Student Dinner Recipes

Easy, Cheap and Delicious Dinner Recipes

Here are four easy, cheap, and delicious dinner recipes to keep your stomach (and your bank balance) satisfied.

Easy cheesy pasta

Ingredients:

• Cream cheese
• Pasta
• Bacon
• Onion
• Tomato purée
• Oil
• Grated cheese

Method:

1. Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling water
2. Slice or dice the onion and bacon
3. When the pasta is cooked drain it and leave it to one side
4. In the same saucepan heat some oil and then add the onion and meat
5. When the onion and bacon is cooked, turn the heat down add a big dollop of cream cheese and tomato purée
6. Give it a good stir and then add the pasta back in until everything is coated in the cheesy sauce
7. Serve with grated cheese

Salmon & broccoli pasta

Ingredients:

• Pasta
• Broccoli
• Salmon –  trimmings are about 89p in most supermarkets
• Cream cheese
• Lemon

Method:

1. Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling water
2. Cut the broccoli into small pieces
3. When the pasta is nearly cooked, add the broccoli to the pan for the final five minutes
4. When the pasta and broccoli are cooked, drain, put back in the pan and add the salmon and cream cheese
5. Cook on a low heat until the cheese sauce has coated everything
6. Serve with a squeeze of lemon

Budget bean casserole

Ingredients:

• 1 can of mixed beans
• 1 can of chopped tomatoes
• Tomato purée
• Mixed herbs
• Stock cube (any flavour)
• 1 Onion
• Oil

Method:

 Slice/dice the onion and soften with oil on a medium heat

1. Add beans, tomatoes, stock cube, tomato purée, and herbs
2. Simmer for roughly 20 minutes until all ingredients are soft
3. Serve with crusty bread 

Baked potato

Ingredients:

• Jacket potato
• Your choice of filling

Method:

1. Stab potato all over with a fork and rub in oil and a bit of salt
2. Cook potato on Gas Mark 4/180°C for 1 ½ - 2 hours. Alternatively you can microwave it for roughly 9 minutes, but it won’t be crispy
3. Serve with your favourite filling – we like cheese and beans!