Cheap recipes for a student kitchen
216 dinners that cost little, cook in one pan or tray, and make lunch for tomorrow. Pick one, or let Fed plan a whole week around your budget.
Plan my weekCurries
Chickpea and cabbage curry
Coconut chickpea and spinach curry
Egg curry with rice
Chickpea, potato and spinach curry
Surinamese-style potato and chickpea curry
Chana masala
Rajma — kidney bean curry
Easy chicken curry
Keema matar — Indian mince and peas curry
Microwave sweet potato and chickpea coconut curry
Oven sweet potato and chickpea curry
Dal
Chilli
Soups
Potato and leek soup
Butternut and red lentil soup
Chicken and vegetable noodle soup
Spiced carrot and lentil soup
Mercimek — Turkish red lentil soup
Quick erwtensoep with frozen peas
Tomato and lentil soup with pasta
Ginger chicken noodle soup
Harira-style chickpea and lentil soup
Surinamese peanut soup
Sayur lodeh — vegetables in coconut broth
Clear-out minestrone
Ten-minute egg and tomato noodle soup
Tomato and bread soup
Fasolada — Greek white bean soup
Fakes — Greek lentil soup
Revithosoupa — chickpea and lemon soup
Beetroot and white bean soup
Sopa de ajo — garlic and bread soup
Chicken and sweetcorn soup
Bean and cheese toastie with soup
Potato and onion soup with cheese toast
Soto ayam — turmeric chicken noodle soup
Zupa pomidorowa — Polish tomato soup with chicken and rice
Sopa de fideo — Mexican tomato noodle soup with beans
Bruine bonensoep — Dutch brown bean soup
Stews
Sweet potato and lentil stew
White bean and tomato stew
Chickpea and butternut tagine with couscous
Hachee — slow onion and beef stew
Leczo — pepper and tomato stew
Linseneintopf — German lentil and potato stew
Weißkohleintopf — cabbage, potato and mince stew
Lentejas — Spanish lentil stew
Braised cabbage with egg and noodles
Pisto — Spanish vegetable stew with eggs
Polish-style mince gulasz with potatoes
Chicken, carrot and chickpea tagine
Peanut, chickpea and sweet potato stew
Surinamese stewed chicken with rice
Etli nohut — Turkish chickpea stew with mince and bulgur
Hong shao ji tui — Chinese soy-braised drumsticks with rice
Microwave smoky lentil and potato stew
Microwave peanut, sweet potato and lentil stew
Microwave cabbage, bean and paprika stew
Pasta
Lentil ragù with pasta
Tuna and sweetcorn pasta bake
Broccoli and garlic pasta
Tuna, lemon and pea pasta
Pasta e fagioli
Quick tuna pasta
Pasta with butter, cheese and peas
Speck-Nudeln — fried pasta with bacon, egg and cheese
Broken pasta with peppers and paprika
Spaghetti aglio e olio
Pasta e ceci — pasta and chickpeas
Pasta with fried cabbage and cheese
Makaronia me kima — Greek spaghetti with cinnamon meat sauce
Microwave tuna and sweetcorn pasta
No-boil tomato pasta bake with white beans
Noodles
Rice dishes
Egg fried rice
One-pot chicken and rice
Mushroom rice
Bulgur and white bean pilaf
Courgette and tomato rice
Chicken fried rice
Nasi goreng
Satay-style peanut sauce with vegetables and rice
Everything fried rice
Bean and rice bowl with quick salsa
Moksi alesi — Surinamese rice one-pot
Bruine bonen met rijst — brown beans and rice
Chicken, rice and peas in one pan
Soy egg rice bowl
Spanakorizo — spinach and lemon rice
Hühnerfrikassee — creamy chicken with peas and mushrooms on rice
Arroz a la cubana — rice, tomato and egg
One-pot carrot, lentil and rice
One-pot tomato rice with peas
Surinamese chicken and green beans with rice
Arroz al horno — Spanish oven-baked rice with chickpeas
Saté ajam — chicken with peanut sauce, rice and cucumber pickle
Microwave tomato rice with beans and cheese
Microwave creamy mushroom rice with peas
Microwave egg rice with peas, carrot and soy sauce
Microwave chickpea, spinach and tomato rice
Microwave lemony lentil, tuna and rice bowl
Oven-baked chicken drumsticks with rice and peas
Stir-fries
Traybakes and roasts
Paprika chicken traybake
Roast vegetable couscous with feta
Garlic drumsticks with roast potatoes
Cumin cauliflower and chickpea traybake
Fish, potato and pea traybake
Chicken thighs and potatoes, one tray
Briam — Greek roasted vegetables
Hackbraten — German meatloaf with roast potatoes and carrots
Tandoori-style chicken and potato traybake
Harissa drumsticks with roast carrots and couscous
Chicken thighs with chickpeas and tomatoes, one tray
Oven bakes
Wraps
Salads and bowls
Warm mackerel and potato salad
Tuna and white bean salad
Beetroot, feta and bulgur salad
Kısır — bulgur salad
Piyaz — white bean salad with egg
Warm lentils with cabbage and carrot slaw
Boiled potatoes with cucumber yogurt salad
Chickpea and tuna lunch bowl
No-cook couscous bowl with chickpeas and feta
Microwave warm potato salad with tuna and white beans
Mash and stamppot
Jacket potatoes
Pan-fries
Eggs
Shakshuka
Uitsmijter — fried eggs on bread with cheese and bacon
Potato and onion frittata
Menemen — eggs with peppers and tomato
Harissa shakshuka
Jajecznica — Polish soft scrambled eggs
Senfeier — eggs in mustard sauce with potatoes
Anda bhurji — Indian spiced scrambled eggs
Anything frittata
Huevos rancheros — eggs with spicy beans on tortillas
Kefta mkaouara — Moroccan meatballs and eggs in tomato sauce
Ispanaklı yumurta — Turkish spinach with eggs and garlic yogurt
Telur balado — Indonesian eggs in spicy tomato sambal
Oven shakshuka with peppers and feta
Oven potato and spinach frittata
Microwave scrambled eggs with spinach and potatoes
Microwave Spanish potato and pea tortilla
On bread
Everything else
Sweet potato wedges with chickpeas and garlic yogurt
Cauliflower cheese with potatoes
Pork chops with apple and cabbage
Lentil and oat polpette in tomato sauce
Aloo gobi — potato and cauliflower
Mince and cabbage in a spiced sauce
Chicken and broccoli in brown sauce
Spiced carrot and chickpea couscous
Gado-gado — vegetables with peanut sauce
Crispy chickpeas over garlic yogurt
Banana oat pancakes
Greek lemon chicken and potatoes
Fried cabbage and potatoes
Polish fried meat patties with potatoes
Königsberger-style meatballs in lemon sauce with potatoes
Pork chops with sweet-sour red cabbage and potatoes
Speckpfannkuchen — German bacon pancakes with apple sauce
Garbanzos con espinacas — chickpeas and spinach
Jeera aloo — cumin potatoes
Tavuk sote — chicken with peppers and bulgur
Fasolakia — green beans and potatoes in tomato
Microwave sweet potatoes with beans and yogurt
Placki ziemniaczane — Polish potato pancakes
Fasolka po bretońsku — Polish beans with bacon
Picadillo — Mexican mince with potatoes and peas
No-cook couscous with tuna, sweetcorn and lemon
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