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Graphic: Matt Davidson.

The Good Food tinned tomato soup taste test: From thick clots to the red-hot top

The brief: test affordable supermarket tinned tomato soups to see which ones are worth stocking the pantry with over winter. The result? Read on.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Canned tomato soup is elevated to new heights in this version, served inside a garlic-buttered cob loaf.

Five ways to magic a meal from a can of tomato soup (starring this garlic-bread cobb loaf bowl)

Give a humble, cost-effective can a bit of juju with these ideas from Katrina Meynink.

  • Katrina Meynink
Tuna cakes.
EASY

The RecipeTin magic touch that lifts these tuna patties from meh to marvellous

A drizzle of garlic butter is all it takes to turn pantry staples into a surprisingly tasty meal.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
Danielle Alvarez’s rigatoni with sausage, red wine and tomato ragu.
EASY

Rigatoni with ‘embarrassingly simple’ sausage and red wine ragu

This cheat’s pasta sauce will taste as if you’ve been working on it all day, with no slicing, dicing or chopping required.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Doju chef Mika Chae at KT Mart Korean supermarket.

Grocery shopping for one is hard. Here’s how to do it without wasting money or food

Be realistic with yourself, make a meal plan, shop strategically and often, and give leftovers a chance.

  • Aaron Hutcherson
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Side soup.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s side soup

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.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken and egg risotto.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s fried rice-inspired chicken, veg and egg risotto

This recipe is a bit like fried rice, but is really a risotto.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s froga tat tarja (Maltese spaghetti frittata).
EASY

Froga tat-tarja (Maltese spaghetti frittata)

A humble recipe with just a handful of ingredients, this thrifty frittata is one of my childhood favourites.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Adam Liaw’s mince stroganoff.

15 new (and improved) ways with mince starring Adam Liaw’s low-cost stroganoff

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.

Mongolian beef noodles is a satisfying meal in a pan.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ Mongolian beef noodles are a delicious twist on a classic takeaway dish

Beef mince comes to the rescue in this speedy riff on a Chinese favourite, sweet-savoury Mongolian lamb.

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi