RECIPE COLLECTION
Budget Recipes
Big-flavour cooking on a small budget. Every recipe here is built from cheap, everyday ingredients you can find anywhere.
Perfect Scrambled Eggs
Soft, buttery scrambled eggs done properly — low and slow, folded not stirred to death. A 10-minute high-prote…
Fluffy Buttermilk-Style Pancakes
Stacked, cloud-soft pancakes from everyday store-cupboard ingredients. A weekend breakfast that takes 25 minut…
Overnight Oats with Apple & Honey
No-cook oats soaked overnight in milk with grated apple, cinnamon and honey. Breakfast is already made when yo…
Classic Banana Bread
The loaf that uses up your sad brown bananas — moist, sweet, gently spiced, and brilliant toasted with butter …
Apple Crumble
Squishy cinnamon apples under a golden, buttery oat crumble. A proper British pudding that costs pennies and f…
Spaghetti Bolognese
The classic family ragu — rich beef and tomato sauce slowly simmered, served over spaghetti with plenty of par…
Beef Chilli con Carne
Slow-simmered beef, beans, peppers and warm spices in a deep tomato sauce. Big-batch comfort food that freezes…
Weekend Roast Chicken
Golden crispy-skinned roast chicken with lemony garlic butter, roast potatoes and carrots. The Sunday centrepi…
Easy Beef Tacos
Quick spiced beef piled into warm corn tortillas with fresh salsa, avocado and lime. Build-your-own dinner tha…
Weeknight Chicken Curry
A rich, gently spiced chicken curry in a coconut-tomato sauce that simmers in 30 minutes. Mild enough for the …
Hearty Beef Stew
Slow-simmered chunks of beef in rich gravy with carrots, celery and fluffy mash-ready potatoes. One pot, low e…
Shepherd's Pie
Lamb mince in a rich gravy under a pillow of creamy mashed potato, baked until the top is bronzed. The ultimat…
Hearty Red Lentil Soup
A thick, smoky-sweet soup of red lentils, tomatoes and veg that costs almost nothing and freezes brilliantly. …
Chickpea & Coconut Curry
Creamy, gently spiced chickpea curry in a tomato-coconut sauce. A pantry-only vegetarian dinner that takes 25 …
Veggie Fried Rice
The best use of leftover rice there is — wok-fried with egg, peas, corn and spring onion in a salty, savoury s…
Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
Garlic, chilli and good olive oil tossed through spaghetti with parsley and parmesan. Four ingredients, big fl…
Creamy Mac & Cheese
Proper stovetop mac and cheese with a silky cheddar sauce and golden breadcrumb top. Childhood nostalgia, adul…
Grandma-Style Minestrone
A vegetable-packed Italian soup with beans, pasta and tomato in herby broth. Rib-sticking, frugal and better o…