Main meals, sides & all sorts of easy makes
Beef chilli was my grandmother’s favourite go-to recipe for feeding the family. I love it too and often cook that. But I also devised this lentil chilli con carne – minus the beef – as it’s great for vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians and meat-eaters alike. Delicious meat …
I’ve been honing my beef chilli recipe since my student days, when I very first learned to cook. This slow cooker chili con carne recipe has thus been decades in the making. I hadn’t done any cooking before I left home, really, so I was very …
Is there anything more comforting, on a cold wintry day, than a home baked pie? It gives that lovely, cosy, hygge feeling, warming you from the inside out. I had a lovely homemade pie when at a friend’s, one recent Sunday. Hers was a chicken, bacon …
Yummy, meat-free and really easy to make, this delicious paneer curry recipe, Indian style, uses a firm, white cheese. It’s a bit like Halloumi, which you can use instead if you can’t find paneer. Some describe it as firmly packed cottage cheese, but I think it …
This puff pastry pizza recipe is great for carnivores, omnivores and vegetarians alike. You choose what you want to top it with. This is a family favourite – my in-laws have been baking this for decades, so it’s very familiar dish, especially to Mister. These quick puff …
This easy tuna paella recipe was borne of a sudden flash of inspiration when trying to throw a quick dinner together at home. It’s really tasty, great for topping up your five-a-day and fish intake, and cheap and easy to make too. You can of …
This creamy chicken and bacon pasta bake recipe is based on a dish I ate when dining out and loved – with a few tweaks. I hadn’t paired rosemary with any meat but lamb before, and otherwise had only really used it with roast potatoes. As …
A friend introduced me to this quick and easy cheat’s quiche recipe. You buy the pastry case ready made, so all you have to do is whisk up some eggs and milk, then add the fillings of your choice. Anything goes – so you can make …
I’d not heard of this Thai turkey larb recipe until very recently. I saw something similar in a magazine, and it looked delicious, simple and quick to make. After looking up more variations on turkey larb recipes, I came up with this hybrid version – and was …
Surely every home cook says they need a Indian takeaway chicken tikka masala recipe? It has to be Britain’s most popular chicken curry. Hopefully, this might be your favourite fakeaway chicken tikka masala, as it’s very simple to make. The real trick to achieving that restaurant …