Cheap student meals needn’t be bland and boring: Here are 8 tasty and easy to make student recipes that cost less than 50 pence a portion.

Sausage and bean cheese melt

A very cheap student meal: A super simple sausage and bean cheese melt that can be easily scaled up and down for one person to ten.

> Sausage and bean cheese melt recipe

Homemade apple crumble

This super cheap apple crumble recipe is a real easy one to cook and has just a handful of cheap ingredients.

Apple pie for students

Tomato and mushroom sweet jacket potatoes

Mix up a batch of this tasty tomato and mushroom sauce that goes great with a baked sweet potato, although can also be eaten with any normal spud, pasta or even on toast.

Tomato and mushroom sweet jacket potatoes

Sausage lasagna

A classic student dish with a sausage twist: This easy and simple lasagna recipe for students is hopefully fool proof and SUPER cheap.

> Sausage lasagna recipe

Pizza baguettes

A cheap, student friendly 10 minute method to make your own mini pizza baguettes when you’re feeling just a bit peckish!

> Pizza baguettes student recipe

Sausage Pasta Bake

This yummy Sausage Pasta Bake recipe makes for a cheap and super tasty student meal.

> Sausage Pasta Bake recipe

Spicy crispy sweet potato fries

This one really is as cheap as chips: Ditch the standard oven pack chips with these easy to make hot and spicy crispy sweet potato fries on the cheap .

You can easily make these in advance and freeze them to oven cook when you’re hungry.

> Sweet potato fries recipe

Potato and cheese pie

A basic and fool proof cheese and potato bake that is trivial to make and is perfect for budget conscious students.

> Potato and cheese pie recipe