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Meal deals have tipped past £4, so we built ten weekday lunches from cheap UK staples that actually survive a commute. No spiralisers, no Sunday worth of tiny tubs — just tinned fish, oatcakes, wraps and a sensible soggy-risk plan.
It's 6:40pm, you're hungry, and the fridge contains half a lemon and something in a bag. This is not a cooking situation — it's a triage situation. Seven backup dinners, ranked by how little thinking they require.
We ran six viral air-fryer roast potato methods through a mid-range basket fryer with standard UK spuds. Two earned a permanent spot; the rest are why your tea towel smells of oil.
A supermarket-staples curry base that takes 15 minutes of hands-on work, freezes in flat portions and makes four different weeknight dinners. It is cheaper than a jar, less sweet and far more useful.
Craving a roast but it's 7pm on a Tuesday and you're cooking for two? This is the shortcut version: one tray, twenty minutes of oven time, crispy potatoes, proper gravy and zero judgement about the frozen Yorkshire puddings.