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Brilliance on a budget: 50 cheap and cheerful recipes

From quick pastas to substantial stews, here are 50 cheap fills to help pay the bills.

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Many tortellini fillings would work in this rustic pasta bake.
EASY

Sausage, kale and tortellini pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This cheat's chicken noodle soup works with any small pasta shape.
EASY

Pesto chicken, lemon and supermarket leftover pasta soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Jamie Oliver's quick green pasta.
EASY

Jamie Oliver's quick green pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Jamie Oliver
Skip the weird ingredients lists and make enchilada sauce from scratch.
EASY

Easy chicken enchiladas with self-isolating sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Karen Martini's golden tubetti pasta bake with tuna.
EASY

Golden tubetti with cauliflower and tuna

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Roast chicken for summer.

Herb butter roast chicken with vegetables (save the carcass for stock or soup)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Rachel Khoo
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Chicken and corn soup.
EASY

Chicken and corn soup recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Rachel Khoo
Adam Liaw's red wine mince on toast.
EASY

Red wine mince on toast recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Step aside green eggs and ham, hello green peas and ham.

Smoky slow-cooked brown rice with ham hock, peas and mustard

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
When garlic bread meets cheese toastie.
EASY

Garlic bread and cheese toastie recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Broccoli and anchovy penne.
EASY

Broccoli and anchovy penne

  • < 30 mins
Serve this curry with naan and rice.

Chicken in spinach and green pea curry

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
This stroganoff-inspired pasta bake skips the beef.

Vegetarian stroganoff pasta bake with mushroom and spinach

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken and chickpea stew.
EASY

Chicken and chickpea stew recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Jamie Oliver's eggplant dhal with handmade chapatis.

Jamie Oliver's eggplant dhal with handmade chapatis

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jamie Oliver
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A few freezer and pantry staples become a delicious no-shop meal.
EASY

Canned tuna and frozen pea spaghetti

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Serve this tomato and chickpea curry with flaky roti bread (or croissants!).

Tomato and chickpea curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Andrew McConnell
Barbecued sardines and burrata with charred zucchini and spring onions
EASY

Charred sardines with garlic and chilli

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Jill Dupleix's Bourbon BBQ meatloaf.

Bourbon barbecue meatloaf

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Healthy food. Michele Bridges' shakshuka. SHD SUNDAY LIFE Picture by ARMELLE HABIB SLIFE120805
EASY

Shakshuka (baked eggs)

  • < 30 mins
  • Michelle Bridges
Bavette stir-fry with broccolini.

Wok-fried bavette with broccolini and oyster sauce

  • < 30 mins
Banana bread with chai spiced creme fraiche.
EASY

Turn brown bananas into banana bread

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Crush your favourite bikkies for this crumble.
EASY

Vanilla ice-cream with quick biscuit crumble

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Skirt steak
EASY

Spice-rubbed flank steak

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
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Tuna meatballs.
EASY

Penne with tuna 'meatballs'

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Lamb shank and barley soup with lots of veggies

Lamb shank and barley soup with lots of vegies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Caroline Velik
Strawberry raspberry balsamic crumble.
EASY

Strawberry balsamic crumble with honey yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's chicken and corn fried rice.
EASY

Chicken and corn fried rice

  • < 30 mins
Roasted chicken Marylands with chilli and honey.
EASY

Roasted chicken Marylands with chilli and honey

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Lentil shepherd's pie.

Lentil shepherd's pie

  • 1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw's brown butter beef stew.

Brown butter beef stew

  • 2 hrs +
Chow mein.
EASY

Chow mein

  • < 30 mins
Penne with tomato sauce and tuna.

Penne with tuna and tomato sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Panzanella salad.

Panzanella (a great way to use up stale bread)

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Corned beef with onion sauce and horseradish cream.

Corned beef

  • 1-2 hrs
Corned beef, gouda and jalapeno jaffle
EASY

Corned beef, cheese and jalapeno jaffles

  • < 30 mins
  • Frank Camorra

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