Top five healthy, money-saving ingredients you should have in your pantry, and how to use them.
Rice
Our favourite modern, healthy way to use rice: Oven-baked pilafs are easy, tasty and endlessly varied.
Vegetable pilaf
Pumpkin and blue cheese brown rice pilaf
Spinach, pesto and lemon risotto cake
Eggs
Our favourite modern, healthy way to use eggs: Frittatas are a brilliant egg-based meal that helps make the most of leftovers as well.
Café scramble with smoked salmon
Ham, broccoli and kumara frittata
Canned fish
Our favourite modern, healthy way to use canned fish: Combine with potato in fish cakes or fish pie-style bakes. A great way to make a little go a long way.
Thai fish cakes
Tuna and vegetable lasagne
HFG fish pie
Lentils
Our favourite modern, healthy way to use lentils: Curries, dhals and stews made with lentils or with lentils added to meat are delicious, hearty and super-economical.
Tasty pork with couscous
Lentil and vegetable curry
Chicken and lentil shepherd’s pie
Oats
Our favourite modern, healthy way to use oats: A tie between crunchy crumble topping over fruit, and as a savoury ingredient in meat loaf or crumbs. Both are healthy and really tasty.
Blueberry and apple crumble
HFG meat loaf
Mixed berry and coconut crumble
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