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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.

Budget Christmas ideas

Slow cooked turkey breasts with wine & bacon

Slow cooker Christmas recipes

Selection of canapés and table decorations

Budget canapé ideas

BBC Cook Smart Christmas dinner menu

Cook Smart Christmas

Budget Christmas starters

Blue background with a selection of foodie Christmas gifts including a red box of chocolate, a cooking spatula and 4-pack of mini gin bottles

50 best budget Christmas gifts for foodies – all under £15

Microwave red cabbage, sprouts and cauliflower cheese in serving dishes

Microwave Christmas recipes

Cauliflower cheese, braised red cabbage and sprouts in separate serving dishes

Budget Christmas dinner menu

Scandi goat's cheese & sweet potato coulibiac

Budget Christmas centrepieces

Chocolate truffle & honeycomb torte with a slice cut out

No-bake Christmas 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

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Budget recipe collections

Roasted cauliflower and cashew curry on a plate with rice and naan

Budget vegetarian recipes

Carrot pilaf with coriander chutney

Budget healthy recipes

Sausage & apple hash in a silver pan

Budget autumn recipes

Chole served in bowls with rice

Budget dinner recipes

More budget inspiration

Budget guides

BBC Good Food Cook Smart podcast

BBC Good Food Cook Smart podcast

Creamy pesto & kale pasta in a bowl

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

Best budget cookbooks

The best budget cookbooks

Batch cooked meals

Nadiya Hussain’s top 8 tips to help you save

Orecchiette with butter beans parsley chilli & lemon in a bowl

Top tips for healthy eating on a budget

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

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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 veg stew

Family slow cooker recipes

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

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