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Budget & everyday

Find money-saving tips, cheap recipes and useful guides that make the most of your favourite ingredients while on a budget.

Most popular budget ideas

Peanut Butter Chicken

Cheap family recipes

Feta & kale loaded sweet potato with pickled red onions

Budget healthy recipes

Chicken curry served in bowls alongside rice and lime wedges

Leftover chicken recipes

Air-fryer toad-in-the-hole in a baking dish

Air fryer recipes

Slow cooker tikka masala with rice and naan

Slow cooker curry recipes

Sausage & apple hash in a silver pan

Budget autumn recipes

Budget meal plans

7 days student budget meals

Healthy student budget meal plan

5-ingredient budget meal plan

5-ingredient budget meal plan

Fast Family Meal Plan

Speedy family budget meal plan

Vegetarian budget meal plan

Vegetarian budget meal plan

Budget recipe collections

Chole served in bowls with rice

Budget dinner recipes

Slow cooker butter chicken with naan and chutney

Budget slow-cooker recipes

Vegetable stew with cheddar dumplings in a casserole dish

Vegetarian slow cooker recipes

Tomato and orzo pasta with beef koftas served with garlic butter flatbreads on the side

Budget Sunday lunch recipes

More budget inspiration

Budget guides

BBC Good Food Cook Smart podcast

BBC Good Food Cook Smart podcast

Spiced lamb mix in a pan being spooned into wraps

20 budget meals you can make with mince

Creamy pesto & kale pasta in a bowl

Cook Smart champions: How we cope with the cost of living crisis

chipotle chickpeas with aubergine pitta

How to use up everything!

Cacio e pepe in a bowl

Budget-friendly pasta recipes

Smart meter next to a kettle

Your guide to energy-efficient cooking

Family budget meal plan

Podcast with Claire Thomson

BBC Good Food Podcast with Tom Kerridge – new budget rules

More budget guides

Microwave inspiration

Crab risotto on a plate, topped with rocket salad and crab toasts

20 quick and easy microwave recipes

Microwave penne pappa al pomodoro

Vegetarian microwave recipes

Microwaveable risotto primavera in a bowl with a fork

10 easy healthy microwave recipes

garam masala vegetable curry

Your guide to microwave cooking

Hot mocha puddings

Microwave pudding recipes

Microwave chocolate cake with slice taken out

Microwave baking recipes

More microwave ideas

Love your leftovers

How to use up leftovers

Lamb curry on two plates with a selection of chutney, rice and naan

What to do with leftover lamb

Scone filled with cream and jam

How to use up leftover yogurt

Dish of roast chicken

How to use up Sunday lunch leftovers

Spicy Singapore noodles on white plate

Leftover pork recipes

Frozen berry crumble

Make your freezer work for you

More leftover recipes

Freezable feasts

Pot of veggie chilli and rice

Freezable vegetarian recipes

Chicken and chorizo ragu in a pot with spoon

Freezable family recipes

Lunchboxes in a freezer

What foods can I freeze?

Salmon with peas and broad beans in a cream sauce in a pan

10 freezer essentials and recipe ideas

Plate of asparagus with peas, mint & Jersey Royals in wild garlic butter

How to freeze asparagus

Chocolate traybake

Freezable dessert recipes

More freezable recipes

Slow cooker inspiration

Bowl of chicken curry and rice next to a bowl of yoghurt and glass of water

Slow cooker recipes

Pea & ham soup in two bowls

Slow cooker soup recipes

Beef stew inside a slow cooker

How to use a slow cooker

Slow cooker vegetable stew

Family slow cooker ideas

Sticky toffee pudding on plates with ice cream

The best slow cooker desserts

Root veg and lentil casserole in a pot

Top 10 budget slow cooker recipes

More slow cooker recipes