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Pinch of Mint

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When payday is a week away

Dinners built on tins, dried pasta and the cheaper cuts, with nothing on the plate that tastes like a compromise.

A plate of pasta topped with cherry tomatoes and basil sits on a wooden table in a cozy kitchen, creating a fresh and inviting vibe.

Ten dinners that lean on store-cupboard ingredients and cheap protein. Most of them make more than one meal, and several are better on the second day.

10 recipes · about 13 hours of cooking in total

In this collection

In the collection’s own order rather than newest first. Times are worked out from the method on most recipes, so treat them as approximate.