Ingredients

Serves 4-6

Pantry Staples:
Dry Pasta/Gnocchi (cryovacced - vacuum sealed packs)
Tinned tuna
Bottled tomato pasta sauce
Tinned sweetcorn
Tinned champignons
Rice (long and short grain)
Potatoes
Onions
Garlic
Flour
Asian Sauces (i.e. soy, fish, hoisin, oyster, sweet chilli, sambal olek)
Baked beans

Freezer Staples:
Grated cheese (great to freeze, doesn't go mouldy and you can just take out what you want)
Parsley (washed and finely chopped)
Bacon
Peas
Sliced Bread

Fridge Staples:
Milk
Eggs
Butter
Bacon

Baked Bean Fritters:
2 tsp oil
½ onion, peeled and chopped
2 rashers chopped bacon
420g baked beans
2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
¾ cup cold mashed potato
½ cup self-raising flour
2 eggs, separated

Method

Fried Rice

Cook some long grain rice.  While that is cooking, mix a couple of eggs with some crushed garlic, fish sauce and chilli sauce if you have it.  Make an omelette and when cooked, slice into thin strips.  Fry some bacon and garlic and add it all to the rice.  Toss in some defrosted peas and parsley and serve.  Takes about 15 minutes as you can get everything done as the rice is cooking.  If you have any leftover roast meat you can also add that.

Jacket Potatoes

Cook the potatoes in the microwave until soft (about 10 minutes depending on the size).  Make a cheese sauce and throw in a drained tin of tuna and sweet corn.  Add some frozen chopped parsley and they are ready to serve.
Cook the potatoes in the microwave until soft (about 10 minutes depending on the size).  Top with a drained tin of tuna and then pour pasta sauce over the top of that.  Top with grated cheese and put under the grill until golden (5-10 minutes)

Quick Pasta

Cook your favourite pasta until al dente. Mix a jar of pasta sauce, a drained tin of tuna and a drained can of champignons and heat until hot.  Mix with the pasta, top with grated cheese and serve.
 
OR you could also mix in a tin of tuna with some peas and grated cheese.

Pesto: make a batch of pesto sauce and keep it in the freezer for a last minute sauce.

Baked Bean Fritters

Heat oil in a frying pan and fry onion and bacon until tender (not brown).

In a bowl, combine baked beans, cooked onion and bacon, parsley, mashed potatoes, self raising flour and egg yolks. Mix well and season with salt and pepper.

In a clean bowl beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold egg whites carefully into the bean mixture with a large metal spoon.

Heat a little oil in the frying pan and cook large spoonfuls over a low to moderate heat for about 3 minutes each side. Keep warm in the oven until the remaining mixture is cooked.

Serve with slices of fresh tomato, lettuce and crispy rashers of bacon.

Other Quick Ideas:

Frittata (using leftovers)
Omelettes
Scrambled Eggs
Cheese on Toast
French Toast
Carbonara (if you have cream and bacon in the fridge)
Vegie bake - steam some frozen vegies and cook potatoes. Cover with a cheese sauce and bake in the oven until golden.
Baked Beans with crispy bacon