Storecupboard recipes
No time to get to the supermarket, stuck at home or looking to save on the food shop in general? You’d be surprised at the amount of mouth-watering dishes you can create using the contents of your cupboard.
To discover what we tend to have stocked-up in our cupboard, see our 50 storecupboard ingredients and recipes to go with each of them.
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30-minute meals
Umami bomb spaghetti
Ready in the time it takes to boil the pasta, this speedy umami bomb spaghetti is packed with olives, anchovies, capers, parmesan and parsley for a joyful tapenade-like flavour.
Christmas gifts
Tomato and apple chilli chutney
When summer ends and autumn begins, there are a few fleeting weeks when the last tomatoes and first apples are both in season. Capture that moment with this incredible chutney, gently spiced yet fruity enough to stand up to the most mature of cheddars.
30-minute meals
4-ingredient air fryer mac ‘n’ cheese
This air fryer mac ‘n’ cheese uses just 4 ingredients and is ready in 30 minutes. Once you master the evaporated milk cheese sauce, you’ll want to use it on everything.
Brunch
Easy huevos rancheros
When it comes to breakfast, huevos rancheros is the full Mexican and a weekend-treat that deserves to become your classic – plus it comes in at just £2.50 a portion.
Roasts
Roast beef with aubergine, peppers and cannellini beans
Our lighter take on roast beef, the joint nestled among juicy vegetables and cannellini beans, will help you hold onto summer a little longer.
Lentils
Root vegetable and lentil tagine
Our take on a Moroccan tagine is packed with warming spices, seasonal veg and fibre-rich lentils for a healthy, vegan midweek meal.
Recipes for one person
One-pot orzo with feta and olives
Everything goes into just one pot when you cook this quick veggie recipe – orzo pasta, onions, olives, pine nuts and feta.
Traybakes
Chicken, feta, tahini and aubergine traybake
The tahini, pomegranate molasses and honey drizzle turns sticky and gnarly as it bakes in the oven – a finger-licking good chicken dish.
Best sausage casseroles
Sausage and cider casserole
Hearty, one-pan comfort food is what everyone craves during the winter months and this easy sausage and cider casserole never fails to please.
Storecupboard
Tarte aux pommes
A classic French apple tart makes a wonderful show-stopper dessert for any dinner party.
Harissa
Harissa beef and crispy potatoes
We've topped crispy potatoes with harissa beef and creamy feta. This recipe is ready in less than an hour – it's an effortless way to feed the whole family.
Omelettes
Spicy sausage omelette
This filled omelette is made with spicy sausage, cheese and red pepper and served with salsa verde – that's a breakfast worth getting out of bed for.
Midweek meals
Baked rainbow trout and butter bean gratin
This easy dinner will be on the table in just 30 minutes. Butter bean and leek gratin with sourdough breadcrumbs and baked rainbow trout.
Budget pasta
Sardine puttanesca with a herby crumb
This hearty sardine puttanesca spaghetti recipe uses tinned storecupboard ingredients – it will come to the rescue for a last minute meal
Sardines
Lemon, parsley and caper fish balls
Trying to make your mealtime budget stretch a bit further? Feed 4 with these creamy, Scandi-inspired fish balls starring one tin of sardines.
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