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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
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
Turkey Mince & Sweet Potato Stew
A leaner batch option built on turkey mince and sweet potato — mildly spiced, high in protein, and freezes in neat portions.
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Baked Veggie Egg Muffins
A muffin tin full of baked eggs and veg makes a properly portable, high-protein breakfast that freezes and reheats in minutes.
- Dairy-free
Bacon & Cabbage Stir-Fry with Rice
A few rashers of bacon go a long way when stir-fried with a whole cabbage — a genuinely cheap way to feed four.
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
Lentil & Vegetable Soup
A thick, filling soup that costs less than 50p a bowl — red lentils break down completely for a naturally creamy texture.
Beef Stroganoff with Rice
Strips of beef in a creamy mushroom and paprika sauce — a quick, comforting classic — costs about £1.69 a serving, nutritionist-costed.
- Vegetarian
Vegetable & Halloumi Skewers with Flatbread
Griddled veg and squeaky halloumi on skewers with warm flatbreads — a fun, fast veggie dinner — costs about £2.04 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
No-Bake Peanut Butter Oat Bars
A fridge-set oat bar with no oven required — cheap, filling, and ready to grab on the way out the door — costs about £0.18 a serving, nutritionist-costed.
- Vegan
- Dairy-free
One-Pot Chickpea & Spinach Curry
A creamy coconut curry built from tinned chickpeas and frozen spinach — one pot, 30 minutes, and it tastes like it took longer.
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- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
Pork Chops with Apple & Cider Onions
Pan-fried pork chops finished in a sticky apple and onion sauce — one skillet, proper Sunday-dinner flavour — costs about £1.33 a serving, nutritionist-costed.
- Vegetarian
Garlic Butter Mushrooms on Toast
Mushrooms are one of the cheapest things in the vegetable aisle — cooked down in garlic butter, they taste far richer than the price tag suggests.
- Dairy-free
Bacon & Wilted Spinach Sandwich
Crispy bacon and quickly wilted spinach in a soft roll — a step up from a plain bacon sarnie for barely any extra effort.