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10 Simple Recipes You Can Make with Common Pantry Staples
Rice, pasta, beans, canned tomatoes, eggs — the humble stuff already on your shelf. Here are ten easy dinners that cook in 35 minutes or less, no shopping trip required.
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1. One-Pot Tomato Rice
Ready in 25 min
Ingredients: rice, canned tomatoes, onion, garlic, olive oil
Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil, stir in rice, pour in canned tomatoes plus water (2:1 to rice), simmer covered 18 minutes.
Tip: Finish with a knob of butter and black pepper.
2. Pasta Aglio e Olio
Ready in 15 min
Ingredients: spaghetti, garlic, olive oil, chili flakes, parsley
Boil pasta. Warm sliced garlic and chili flakes in olive oil until fragrant, toss with pasta and a splash of pasta water.
3. Black Bean Quesadillas
Ready in 12 min
Ingredients: tortillas, black beans, cheese, cumin, hot sauce
Mash beans with cumin, spread on a tortilla, cover with cheese, fold, and toast in a dry pan until crisp on both sides.
4. Egg Fried Rice
Ready in 10 min
Ingredients: cooked rice, eggs, soy sauce, scallions, sesame oil
Scramble eggs in a hot pan, add cold rice, break it up, splash in soy sauce and sesame oil, finish with scallions.
Tip: Day-old rice fries much better than fresh.
5. Tuna White Bean Salad
Ready in 8 min
Ingredients: canned tuna, white beans, lemon, olive oil, red onion
Drain tuna and beans, toss with sliced red onion, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.
6. Chickpea Curry
Ready in 25 min
Ingredients: chickpeas, canned tomatoes, onion, curry powder, coconut milk
Cook onion until soft, add curry powder, tip in tomatoes and chickpeas, simmer 10 minutes, finish with coconut milk.
7. Peanut Butter Noodles
Ready in 12 min
Ingredients: noodles, peanut butter, soy sauce, garlic, lime
Whisk peanut butter, soy sauce, grated garlic and lime with a splash of hot pasta water into a sauce. Toss with cooked noodles.
8. Cheesy Baked Beans on Toast
Ready in 10 min
Ingredients: baked beans, bread, cheddar, butter, black pepper
Warm beans, pile on buttered toast, blanket with grated cheddar, grill until bubbling, crack over black pepper.
9. Lentil Soup
Ready in 35 min
Ingredients: red lentils, onion, carrot, stock, cumin
Sweat diced onion and carrot, add rinsed lentils, stock, and cumin. Simmer 25 minutes until lentils collapse. Season and blitz if you like.
10. Cacio e Pepe
Ready in 12 min
Ingredients: spaghetti, parmesan, black pepper, butter, pasta water
Toast cracked pepper in butter, add pasta water, then cooked spaghetti and grated parmesan off the heat, tossing until glossy.