12 delicious recipes you can make with canned beans

Big Italian flavours take this stew to the next level.

This meal is so easy to whip up on a chilly weeknight. It’s also delicious reheated for lunch the next day.

Use canned black beans instead; add a touch of Tabasco if you like it hot. Choose any Tex-Mex seasoning. When adding the frozen veggies while rice is cooking, quickly replace the lid so the steam doesn’t escape or rice won’t cook properly. Use remaining frozen veggies in fried rice. Note

This simple and delicious baked bean recipe is sure to become a firm family favourite. After trying these baked beans, the canned variety will pale in comparison. Note

A healthy, fast and easy white bean salad from Australian Women’s Weekly.

Use frozen (thawed) shortcrust pastry instead of bread. Note

Soft, velvety beans spiked with chilli and covered with a blanket of bubbling, melted cheese make up this Mexican-inspired beauty

Meat-free Monday’s start now! These zucchini and black bean enchiladas contains all the protein goodness veg can give, while not compromising on the delicious spicy taste of Mexico.

You could also accompany this curry with naan or paratha bread or pappadums. Note

Beef minute steak is thin scotch fillet or porterhouse steak pounded to 1cm thick; it’s sometimes called barbecue steak. You can use chicken or lamb instead of beef. Note