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Student budget meal plan recipes
Monday: Vegan jambalaya
Kickstart the week with a delicious plant-based dinner. This vegan rice and bean one-pot is packed with all five of your 5-a-day, as well as iron, vitamin C and fibre to boot.
Tuesday: Sardine pasta
On Tuesday, turn your hand to this simple and comforting sardine pasta. It’s an affordable way to include oily fish in your diet; canned sardines are a great source of omega 3 and add plenty of oomph.
Wednesday: Double bean & roasted pepper chilli
This warming vegetarian chilli is perfect for packing in the veggies and flavour. A low-fat, healthy option, we like to serve it with soured cream or yoghurt as well as Tabasco sauce for a kick.
Thursday: Vegan chickpea curry jacket potato
Low in calories but high in protein, this tasty chickpea curry jacket makes the perfect easy midweek meal. Plus, you’ll probably have most of the ingredients already to hand.
Friday: Tuna & sweetcorn fishcakes
Tinned fish and sweetcorn are put to brilliant use in these simple potato patties. Try it for a healthy, budget-friendly supper that’s also high in protein.
Saturday: Sweet potato & chicken curry
Chicken thighs are good value and tasty, just right for this healthy, versatile curry that’s ready in 30 minutes. It’s bulked out with veggies such as spinach, sweet potato and tomatoes.
Sunday: Spiced shepherd’s pie
This healthy, low-fat shepherd’s pie makes the most of storecupboard spices and frozen peas. Any leftovers can be frozen to enjoy another day, making it ideal for batch cooking.
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For more budget recipe inspiration, money-saving tips and useful guides, take a look at our 5-ingredient budget meal plan and other plans available in our budget recipe hub. We’d love to hear how this meal plan goes for you and, if we were to repeat it, what you’d like to see more of, or done differently. Please use the comment box below to let us know, or tag us on social using #gfcooksmart.
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