Whether you’re cooking dinner in your new flatmates or about to move off to lectures, these recipes from Ramona’s Kitchen are good for creating fast and wholesome pupil meals.
Every of our recipes may be recreated on a low funds, with elements that may simply be bulk-bought, preserving college students fed for days.
These recipes actually are minimal effort for max outcomes.
Houmous stuffed aubergines (£4.10 per meal)
Low cost and wholesome, aubergines are the proper staple for any pupil meal
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Aubergines are excessive in fibre and low in energy and may be purchased for underneath £1 – an ideal staple for any pupil meal.
Serves: 2 (equal to lunch and dinner)
Substances:
2 aubergines (£1.40)
1 punnet of child blended peppers (£1.50)
220g feta cheese (£1.60)
250g Ramona’s Unique Heavenly Houmous (£2.69 for 500g)
Recent herbs (£1)
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Technique:
1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
2. Lower the aubergines in half, lengthways. Scoop out a number of the flesh from every half (not an excessive amount of in any other case the aubergine will lose its form) and place it on a lined baking tray.
3. Chop child peppers into slices and add to a separate oven-ready baking tray.
4. Brush the aubergines with good high quality olive oil after which liberally coat the peppers with the identical oil. Season each trays with salt and pepper.
5. Place the trays within the oven and prepare dinner for 20 minutes or till performed. Toss the peppers midway by way of to make sure the veg is coated.
6. As soon as cooked take away from the oven and add the aubergines to a serving plate.
7. Fill every half with a beneficiant serving to of houmous and prime with the oven roasted veggies. Crumble creamy feta cheese excessive and end off with some contemporary herbs.
8. We added some feta stuffed peppers to the plate so as to add additional color and ornament and served the dish up as a part of a celebration mezze.
Roasted aubergine, houmous and falafel shakshuka (£4.39 per meal)
The garlic on this dish will assist fend off freshers’ flu
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This recipe comprises 3 cloves of garlic which has been proven to fight illness, together with the frequent chilly – good for warding off freshers’ flu.
Serves: 2 (equal to lunch and dinner)
Substances:
1 aubergine (70p)
1 pepper, any color (45p)
10 cherry tomatoes (90p)
1 pot Ramona’s Unique Houmous (£2.69 for 500g)
6 x Ramona’s Unique Falafel (£3.25 for 500g)
1 pink onion (21p)
3 garlic cloves (25p)
400g tomato passata (32p)
½ tsp paprika
¼ tsp cumin seeds
Olive oil
Salt and black pepper
To serve: sesame seeds, chopped contemporary coriander, chilli flakes
Technique:
1. Preheat the oven to 160 fan/180C and line a big baking tray with parchment paper.
2. Chop the aubergine and pepper into 1cm cubes and lay on the tray. Drizzle with olive oil, salt and black pepper. Roast for 30-35 minutes till tender, including the tomatoes for the ultimate 20 minutes.
3. In the meantime, peel and finely cube the pink onion and slice the garlic cloves. Add to a frying pan with some olive oil and fry for 5-10 minutes till gentle. Add within the paprika, cumin seeds, some salt and black pepper and fry for 1 minute. Pour within the tomato passata and simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Stir by way of the aubergine and pink pepper into the tomato sauce, saving the roasted tomatoes.
5. Smear the houmous onto two plates or bowls, alongside the shakshuka. High with the falafels, roasted tomatoes and the sesame seeds, chopped contemporary coriander and chilli flakes.
Falafel wrap (£2.12 per meal)
Falafel may be cooked from frozen for a fast and filling meal
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Prepare dinner our falafel straight from frozen in a couple of minutes to make your lunch extra filling, splendid to rapidly make earlier than heading off to lectures.
Serves: 5 (equal to five lunches)
Substances:
5 tortilla wraps (65p for 8)
500g Ramona’s Jalapeno Heavenly Houmous (£2.69)
200g rocket (£1.77)
1 yellow pepper (45p)
1 pink pepper (45p)
200g feta cheese (£1.30)
15 x Ramona’s Unique Falafel (£3.25 for 500g)
Technique:
1. Begin by dicing the peppers and put aside.
2. Place 3 falafel on a microwavable plate and warmth for 4 minutes.
3. While they’re within the microwave start assembling the wrap by first spreading a beneficiant layer of jalapeno houmous within the centre of the wrap, prime with a big handful of rocket and a number of the chopped up peppers.
