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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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