Budget

• Coffee

Is it still possible to find a cheap coffee? Yes, if you know where to look

Smart cafe operators are offering happy hours, discounts or other deals. And in some cases it doesn’t matter which milk you drink.

• July 19, 2024
• Emma Breheny

• Recipe collection
• Meat

Flash in a pan: Six speedy minute-steak dinners from around the world

Forget meat-and-three. These midweek dinners inspired by Mexico, Japan, France and Italy will keep things interesting.

• Taste test

Pantry staples: The great Good Food tinned tomato soup taste test

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

• July 12, 2024
• Bianca Hrovat

• Soup

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.

• July 12, 2024
• Katrina Meynink

• The SOS Series

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

• Comfort food

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

• Supermarkets

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.

• July 3, 2024
• Aaron Hutcherson

• Quick & 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

• Family meals

Is it risotto, is it fried rice? Adam Liaw’s simple midweek saviour is the best of both

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

• < 30 mins
• Adam Liaw

• Pasta

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