I am 10 days into uni and have run out of ideas for what to cook..

anyone got any good recipes they'd like to share?

Doesn't need to be really cheap.

you mean you don't want beans on toast every day for the next four years?

lol

I usually eat meals that are quick and easy to prepare. salads, pizza, microwave food, cereals, sandwiches etc. I also try to buy vegetables/fruit as often as I can, cause you don't want your folks to worry now do you . sorry I don't really have recipes. the thing is I don't really eat much throughout the week, I stuff myself in the weekends when I'm at my parent's house. should be enough storage in my tummy for a whole week!

Spaghetti. With our without the sauce. It's a life saver.

my fave recipe, cheap, healthy and SO YUM!

cut up a few tomatoes and about 1 onion. Fry it all on a pan, till the onion turns gold. After, cut up a bit of garlic and put it on the pan, so it fries as well. when it's all nice, sprinkle it all with barbeque spices. Let it fry a bit longer. serve with rice. YUMMMM! you can fry it with meat as well, for example chicken, but i prefer only veggies.

Leek and potato soup.

Spuds are super cheap, it's really filling and wholesome and you can make your potful, refridgerate the leftovers and it's great for lunch for days.

It's my FAVOURITE student grub

Leek and potato soup is fantastic. I live on that in the cold weather.

You can make a pretty decent veggie chilli cheaply. Just soften a chopped onion, add some crushed garlic, chilli powder and black pepper. Fry that for about a minute and add in a tin of chopped tomatoes (or a few fresh if you have them) and a can of drained kidney beans or some (veggie) mince if you can afford it. Simmer until it's all reduced down and gone all gorgeous. You can have that with rice, baked potato, potato wedges...


Curries are easy to knock up yourself if you get a few curry powders or jars of paste in. Just soften an onion, add in any veg/meat/fish/beans/lentils you fancy along with the paste/powder, stir in a tin of chopped tomatoes and simmer until it's all cooked down. Lentil curry is particularly cheap and healthy. I have a recipe for some nice little flat breads to go with it, i can't remember the exact quantities, but it's flour, plain yogurt and chopped coriander mixed into a dough. Flattened out and fried in an oiled frying pan until golden. They are really nice and quick.

tuna.

Post the bread recipe, please! I'm cooking a last-minute dinner for friends and am going to make chickpea curry... some cute fake naan would be perfect!

stir fries are pretty quick and cheap, just throw in whatever veggies you have!

i made one earlier with thinly slliced courgette, mushrooms, tofu (or meat i guess), whatever you have around, noodles and then sauce - sweet & sours you can buy from a supermarket.

different pasta's?

Sometimes I slice a chicken breast, heat up a tablespoon of oil in a frying pan, add the chicken and make sure its cooked. Then add one cup of boursin quisine and stirr till its hot. Then add lots and lots of fresh spinach and stirr till its kind of cooked

add the sause to the spaghetti and you're in heaven.

a bit fattning tho

Dhal is yummy.

At the moment i've making a lot of brown rice based dishes with vegies. I have a different combo with a difference sauce each night.