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5 money-saving ingredients

Top five healthy, money-saving ingredients you should have in your pantry, and how to use them.

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

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

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

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

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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Date modified: 28 September 2023
First published: Jun 2009

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