Canned foods may lack the appeal of fresh vegetables,but they have the advantage of a long shelf life and convenience.

What’s for dinner? The debate over fresh,frozen or canned veg

In a cost-of-living crisis,buying fresh vegetables can feel like a luxury. Can you get all the nutrients you need eating frozen or canned? Here’s what we found.

  • Cindy Yin

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Give the Italian-American classic of pasta alla vodka a shake-up by adding fudgy roasted eggplant.
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A classic vegetarian pasta dish gets some extra va-va-voom

Fudgy roasted eggplant adds a little “something something” to this creamy Italian-American pasta dish – roasted eggplants alla vodka.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Rosheen Kaul’s Sesame-fried egg bibimbap.

Sesame-fried egg bibimbap

This Korean-inspired vegetarian dish is crowned with a fried egg. It brings everything together,making this a rich,creamy,spicy delight.

  • <30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Chilli black beans with jalapeno salsa.
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Chilli black beans with jalapeno salsa

When it’s taco Tuesday at your place,here’s an easy dish that uses mostly pantry ingredients.

  • <30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Danielle Alvarez’s puttanesca rice-stuffed tomatoes.
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Puttanesca rice-stuffed tomatoes

The pasta sauce’s pantry ingredients flavour the filling of these “gorgeous red orbs”.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Tip:tear the burrata straight onto the platter.
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Burrata with cucumber and cumin herb oil

This side dish achieves the winning formula of plenty of oomph for little effort.

  • <30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Cold green bean salad.
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Green bean salad with toasted almonds and spiced preserved lemon dressing

This make-ahead cold bean salad with a zingy dressing is simple,but special enough for big occasions.

  • <30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
This dish,like a cross between succotash and shakshuka,is equally good for breakfast,lunch or dinner.

Eat this spicy,summery shakshuka for breakfast,lunch or dinner

These bright and bold vegetarian dishes have the flavour dial set to high – and no highly processed ingredients or gluten in sight.

  • Scott Gooding andMatilda Brown
Patatas bravas with roast garlic aioli (right) and kind-of brava sauce (left).

This saucy,flavour-packed patatas bravas will make you friends any day of the week

Offering aioli and romesco sauces with a spread of duck fat-roasted potatoes will make you friends every day of the week.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Hetty McKinnon's charred cauliflower salad with lemony whipped feta and pine nuts.

The 10 healthiest vegetables of all time,according to a dietitian

All fresh food is good for us but some vegies are so chock-full of essential nutrients that they earn super vegetable status. Here’s a guide to the top 10.

  • Susie Burrell