoky, cumin-spiced vegetarian stew built on tinned black beans and sweet potato — cheap, filling, and freezes in neat portions.
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
Big Batch Moroccan Chickpea & Apricot Tagine
Warm spices, sweet dried apricots, and tinned chickpeas make a proper vegetarian tagine — a batch of 8 portions for the freezer.
- Dairy-free
Sardine & Tomato Pasta
Tinned sardines break down into the sauce and add a proper depth of flavour — one of the best-value fish dinners going.
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
Mexican-Style Rice & Beans
Smoky, one-pot rice and beans that costs about 65p a serving — no meat needed to make it filling, nutritionist-costed for real macros.
- Vegetarian
Cheese & Tomato Tortellini in a Creamy Sauce
Shop-bought tortellini in a five-minute creamy tomato sauce — barely any effort, still tastes properly comforting.
- Dairy-free
Cod & Chorizo Traybake
Flaky white fish roasted with chorizo and cherry tomatoes — the chorizo oil does all the seasoning work — costs about £1.94 a serving, nutritionist-costed.
- Vegetarian
Banana & Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Stir it together before bed and breakfast is already done — mashed banana and peanut butter make this taste like dessert.
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
No-Bake Raspberry & White Chocolate Yoghurt Bark
Frozen yoghurt bark studded with raspberries and white chocolate — snap off a shard straight from the freezer.
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
One-Pot Lamb Mince & Butter Bean Stew
Lamb mince simmered with butter beans, tomatoes, and rosemary — a cheaper way to get lamb's flavour into a midweek stew.
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
Moroccan-Style Chicken & Chickpea Tagine
Chicken drumsticks braised with chickpeas, apricots, and warm spices — a proper one-pot tagine without needing a tagine.
- Vegetarian
Quick Naan Bread Pizzas with Cheese & Peppers
Naan makes a brilliant fast pizza base — crisp edges, chewy middle, on the table in 12 minutes — costs about £0.76 a serving, nutritionist-costed.
Smoked Salmon & Cream Cheese Bagel
Smoked salmon trimmings are much cheaper than whole fillets and work just as well piled onto a bagel — costs about £1.78 a serving, nutritionist-costed.