You might have once turned your nose up at unglamorous ingredients like tinned beans, and lentils and supersized bags of porridge oats but with supermarket prices forecast to increase by 4.2% according to the British Retail Consortium later this year, finding creative ways to transform humble ingredients into inspiring dishes is a must in the current economic climate.
We get through more than two million cans of baked beans everyday in the UK, but shop bought baked beans are typically high in salt and sugar with half a tin on average racking up more than two teaspoons of the sweet stuff, (the daily recommended upper limit is 30g).
Two eggs will fuel you with around 16g of protein, making them a great way to kickstart your morning, but if soldier style or sunny side up is not floating your boat, elevate your eggs by rustling them up with a Mediterranean twist.
The breakfast staple is also a smart pick because it’s rich in protein which helps to keep us feeling full and contains amino acids that help to manufacture brain chemicals like dopamine (but please always choose free-range or organic).
You can buy a 1kg packet of oats for just 90p at Morrisons and with a two year long shelf life you don’t have to worry about oats going bad, so building them into your store cupboard collection is a nutritional non-negotiable.
