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Real recipes from real kitchens.
Real recipes from real kitchens.
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Cooking well on a tight budget is mostly about smart ingredients and repeatable meals. These recipes are tagged Budget by the home cooks who wrote them — think store-cupboard staples, cheap cuts, batch-friendly dinners and meals that stretch across the week without tasting like a compromise.
Easy first finger foods: carrot and broccoli roasted until soft enough to squash between your fingers.
A gentle breakfast porridge for babies from around six months — soft oats blended with cooked pear, no added sugar.
A thicker, lumpier meal for babies around 9-12 months — soft red lentils with carrot, parsnip and a pinch of mild spice.
Soft savoury muffins for 9 month olds and toddlers — good for lunchboxes, snacks and freezing.
A smooth, naturally sweet first purée for babies starting solids around six months. Freezes well in ice cube trays.
Crispy-skinned jacket potatoes in the air fryer in half the time of the oven. Fluffy inside, proper crunchy skin, ready for beans and cheese.
A mild, family-friendly slow cooker chicken curry made with store cupboard spices. Throw it all in before work and serve with rice and naan.
A 25-minute storecupboard chickpea curry with spinach and tomatoes. Cheap, filling and vegan if you skip the yoghurt.
Courgettes cooked down with garlic, lemon and parmesan into a silky pasta sauce. A brilliant way to use up a glut of courgettes.
Soft pasta in a smooth tomato sauce with carrot, courgette and red pepper blended in — an easy toddler dinner that freezes well.
A one-tin chicken traybake with lemon, garlic and new potatoes. Everything roasts together, so there is one tin to wash and no fiddly timing.
Air fryer chicken thighs with crisp skin and juicy meat in under 30 minutes. Five store-cupboard spices and no oven needed.
Easy courgette fritters for a glut — grated courgette, feta and herbs, fried until golden. Good hot with yoghurt or cold in a lunchbox.
A fast weeknight chicken pasta with garlic, chilli and a splash of pasta water to bring it together. On the table in about 20 minutes.
A proper slow cooker beef stew with braising steak, root veg and a rich gravy. Ten minutes in the morning, dinner ready when you are.
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