Mushroom and Pea Rice
Risotto energy without the standing and stirring for half an hour.
Coconut Breakfast Rice
Rice pudding without the pudding. Uses up leftover rice.
Curried Chickpea Jacket Potato
A tin of chickpeas turned into something worth eating. Microwave the potato.
Fakeaway Fried Chicken Burger
KFC energy for less than the price of the delivery fee.
Red Lentil and Carrot Soup
Makes four portions for about a pound. Freeze what you do not eat.
Butter Bean and Tomato Stew
Creamy without any cream. Ready in the time it takes to boil a kettle twice.
Butter Bean and Courgette Traybake
Everything on one tray. The beans go crisp at the edges, which is the point.
Spiced Potato Cakes
What to do with yesterday's potatoes. Crisp outside, soft in the middle.
Spanish Style Eggs
Eggs poached in a spiced tomato and pepper sauce. One pan, looks like effort.
Burrito Rice Bowl
Everything you like about a burrito, without paying seven quid for one.
Rice Noodle Veg Bowl
All the stir fry, none of the wheat. Fifteen minutes start to finish.
Loaded Potato and Bean Bake
Sticks in the oven and looks after itself. Feeds two properly.
Peanut Butter Banana Yoghurt Bowl
Three things in a bowl. No cooking, no washing up, out the door in two minutes.
Fakeaway Breakfast Muffin
The golden arches breakfast, without leaving the flat.
Cheesy Beans Jacket Potato
The most student dinner that has ever existed. Still unbeaten.
Chickpea and Sweetcorn Lunch Box
No cooking at all. Make it the night before and take it into campus.
Cabbage and Chickpea Fried Rice
A whole cabbage costs less than a coffee and feeds you twice.
Sweet Potato and Lentil Dhal
Four portions for a pound fifty. Freezes better than almost anything.
Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash
Sweet potato and beans, crisped up. Keeps you going until the afternoon.
Breakfast Potato Hash
Crispy potatoes and peppers. The cheapest proper breakfast on here.
Turmeric Tofu Scramble
Looks like scrambled eggs, costs less, and keeps you full until lunch.
Chickpea Flour Pancakes
Savoury pancakes from one cheap bag of flour. Twenty-odd pence a plate.
Coconut Chickpea Curry
Tastes like a takeaway curry and costs less than the delivery fee.