Bacon and Lentil Soup Bacon and lentil soup is the kind of recipe your nan would recognise. It has been a British staple for generations because it works - ...

Mushroom and Garlic Pasta Mushrooms are one of the best value ingredients for adding proper flavour to cheap meals. A 250g pack of basic mushrooms costs ...

Shakshuka Shakshuka is the kind of recipe that makes you wonder why you have been eating eggs the same way your whole life. Eggs poached in a rich, spiced ...

Sausage and Mash with Onion Gravy Sausage and mash is proper British comfort food. The kind of meal that makes you feel like everything is going to be ...

Bread and Butter Pudding Bread and butter pudding is the ultimate food waste recipe. Stale bread that would go in the bin becomes a warm, custardy pudding ...

Red Lentil Dhal Dhal is one of the most eaten dishes on the planet for good reason - it is cheap, nutritious and genuinely delicious. Red lentils cost about ...

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio Aglio e olio translates to garlic and oil, and that is genuinely the heart of this recipe. It is the dish Italian nonnas make when ...

Cabbage and Potato Colcannon Colcannon is proof that the old recipes are often the best ones. Potatoes and cabbage are two of the cheapest things you can buy ...

Egg and Chips Egg and chips is not a compromise meal - it is a deliberate choice. Proper home-cooked chips from the oven, a fried egg with a runny yolk that ...

Potato and Leek Soup Leek and potato soup is one of those recipes that makes you wonder why anyone buys soup from a shop. Two leeks, a couple of potatoes and ...