Budget-friendly recipes

Our money-saving meals are anything but boring. Armed with our growing collection of budget recipes, you can enjoy nourishing, flavour-packed dinners without splashing the cash. It’s time to raid your store cupboard, big-up frozen veg and put those leftovers to good use.

A bowl of leftover turkey massaman curry with rice and seasonal veg

Leftover turkey curry

1 hr 20 mins

Slow-cooker beef

8 hrs 10 mins

Air-fryer tofu

18 mins

Slow-cooker beef curry

3 hrs 20 mins

6 photos of the different tinned fruit granitas with creamy toppings

Fabulous tinned fruit granitas

5 mins

Creamy chicken and chive pie sliced into six pieces topped with sesame seeds on a wooden board

Creamy chicken & chive pie

45 mins

Easy green chilli salsa

A better Bolognese

2 hrs 40 mins

Quesadilla toastie

15 mins

Spiced haricot beans

16 mins

Dippy eggs & cornbread soldiers

5 mins

Tin-raid fishcakes

20 mins

Ginny's hot cross bun air-fryer toastie

10 mins

Leftover lamb filo cigars

40 mins

Leftover veg tarte tatin

1 hr 20 mins

Air-fryer bubble & squeak

20 mins

Easy fig tart

10 mins

Posh red strawberry, white and dark chocolate lollipops with pistachio sprinkles and chocolate drizzle

Posh lollipops

15 mins

Lemon curd tart

30 mins

No-oven pizza

10 mins

My veggie enchiladas

50 mins

Cauliflower cheese spaghetti

30 mins

Freezer-raid fish pie

1 hr 15 mins

Simple minestrone soup

45 mins

Crispy pork & broccoli noodles

20 mins

BBQ chicken

1 hr

Frumpy veg pie

1 hr 25 mins

Chilli con carne on a bed of rice, served with a fresh salsa on the side

My microwave chilli con carne

45 mins

Mushroom risotto

45 mins

Meatball kebabs

45 mins

One-pan spicy chicken

50 mins

Yoghurt chicken curry

1 hr 30 mins

Aubergine parmigiana

Air-fryer cauliflower curry

Pineapple upside-down cake

45 mins

Store-cupboard fridge cake

20 mins

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