Student recipes
Get maximum flavour and minimum fuss with simple-to-make, cheap and filling recipes. Try the top 20 student recipes, as rated by bbcgoodfood.com members.
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Chicken biryani pilau
- Ready in 1 hr
Easy and cheap to recreate at home, students won't need to order takeaways ever again!
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Easy
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DIY kofta burgers
By Good Food
- Ready in 50 mins
With these quick, easy and cheap koftas, there's no excuse for hitting the kebab van
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Easy
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Cold weather hotpot
By Good Food
- Ready in 45 mins
This recipe stretches a pack of mince brilliantly - and is perfect eaten straight from the bowl with a spoon
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Easy
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Chicken & broccoli pasta bake
By Good Food
- Ready in 40 mins
This dish can be assembled ready for baking a good few hours ahead - and it's all cooked in one pan
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Easy
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Saucy sausage pasta
By Good Food
- Ready in 30 mins
Tomato, onion and garlic pasta sauce with sausage chunks for a bit of substance - brilliant for students (and as a hangover cure)
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Easy
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Frankie pasta bake
- Ready in 40 mins
A simple student pasta and tomato dish - delicious, filling and cheap to boot
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Easy
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Sweet potato & pea curry
- Ready in 40 mins
A fab, cheap, veggie curry, great for a student gathering. And the left overs will taste great the next day.
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Easy
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Moroccan spiced mince with couscous
By Good Food
- Ready in 40 mins
Adding dried fruit, fresh mint and warm spices to savoury dishes is typical of North African cooking. Quorn replaces meat in this recipe
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Tuna pasta bake
By Good Food
- Ready in 50 mins
Whip up this cheap treat using storecupboard ingredients, tinned tuna and sweetcorn
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Easy
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Baked mushrooms with ricotta & pesto
By Good Food
- Ready in 45 mins
The rich pesto helps balance the tangy ricotta and earthy mushroom flavours of this easy vegetarian starter.
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Pasta with tuna & tomato sauce
By Good Food
- Ready in 35 mins
This low fat, tasty pasta supper can be rustled up from tins and packets in the storecupboard
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Chicken & mushroom spud pies
By Good Food
- Ready in 30 mins
Jazz up a jacket potato with this creamy filling
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Smoky bacon pot noodle for one
By Good Food
- Ready in 7 mins
Who needs ready-made instant noodles when you can whip up your own low-fat, high flavour version in under 10 mins?
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Bangers & beans in a pan
By Good Food
- Ready in 45 mins
A new twist on an old favourite, great for an easy after work or after school supper - easily doubled or trebled
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Macaroni cheese with mushrooms
- Ready in 25 mins
A lighter dish than the original, simple to make and very cheap, perfect for students.
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Raid-the-fridge rice
By Good Food
- Ready in 25 mins
Great for when all you have left in the fridge are the basics - bacon, mushrooms and a bit of cheese
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Scrambled omelette toast topper
By Good Food
- Ready in 10 mins
Jazz up a snack of scrambled eggs on toast with a few flavoursome additions
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Storecupboard rarebit
By Good Food
- Ready in 25 mins
Quick, easy and filling after school or work rarebit recipe - easily doubled or even quadrupled for a crowd
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Late night pepperoni & pea rice
By Good Food
- Ready in 35 mins
Great for an emergency meal as the ingredients of this spicy sausage recipe are likely to be in your cupboard
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Easy
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Potato wedge tortilla
By Good Food
- Ready in 40 mins
This vegetarian tortilla tastes great hot out of the pan but just as good served cold in a sarnie - ideal budget student grub
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Easy
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