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Student recipes

Recipes and ideas to get you cooking good food inexpensively

September 2023

  • Young woman cooking at home<br>GettyImages-527917502

    University Guide 2024
    Fried rice, omelettes and pasta: cooking skills to learn before uni

    A little practice – and having a few easy recipes up your sleeve - is the best way to ace it in the kitchen

August 2020

  • Rice With Mixed Vegetables

    Clearing 2020
    'Start by frying onions' – and before long you'll have a curry: student cooking tips

    A student diet doesn’t have to revolve around baked beans – with these simple steps you’ll soon be eating well on a budget
  • Felicity Cloake’s noodles with soy-sauce eggs and quick-pickled vegetables.

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
    How to make a tasty dinner from instant noodles

    Masterclass The classic student storecupboard staple is easy to upgrade into a properly satisfying supper
  • Liam Charles’s maple pecan blueberry flapjack.

    The sweet spot
    Liam Charles’s recipe for maple pecan blueberry flapjack with pretzel base

    The sweet spot This anytime snack has a great combination of flavours and an unusual base
  • Spaghetti, garlic, olive oil, chilli, parsley.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for midnight spaghetti

    Often eaten after a night out, spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino - using just garlic, oil and chilli – is thrifty, easy and generous
  • Thomasina Miers’ spiced beef kofte with chickpeas and labneh.

    The simple fix
    Thomasina Miers’ recipe for spiced beef kofte with braised chickpeas

    The simple fix A Middle Eastern-inspired treat that’s as simple to make as it’s delicious
  • Broccoli nachos, spinach quesadillas, pizza baguettes, cheesy gnocchi, tomato dal and beetroot ristotto. Snacks with shortcuts, Izy Hossack

    Snacks with shortcuts – recipes

    Transform the humble baguette, tortilla or tin of tomatoes into something special with a few ingredients
  • 10-minute desserts by Anna Helm Baxter

    10-minute dessert recipes

    Quick, easy versions of classic puddings, from tiramisu to apple tart, using only a handful of ingredients
  • Meera Sodha’s courgette, cashew and coconut subji.

    The new vegan
    Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for courgette, cashew and coconut subji

    The new vegan Quick and easy cooking that’s also impressive: who could want for more than that?
  • Yotam Ottolenghi’s chickpea and rainbow chard soup.

    Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
    Yotam Ottolenghi’s super-cheap recipes for students

    How to make a three-course meal out of two tins of chickpeas and a few other store cupboard ingredients
    • Donal Skehan's 15-minute supper recipes

    • Samosa tart and sausage stir-fry – Miguel Barclay’s easy recipes for £1

    • Waste not
      Turn today’s leftover porridge into tomorrow’s breakfast pancakes

  • A Quick Session cocktail

    The good mixer
    Cocktail of the week: A quick session

    This refreshing beer cocktail, based on a classic, is perfect for parties
  • Hanging out with a fresh beer in a London Pub<br>Group of friends hanging out in a London Pub seated on the outdoor tables. Their drinking a mix of blonde and red beers and holding smartphones toasting together.

    Fiona Beckett on drinks
    Gin and beer are in – but hold the wine

    Despite media reports that Generation Z are forgoing alcohol for a healthier lifestyle, students seem to be bucking that trend
  • Anna Jones’s traybake harissa shakshuka.

    The modern cook
    Anna Jones’s recipes for harissa shakshuka and za’atar flatbreads

    The modern cook Two recipes to bring a burst of flavour to student cooking. Reach for the harissa and za’atar ...

January 2017

  • There’s no need to cut out the student staples.

    Blogging students
    How to go gluten-free on a student budget

    University life without gluten doesn’t have to be a miserable, pizza-less existence. A student who is gluten-intolerant shares some tips

October 2016

  • Molly Wizenberg’s ‘Charlie Brigham soup’ recipe is among her memories of her California home from home

    A taste of home
    'Nothing' in the cupboard? Try this simple and cheap soup recipe

    A taste of home: A lawyer, a nanny, an (almost) bare cupboard and this simple soup of chicken broth, parmesan, egg and noodles is Molly Wizenburg’s taste of home
  • Homemade sauces and pickles plus a noodle dish.

    Kitchen encounters
    Shu Han Lee’s kitchen: ‘There was a time when the only thing I could do was boil water’

    Kitchen encounters: The chef and author of the Mummy I Can Cook food blog on tiny kitchens, student noodle dishes and cooking with chopsticks
  • Claire Ptak’s peanut butter brittle and prune cookies.

    Baking the seasons
    Dough to go: Claire Ptak’s ready-made recipe for peanut butter cookies

    Baking: Are you chewy or chunky? Either way, there’s no doubt a plateful of homemade cookies will make you popular with friends, colleagues, and tutors alike
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