Surprisingly good things in tins...

[BobbyBiscuits]

Hey everyone,

Just thinking about how happy I was to discover tinned 'greek' gigantes beans.
They're delicious and go with loads of stuff, and don't need heating. From the corner shop too so v convenient.

I'd love to know anyone else's favourite foods in tins that require minimum prep. Preferably stuff that's a bit beyond baked beans, tuna, sweetcorn, soup... Ideally available in the UK!

Thank you and looking forward to some ideas x

Lychees but in juice, not syrup.

I buy beans by the tray (12 tins) - kidney, butter, black, canellini. Also chickpeas.

The posh skinned and filleted sardines in olive oil with chilli. So nice.

Prunes, really nice in porridge. Fudgy and rich. Also make a great pudding www.theguardian.com/food/2024/dec/17/nigel-slaters-recipe-for-little-prune-puddings

Condensed milk to make no churn ice cream.

Steamed puddings in a tin especially the syrup ones.

The mutti tinned tomatoes are lovely.

Waitrose Apple. Great for an apple cake or use a few to make a crumble.

Continuing the Greek theme, Lidl sometimes sell tinned meatballs in tomato sauce. They're sublime and I end up eating them cold out of tin

And canned aubergine from Lidl in their Greek week.

New potatoes. Damn I love those weird bald potatoes warmed up with butter and salt. Don't microwave them though, they can explode.

Condensed milk, boil in the can for an easy Banoffi.

Tinned custard. No one else I know likes it, but I do.

Cooked barley.

Tinned potatoes.

@HumphreyCushionintheHouse you can now get those tins as toffee condensed milk… they’ve done the boiling for you!

(An even quicker banoffie pie 😁)

Sliced apples for easy apple crumble

Condensed milk with whisked double cream for an easy ice cream, with cardamon pods for a Nadia ice cream.

Any kind of beans to add to curry chilli stew soup

Big green lentils

Seconded.

Vegetable curry, I think it's Tesco. Makes a lovely side dish.

Apples for crumble.

Bold beans (the brand) are best for any beans or chickpeas. So good! Also tinned salmon for fishcakes, although hold your nose when you open it.

@FFSJulie I remember Heinz tinned coleslaw, and I’m sure they did a potato salad too

I thought tinned food, particularly fruit, used to be a cheaper way to buy food but the prices are ridiculous now.
But I’ve started using chickpeas in my work salad now, whereas I always only put them in curries.
And the M&S tinned steak is meant to be great, my DF always asks me to buy him a tin.

Mutti pizza sauce is amazing

Spam . In a sandwich with lots of black pepper.

Haven't seen it for ages but there used to be a lovely tinned ratatouille..

Artichoke hearts.
Figs in syrup.
Kidney beans in chilli sauce.

It's old school but my children love tinned ravioli. It's a quick and easy dinner for them but one of the only tins that doesn't come with a ring pull. We had a crap tin opener for ages and I kept having to wait until DH or older DS was home to open it for me!

Tinned grapefruit is my favourite.
We also eat lots of tinned fish, tinned tomatoes and tinned beans.

When I was a student I used to treat myself to a tin of Heinz spaghetti bolognaise. It was lovely!

Personally I cannot eat any tinned food, makes me gag