Student Kitchen Recipes

Cheap, easy recipes for when all you have is a hob and a dream.

british

Sausage Rolls

Proper homemade sausage rolls with buttery shortcrust pastry. The kind that make shop-bought ones taste like cardboard.

70 minsEasy420 cal

italian

Simple Italian Tomato Pasta Sauce

The sauce every cook needs to know. Onion, garlic, tomatoes, herbs. Thirty-five minutes and you'll never buy a jar again.

35 minsEasy400 cal

american

Sautéed Okra and Tomatoes

A Southern classic that converts okra sceptics. Cooked hot and fast first to kill the slime, then slow with tomatoes until everything collapses into something deeply savoury.

35 minsEasy95 cal

american

Roasted Acorn Squash

Wedges of acorn squash roasted until the edges caramelise and the flesh goes soft and sweet. Five minutes of work, the oven does the rest.

55 minsEasy140 cal

sides

Garlic Sautéed Rainbow Chard with Yellow Courgette

A fast, vibrant side dish that makes rainbow chard the star. Ready in 20 minutes and makes you feel like you know what you're doing.

20 minsEasy110 cal