4. Lastly take the cooked falafel out of the microwave, place within the wrap and sprinkle some feta on prime to complete.
5. Now merely roll it up, pop it in a Tupperware and your lunch is able to tackle the go.
Tip: Retailer the remaining chopped up peppers within the fridge to make lunch prep even faster the remainder of the week.
Variations: Add in additional veg you’ve left over like onions or cucumber. Change up your lunch every day through the use of totally different flavours of houmous and falafel.
Mediterranean veg tray bake (£2.85 per meal)
This dish is certain to make you new associates
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Make new associates with this straightforward however scrumptious dish that’s good for sharing along with your flatmates.
Serves: 4 (equal to 2 lunches and a couple of dinners)
Substances:
1 orange pepper (45p)
1 yellow pepper (45p)
1 pink pepper (45p)
1 pink onion (21p)
1 punnet of blended tomatoes (or the equal of a punnet of cherry, cocktail or golden grape tomatoes) (90p)
200g black olives (pitted) (75p)
200g inexperienced olives (pitted) (75p)
250g halloumi cheese (£2)
150g Ramona’s Beetroot Heavenly Houmous (£2.69 for 500g)
150g Ramona’s Crimson Pepper Heavenly Houmous (£2.69 for 500g)
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Recent herbs
Technique:
1. Chop the pink, yellow and orange peppers into slices – we used bell peppers however any peppers work for this recipe.
2. Slice pink onion and add to a baking tray together with the sliced peppers.
3. Scatter within the small tomatoes entire.
4. Liberally coat with good high quality olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Toss the contents to make sure the veg is coated.
5. Put the tray within the oven at 180C for 20 minutes or till cooked. Toss midway by way of.
6. 5 minutes earlier than the greens are prepared chop your halloumi into slices and add to a pre-heated heavy bottomed griddle pan. Flip midway by way of to make sure each side have a very good color. When cooked preserve off the warmth till you’re prepared to make use of.
7. Take away greens from the oven and add the olives and stir by way of.
8. Unfold the houmous throughout the underside of your serving bowl and canopy with the oven roasted greens. High with the grilled halloumi and contemporary herbs to complete.
9. Serve instantly with contemporary crusty bread – ciabatta or sourdough work properly and are good for scooping by way of this dish and mopping up all of the juices.
Tip: Could be served by itself as a important meal or as a part of a sharing mezze.
Variations: Combine and match totally different flavours of hummus to create totally different mixtures. Swap out the blended olives for ones marinated in chilli so as to add a bit of fireside to your bowl. You would additionally dd courgette or sliced carrots.
Beetroot houmous flatbread (£2.27 per meal)
Beetroot helps keep a wholesome liver
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This dish is as tasty as it’s wholesome. Beetroot has been discovered to assist keep a wholesome liver – nice to fight these freshers nights out.
Serves: 4 (equal to 2 lunches and a couple of dinners)
Prepared in: 15 to twenty minutes
Substances:
4 flatbreads (79p)
500g Ramona’s Beetroot Heavenly Houmous (£2.69)
1 jar of inexperienced olives (75p)
3-4 bell peppers (assorted colors) (82p)
1 giant courgette (40p)
400g feta (or dairy-free different) (£2.60)
Rocket (to garnish) (£1)
Technique:
1. Start by dicing the bell peppers and courgettes and chopping the olives in half and put aside.
2. Unfold a beneficiant layer of beetroot houmous on prime of every flatbread, then prime every of them along with your chopped greens and a handful of rocket.
3. Lastly, end your flatbreads off by sprinkling some cubes of feta on prime after which they’re able to slice and revel in!
Tip: If you wish to create a heat model of this dish then you may roast the peppers and courgettes within the oven and heat your flatbreads in a frying pan earlier than assembling.
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