The cost of living crisis is on everyone’s minds, and that includes looking at budgeting the weekly shop. What’s more, weekdays don’t afford you much time to plan, put together and cook meals for you and your family. So if you want to avoid thinking about meal-planning altogether, AND save money, we’ve done the hard work and picked 5 of our best budget weeknight recipes. We’ve even included ideas on how to use up the leftovers too.

We’ve got a healthy and flavourful curry, a sardine spaghetti, cheese and onion pasties and a pizza night for Friday that’ll bring smiles to faces without costing an arm and a leg.