Easy Recipes
Simple ways to prepare meals that are nutritious, tasty and affordable.
The best way to ensure your meals are affordable, tasty, nutritious and easy to prepare is to set up your home pantry. Start with ingredients you use regularly and expand your pantry as you go.
Your Home Pantry
Canned
• Tomatoes
• Tomato paste
• Tuna and other fish (salmon, sardines)
• Beans (kidney, black etc)
• Baked beans
• Corn
• Lentils
• Chickpeas
• Coconut milk
• Olives or capers
• Fruit (peaches, apricots, pineapple
Basics
• Pasta
• Noodles
• Rice
• Flour
• Rolled oats
• Vinegar
• Oil (olive, canola, peanut)
• Sugar
• Peanut butter
• Soy sauce
• Honey
• Mustard
• Stock (vegetable, beef, chicken)
Fruit & Veg
• Potatoes
• Carrots
• Pumpkins
• Tomatoes
• Salad greens
• Onions
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Mushrooms
• Capsicum
• Apples
• Oranges
• Bananas
Fridge
• Milk
• Cheddar cheese
• Parmesan cheese
• Yoghurt
• Eggs
• Bacon
• Butter or margarine
Freezer
• Frozen corn
• Frozen peas
• Frozen mixed vegetables
• Frozen berries
• Minced meat
• Chicken
• Fish
• Ice cream
Dried Herbs & Spices
• Pepper
• Salt
• Paprika
• Cumin
• Cinnamon
• Oregano
• Chilli powder
• Basil
• Thyme
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Parsley
Freeze meat that’s on special or close to its use-by date to cook later
Buy vegetables that are in season – they’re fresher and cheaper
Use herbs & spices to add variety to meals you make often
Recipes
Vegetarian
Fish
Meat Dishes
Sweets
