Good food doesn’t need to cost the earth — and some of the best meals we know are the ones that stretch a little further without anyone noticing the difference. My collection of everyday suppers, built for real life: quick enough for a Tuesday, hearty enough to feed a family of four, and kind enough on the purse to keep to less than £15 a meal.
No fuss, no fancy ingredients you’ll use once and forget — just honest, comforting food that pulls everyone to the table and leaves them full and happy. Pull up a chair, grab your shopping list, and let’s get cooking.
Ridiculously Quick Chicken Satay
It’s good to have some recipes up your sleeve that are incredibly easy to make using shortcuts. In this case it’s the peanut butter. I…
Simple Fried Chicken
This recipe fries in much less oil just to brown the meat then it’s cooked in the oven. If you want to reduce fat even…
Mexican Beef Cheek Birria
This dish can be eaten any number of ways. Wrapped in a soft tortilla or crispy taco and topped with guacamole or served in a…
Herby harissa couscous salad
This can accompany fish, chicken, meatballs, the list is endless. I like to serve it warm but it can be made in advance and stored…
Tomato salsa
Whip this up in just 10 minutes. Great accompaniment for chilli or with eggs and avocado on toast. I adore sherry vinegar and it’s worth…
Chicken Florentine
Anything “florentine” means cooked with spinach and a béchamel sauce.Can be served with rice or pasta. Nutmeg is a natural partner for spinach but can…
Sausage, Sage & Fennel Pasta
The ultimate test for this recipe, I fed it to 6 hungry twenty somethings, all of them said “OMG that pasta was awesome” If you…
Sausage, sage & apple pie
I chose this recipe this week as we draw closer to Christmas there is lots of lovely sausage meat at the supermarkets. I always buy…
Chipotle chicken & veg
For this recipe you can use any veg that you have left in the fridge that roasts well. I have written this simply using what…