Budget Recipes
Delicious meals that cost under £2 per serving — no compromise on flavour.
145 recipes · Updated weekly
Featured Recipes
Miso Soup with Tofu and Wakame (Authentic Japanese Recipe)
Japan's most fundamental daily soup — a clean, savoury dashi broth gently stirred with miso paste, soft tofu cubes, and rehydrated wakame seaweed. Deeply nourishing, ready in 10 minutes, and endlessly comforting.
Viral Cucumber Salad (TikTok)
The smashed cucumber salad that took TikTok by storm: cucumbers are smashed to create craggy, sauce-trapping pieces, then dressed with soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, garlic, and chilli oil for a cool, crunchy, bold side dish ready in under 15 minutes.
Gazpacho (Cold Spanish Tomato Soup — No Cook Recipe)
Spain's iconic cold tomato soup: a smooth, intensely flavoured blend of ripe tomatoes, cucumber, red pepper, garlic, olive oil, and vinegar. No cooking required — just blending, chilling, and serving. The perfect summer soup.
Budget Meals That Don't Taste Like Budget Meals
Every recipe here costs under £2 per serving based on standard UK supermarket prices. Ingredients are everyday staples — tinned legumes, eggs, pasta, rice, seasonal vegetables, cheaper cuts of meat — used well. Cost estimates are shown per serving on each recipe card and are calculated conservatively. These aren't compromise meals. Lentil dal, pasta e fagioli, egg fried rice, and shakshuka are genuinely good food that happen to be cheap. The collection is also the most practical for the leftover generator — most budget ingredients are pantry staples you're likely to have at home.
Frequently Asked Questions
How are the costs calculated?
Based on standard UK supermarket prices per serving. Costs will vary by region.
Are these healthy as well as cheap?
Many are — legume-based dishes especially tend to be both budget and nutritious.
Are there quick budget meals under 30 minutes?
Yes — filter by Quick to see the fastest budget options.
Can I use the leftover generator to find budget meals from what I have?
Yes — visit /ai-recipe-generator to generate a recipe from ingredients you already own.
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