Main meals, sides & all sorts of easy makes
You can make this white fish in tomato sauce recipe with any of the most purse-friendly and readily available frozen white fish. Cod fillets do nicely, or feel free to use pollock, hake or basa, for example. As you’re using frozen produce, there’s no need …
I love Dhansak and often make a chicken curry in that style with lentils. This easy vegan Dhansak recipe is my veggie twist on one of my favourite curry house dishes. It’s so simply made, and as most of the ingredients are usually in my …
Following my recipes for dirty fries or cheesy chips and gravy, I had to try making some chilli chips. Chilli – beef or veggie – is one of my favourite dishes in the world, so a chilli chips recipe is a must. A meal of …
So I’ve done Dirty Fries with bacon & BBQ sauce – now it’s the turn of Northern Fries, or cheesy chips and gravy. Northerners in the UK are known for their penchant for chips with gravy – even though I’m pretty sure I didn’t try …
Chorizo has been a rising star on the culinary scene for a number of years now, much-loved for the distinctive, rich and smoky flavour it adds to dishes. Like bacon, you don’t necessarily need to use a lot of it to make a big impact. This …
I love a chicken curry, and I love a side dish with spinach. Indian food, too. So why not combine the two in a chicken saag recipe? Indian in style, this chicken and spinach curry contains lots of goodness. I’ve used tomatoes and added lentils …
This is so easy, yet so yummy. Just preheat the oven with a baking dish inside, bung everything in once it’s hot, and bake. Then you serve it with smooth crème fraîche, which stops it being dry as well as adding a luxuriously creamy flavour. …
You can make this recipe as it is, or see the last instruction to make a tuna and sweetcorn pasta bake recipe. (Some might say the latter tastes slightly better, but it depends how much time you have.) The former makes a quick, healthy and …
Convert veggie-sceptics with this meat-free red lentil ragu recipe. It tastes just like a bolognese pasta sauce. I invented this many years ago, in my single days, when I used to make a batch to freeze for weeknights. This red lentil bolognese recipe is easy, cheap, …
Mince and dumplings is a firm favourite in Northumberland, where I come from. I don’t know if it’s to ward off the winter chill, but hearty stews and recipes like mince and dumplings were very popular indeed with Geordies when I was growing up. It …