18 healthy meals to make with a can of beans, lentils or chickpeas

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Creamy braised beans with lamb meatballs.

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Whether you’re fibre-maxxing or stretching your budget, good things happen when you bust out the beans. Here’s how to turn pantry staples into family feasts.

18 recipes

Chilli con carne traybake.

Meat

Chilli con carne tray bake

30 mins - 1 hr
Jessica Brook

Serve with pita chips for scooping.

Winter warmer

Spiced eggplant, tomato and chickpea stew with garlic yoghurt

< 30 mins
Danielle Alvarez

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s one-pan chicken with pumpkin, coriander and chickpeas.

One-tray wonder

One-pan chicken, pumpkin and chickpeas

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Tomato, harissa and chickpea pasta with charred hot honey feta.

Vegetarian

Tomato, harissa and chickpea pasta with charred hot honey feta

< 30 mins
Jessica Brook

Creamy braised beans with lamb meatballs.

Comfort food

Creamy braised beans with lamb meatballs

30 mins - 1 hr
Jessica Brook

Serve puttanesca chickpeas over pasta to stretch this dish further.

One-pot

Puttanesca chickpeas

< 30 mins
Katrina Meynink

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Honey-glazed chicken.

Cookbook extracts

Honey-glazed chicken with chorizo and chickpeas

March 4, 2026
Elizabeth Hewson

Eat the rainbow with this flavour-packed salad.

Healthy eating

Roasted pumpkin, farro, chickpea and golden halloumi salad

30 mins - 1 hr
Sarah Pound

Cheesy nachos get a nutrition boost from a double serving of beans.

High fibre

Loaded double-bean nachos with fresh pico de gallo

30 mins - 1 hr
Sarah Pound

Sarah Pound’s fish dish can be ready in less than 30 minutes.

Quick & easy

Mediterranean one-pan fish with cherry tomatoes, olives and cannellini beans

< 30 mins
Sarah Pound

Chickpea lentil curry.

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RecipeTin Eats’ lentil and chickpea coconut curry

30 mins - 1 hr
RecipeTin Eats

Easy, speedy stovetop beans.

Quick & easy

20-minute stovetop beans

< 30 mins
Katrina Meynink

Lentil dhal with sticky tamarind roasted fish.

Midweek dinner

Sticky tamarind-roasted fish with lentil dhal

< 30 mins
Jessica Brook

White beans and seasonal vegies add substance to this one-pan chicken dish.

High fibre

Zesty one-pot lemon chicken and white beans

< 30 mins
Sarah Pound

Vegetarian bolognese, no plant-based mince required.

Pasta dish

Meat-free mushroom and lentil bolognese

1-2 hrs
Jill Dupleix

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Spiced lamb meatballs with chickpeas and sumac feta. KatrinaÂ Meynink's summer traybake recipes for Good Food February 2022. One-tray wonders. Please credit KatrinaÂ Meynink. Good Food use only.

One-pot

Spiced lamb meatball traybake with chickpeas and sumac feta

30 mins - 1 hr
Katrina Meynink

Danielle Alvarez’s bean and pasta stew with pancetta and rosemary.

One-pot

Shortcut bean and pasta stew with pancetta and rosemary

30 mins - 1 hr
Danielle Alvarez

Katrina Meynink’s marry me chickpeas.

One-pot

Creamy marry me chickpeas

< 30 mins
Katrina Meynink

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