Cooking shortcuts: Seven kitchen hacks to make quicker dinners

If you would rather go on hunger strike than face an evening cooking, we understand. Use our handy tips and tricks and you'll cut your prep and cooking, making dinner as painless as possible 

If you want to have delicious dinners in less time, then try these tips. 

1. There is no such thing as a 'cheat' ingredient

Pre-cut vegetables are the reliable friend of time-poor midweek cooks. Stock up on pre-cut frozen veggies to cut your prep by at least ten minutes. Pouches of cooked rice are the mainstay of fried rice and nasi goreng in under ten minutes and a packet of fresh tortellini can be turned into a pasta bake in no time.