Hungry? Try our veggie student suppers to cook for friends

It’s back to college time and parental homes across the country are being raided for supplies to see hungry students through the lean winter months ahead.

Here are five simple recipes for tasty, nutritious meals that won’t eat into the beer budget too much, but will impress housemates and college buddies. They're so appetising and appealing that you might not notice, at first, that they're all vegetarian recipes, which will help keep costs down.

They're from The Really Hungry Vegetarian Student Cookbook, published by Ryland Peters & Small, £9.99. There are more simple recipes in the book too, for healthy breakfasts, lunchboxes to take to college, potluck specials, and easy cakes, including intriguing chocolate brownies made with haricot beans.

There's also a chapter on kitchen know-how that explains what you'll need to stock a student larder so you'll never go hungry, how to substitute ingredients if you don't have everything called for in the recipe, and  food safety information so you don't poison yourself or anyone else.

Top tip: when you're raiding the parental kitchen, don't forget to "borrow" a good knife. A proper knife makes everything easier to cook.