Quick & easy recipe ideas

From curry in a hurry, to simple sauces and flash-cooked feasts, get creative with some last minute speedy suppers.

Make a filling family traybake in a flash, a light summer salad or a crowd-pleasing hearty curry with our easy chicken recipes for every occasion.

Cook one of our winning fish dishes for a fuss-free midweek meal. We've included family favourites such as fish and chips, curry and fish pie, plus healthier options.

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Try our easy falafels for a simple wrap, burger or pitta. Our versatile recipes make great vegetarian mains or healthy snacks.

Save yourself stress in the kitchen with our easy dinner ideas, from fresh tacos and hearty pasta bakes to warming curries and simple traybakes everyone will love. 

Make a simple and satisfying midweek meal with our best ever recipes. These speedy suppers can be thrown together using everyday ingredients.

Slow-cooked recipes using good-value cuts of meat.

Discover budget-friendly lunches and dinners that use affordable storecupboard ingredients to create cheap pasta dishes, soups, curries and stir-fries.

Thrifty recipes to help you keep cooking costs down. Try our budget-friendly salads, jacket potatoes or wraps for lunch, and our curries, pasta and pizza for dinner.

Save money with our simple soups using cheap ingredients. Costing only £1 or less per serving, these budget-friendly blends are big on flavour but low on cost.

Discover simple, affordable meals for two people. These budget-friendly lunches and dinners include storecupboard pasta, pizza, soups and stir-fries.

Save on costs with our family-friendly budget fish recipes. See our affordable options like hearty fish pie, easy fish fingers, pasta and curries.

You can make lot of meals from a budget food shop. We've collated our best recipes for batch-cooking, meal-planning and freezing, so you can make easy, low-cost lunches and dinners.

Make good use of your slow cooker, a useful piece of kitchen kit that is more energy-efficient than the oven, and cook our low-cost recipes that are budget-friendly and delicious.

Our budget-friendly Sunday lunch recipes include classic roast centrepieces, as well as alternative one-pots, crowd-pleasing pies, traybakes and stews. These cost-efficient recipes are no less…

If you're cooking on a budget, look no further than our thrifty pasta recipes. They use cheaper ingredients but pack in the flavour.

Exclusive to BBC Good Food app users, see our thrifty recipes to cut meal costs without missing out on flavour.

Going to uni and never cooked before? Our student recipes are a great way to get started with easy, cheap and filling dishes that are packed with flavour.

Try our triple-tested, easy recipes and create nutritious and delicious meals on a student budget. We have inspiration for breakfast, lunch and dinner

Use up tinned ingredients like tomatoes, beans and tuna with these easy dinners. Or try our simple bakes for a great way to use canned fruit.

Use up a storecupboard essential with our canned tomato recipes. Try chopped or whole tinned tomatoes in our pasta, curry and chilli recipes.

Get the most out of your storecupboard staples in our delicious dinners, bakes and snacks. These simple, affordable recipes use everything from tinned tomatoes to flour and sugar.

Use simple storecupboard ingredients and frozen vegetables in our easy one-pot recipes, including rice dishes, curries and stews. They also save on washing-up!

Whip up a quick and filling lunch using a few storecupboard ingredients. From falafel wraps and pasta salads to bean soup, we've got lots of budget-friendly ideas.

Use basic storecupboard ingredients like beans, lentils, grains and canned veg and fish to create comforting dishes like risotto, stew, soup and pasta.

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