Got a box, need ideas?
Easy, affordable meals from scratch, designed by our families to cook for less than £3 per person. Recipe cards from our Celebrate Family Food courses.
A quick note: our recipe courses are delivered as boxed kits to referred households twice a week, with every ingredient pre-portioned by household size. The cards below give you a flavour of the kind of meals families cook on the course. Want to take part, or refer a family? See how Family Food works.
Lasagne
A tasty Italian pasta dish packed with flavour. This can be prepared ahead of time and stored in the freezer until you want to cook it, Just bake for an additional 15 minutes from frozen.
Allergens
gluten, celery, dairy
Chilli Beef Nachos
A delicious `tex mex’dish that you can make unique to your own taste! Make it as mild or spicy as you like, it’s full of delicious flavour thanks to the blend of spices.
Allergens
gluten, celery, dairy
Chicken & Mango Curry
A super sweet and tasty chicken dish with a mild intensity, but you can make it as spicy as you like by adding chilli powder to the mix during cooking!
Allergens
celery
Homemade Burger
This recipe will teach you how to make an amazing homemade burger, with fresh and tasty ingredients. We suggest enjoying this with some healthy greens to fuel your body and add an extra freshness to the meal.
Allergens
gluten, mustard, fish
Toad in the Hole
Some say that it’s name comes from a golf course in Northumberland that was overrun with toads, and the sausages in the batter reminded the chefs of a toad poking it’s head out of the golf holes!
Allergens
milk, gluten, sulphites, soya, egg
Mushroom Risotto
A meat – free meal packed with flavour and guaranteed to fill you up. And all you need is one frying pan to cook it all in, so washing up is easy!
Allergens
milk, celery
More cards are added as new recipe courses launch. Audio versions are on the way.
Cook with confidence
The full recipe course is free for referred households. If you’d like to take part, or refer a family who would benefit, we’d love to hear from you.