Love your leftovers

Our in-house skills editor Barney Desmazery offers his top tips for saving time and money in the kitchen

All these recipes can be easily doubled and frozen to save you time and money – it’s the ultimate kitchen hack

Constraint is where creativity thrives, says Giovanna Ryan – you might be surprised by what you can make with very little

Ingredients (Serves 4) 750 g cherry or plum tomatoes1 sweet potato, peeled and diced½ tsp cumin seedsA thumb-sized piece of fresh rootginger, peeled and mincedSalt and freshly ground blackpepperOlive

Use chicken instead of prawns, though fry with the onions at the beginning. Ingredients (Serves 2) ◆ 1tbsp vegetable oil ◆ 1 red onion, thinly sliced ◆ 1 small courgette, sliced ◆ 1 small red chilli,

Use a few storecupboard heroes to transform humble ingredients into flavourful, low-cost midweek meals