The brief: test affordable supermarket tinned tomato soups to see which ones are worth stocking the pantry with over winter. The result? Read on.
Give a humble, cost-effective can a bit of juju with these ideas from Katrina Meynink.
A drizzle of garlic butter is all it takes to turn pantry staples into a surprisingly tasty meal.
This cheat’s pasta sauce will taste as if you’ve been working on it all day, with no slicing, dicing or chopping required.
Be realistic with yourself, make a meal plan, shop strategically and often, and give leftovers a chance.
In the West, soup is commonly a first course, while in Asia it’s mostly served with the main. This is a Western-style soup you can eat as a side dish.
This recipe is a bit like fried rice, but is really a risotto.
A humble recipe with just a handful of ingredients, this thrifty frittata is one of my childhood favourites.
Amid a cost of living crisis, mince is one of the most affordable meats we can buy, and as these recipes prove, one of the most versatile, too.
Beef mince comes to the rescue in this speedy riff on a Chinese favourite, sweet-savoury Mongolian lamb.