Under 15 Min

Prawn & Avocado Salad with Lime Dressing

No cooking required beyond defrosting the prawns — genuinely a 10-minute assembly job.

Quick Naan Bread Pizzas with Cheese & Peppers

Naan makes a brilliant fast pizza base — crisp edges, chewy middle, on the table in 12 minutes.

Fish Finger Wrap with Tartare Yoghurt

Grilled fish fingers, a quick yoghurt tartare, and a wrap — a fish finger sandwich's faster, tidier cousin.

Smoked Salmon & Cream Cheese Bagel

Smoked salmon trimmings are much cheaper than whole fillets and work just as well piled onto a bagel.

Sausage & Bean Skillet

Sliced sausages fried until crisp, then finished in a pan of baked beans — a cheap, filling one-pan meal.

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.

Cottage Cheese & Tomato Toast

A simple, high-protein twist on tomato toast — cottage cheese instead of butter, cherry tomatoes on top.

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.

Thai-Style Peanut Noodle Salad

A cold noodle salad with a peanut butter dressing that tastes far more restaurant than 12-minutes-from-scratch.

Chorizo & Potato Hash with Fried Egg

Pre-cooked potatoes crisp up fast alongside chorizo, topped with a fried egg for a filling any-time-of-day plate.

Smoky Butter Bean & Chorizo Skillet

A little chorizo goes a long way — its paprika oil flavours the whole pan of butter beans in one go.

Prawn Cocktail Sandwich

A retro classic that's still one of the fastest, most satisfying sandwiches going.

Peanut Butter & Banana Porridge

A filling, protein-boosted porridge that costs pennies and keeps you going all morning.

Ham & Cheese Omelette

Three eggs, a handful of ham, and some cheese — a proper high-protein lunch or dinner in under 10 minutes.

Blended Butter Bean & Tomato Soup

Butter beans blend into a soup thick and creamy enough that you won't miss the cream — all from the store cupboard.

Halloumi & Veg Wrap with Yoghurt Dressing

Squeaky fried halloumi and crunchy veg in a warm wrap, with a simple garlic yoghurt dressing — ready in 12 minutes.

Ham & Cheese Toastie with Quick Tomato Soup

A crisp, gooey toastie and a blitzed tomato soup made from a tin — the classic combination, ready in under 15 minutes.

Loaded Microwave Jacket Potato with Cheese & Beans

A whole jacket potato in 10 minutes flat, courtesy of the microwave — loaded with melted cheese and baked beans.

Smoked Mackerel & Beetroot Salad

No cooking required — smoked mackerel and cooked beetroot with a sharp horseradish dressing is ready as fast as you can plate it up.

Sardines on Toast with Lemon & Chilli

Tinned sardines are one of the cheapest complete proteins going — a squeeze of lemon and a pinch of chilli make them taste like a much fancier lunch.

Prawn & Veg Noodle Stir-Fry

Straight-to-wok noodles and frozen prawns mean there's no boiling or defrosting to wait around for.

Speedy Chickpea & Spinach Quesadillas

Mashed chickpeas and melted cheese folded into a crisp tortilla — done in the time it takes to preheat an oven.

Tuna & Sweetcorn Pasta Salad

A cold, creamy pasta salad you can eat straight away or pack for lunch the next day — 15 minutes start to finish.

Cheesy Beans on Toast with a Fried Egg

Beans on toast, upgraded — melted cheddar and a fried egg turn a student staple into a proper meal.

Speedy Egg Fried Rice

Pre-cooked rice, scrambled egg, and whatever frozen veg is in the freezer — on the table in 12 minutes.