Mains recipes (858)

A good, balanced & healthy main meal can be a real show-stopper; check out our incredible selection of main course recipes below

2 hours 20 minutes Not too tricky

Roast duck with Marsala gravy

30 minutes Not too tricky

Best-ever Brussels sprouts

20 minutes Not too tricky

Beautiful courgette carbonara

40 minutes Not too tricky

Roasted black bean burgers

1 hour 15 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken & tofu noodle soup

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken katsu curry

As seen on Friday Night Feast

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Roasted salmon & artichokes

3 hours Showing off

Cracker ravioli

40 minutes Not too tricky

Tomato, red wine & chorizo risotto

4 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Venison shanks, juniper & redcurrants

50 minutes Not too tricky

Roasted brassicas with puy lentils & halloumi

25 minutes Not too tricky

Quick fish cakes

50 minutes Super easy

Asian salmon & sweet potato traybake

15 minutes Not too tricky

Sliced fennel, orange & almond salad

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Roasted squash & couscous salad

1 hour 35 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken in a pot

25 minutes Super easy

Wild rice salad

2 hours 50 minutes Not too tricky

Mash-topped beef & Guinness pie

15 minutes Super easy

Thai-style mussels

45 minutes Showing off

Chicken milanese with spaghetti

15 minutes Super easy

Tomato & caper linguine

30 minutes Super easy

Black & blushing Worcestershire fillet

1 hour 35 minutes Not too tricky

Spring chicken pie

2 hours 20 minutes Super easy

Lamb & chickpea curry

1 hour 20 minutes Super easy

Minestrone soup

1 hour 45 minutes Super easy

Roast chicken with potatoes & carrots

30 minutes Super easy

Salmon & pesto-dressed veg

30 minutes Super easy

Veggie noodle stir-fry

10 minutes Super easy

Simple cheese omelette

2 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken broth with tortellini

25 minutes Super easy

Christmas carbonara

1 hour 10 minutes Showing off

Bean curd with Lau’s spicy Ma Po sauce

55 minutes Not too tricky

Griddled vegetables & feta with tabbouleh

1 hour 15 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken wings, agrodolce-style

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Southern Italian-style chicken

1 hour 20 minutes Not too tricky

Jamie's sweet & sour chicken

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Roasted root vegetable & squash stew with herby couscous

45 minutes Not too tricky

Salt & pepper tofu skewers

55 minutes Not too tricky

Sri Lankan-style monkfish curry

1 hour 15 minutes Super easy

Baked sweet potatoes, avocado & queso fresco

1 hour Not too tricky

Lemon sole with chipotle & ancho chilli recado

1 hour 50 minutes Not too tricky

Chilli chicken with drunken pinto beans

1 hour 35 minutes Not too tricky

Spring chicken & citrus stew

25 minutes Super easy

Simple veggie & tofu stir-fry

45 minutes Showing off

Mustard chicken Milanese

55 minutes Not too tricky

Red mullet with jewelled wild rice

35 minutes Not too tricky

Fried clams with Thai rice noodles

3 hours 50 minutes Showing off

Ham & peas

1 hour 50 minutes Not too tricky

Yellow split pea & aubergine stew

55 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken & spring green bun cha

1 hour Showing off

Salmon with rhubarb sauce & tarragon mayo

1 hour 45 minutes Not too tricky

Super-simple chicken curry traybake

5 hours Not too tricky

Rosemary & garlic lamb shoulder

20 minutes Not too tricky

Roasted salmon & veg traybake

40 minutes Not too tricky

Sticky sesame prawns

45 minutes Not too tricky

Dab & asparagus bake

1 hour Super easy

Sausage pasta bake

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Spicy sticky chicken

Not too tricky

Bacon-wrapped roast partridge, pork stuffing & lentils

4 hours 20 minutes Not too tricky

Slow-cooked pigeon

40 minutes Not too tricky

Farro, cauliflower & asparagus salad

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken & lentil salad with caper dressing

25 minutes Not too tricky

Chichinga: suya goat kebabs

3 hours Not too tricky

Goat ragù

3 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Ghanaian goat shoko

45 minutes Not too tricky

Thai-inspired vegetable broth

25 minutes Not too tricky

Hot & sour chicken broth

1 hour 5 minutes Not too tricky

Sweet potato & blue cheese frittata

1 hour 20 minutes Not too tricky

Butternut squash dal

50 minutes Not too tricky

Spinach lasagne

25 minutes Super easy

Potato rostis with beetroot horseradish

1 hour 55 minutes Not too tricky

Irish stew

1 hour 40 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken noodle soup

20 minutes Super easy

Miso soup with tofu & cabbage

30 minutes Not too tricky

Easy spelt pizza

50 minutes Super easy

Sweet potato & white bean chilli

40 minutes Not too tricky

Clear Asian noodle soup with prawns

20 minutes Not too tricky

Chilled avocado soup with tortilla chips

50 minutes Not too tricky

Sweet potato, coconut & cardamom soup

50 minutes Not too tricky

Beetroot & tomato borscht

25 minutes Super easy

Spring veg pasta

35 minutes Not too tricky

Vegetable tartlets

30 minutes Not too tricky

Socca pancakes with broccoli & cheese

45 minutes Not too tricky

Asian-inspired chicken rice balls & broth

35 minutes Not too tricky

Nathan Outlaw’s seafood burger

25 minutes Not too tricky

Pork & black beans

25 minutes Super easy

Rojak

20 minutes Super easy

Trout with ham and cider

20 minutes Super easy

Salmon with young garlic & tomato sauce

40 minutes Super easy

Quiche leekraine

40 minutes Not too tricky

Keralan fish curry

25 minutes Not too tricky

Malabar prawn curry

35 minutes Not too tricky

Pork tonkatsu & noodles

30 minutes Super easy

Mexican refried beans

15 minutes Super easy

Japanese-inspired seafood salad

30 minutes Not too tricky

Spaghetti atterrati

1 hour Not too tricky

Celeriac & quince soup

35 minutes Not too tricky

Gluten-free Spring flatbread pizzas

25 minutes Not too tricky

Raw vegan spag bol

1 hour Not too tricky

Chicken ‘paella’

25 minutes Super easy

Blue cheese & apple burger

2 hours 35 minutes Not too tricky

Beef & quince stew

35 minutes Super easy

Spanish-style prawns with fennel

35 minutes Not too tricky

Prawn & chorizo orzo

2 hours Super easy

Beef stifado

15 minutes Super easy

Pasta and green olives

30 minutes Not too tricky

World’s most elegant winter pasta

10 minutes Super easy

Chianti crudo

1 hour Not too tricky

Beef tacos

25 minutes Not too tricky

Quick grilled pizza

15 minutes Super easy

Lemon sole with runner beans

30 minutes Not too tricky

Tofu & chickpea curry with spring greens

35 minutes Not too tricky

Spiced aubergine & coconut curry

20 minutes Super easy

Zesty sardine & purple kale spaghetti

1 hour Not too tricky

Leftover chicken with tomatoes & crispy chorizo

20 minutes Super easy

Summer vegetable & goat’s cheese frittata

45 minutes Super easy

Sicilian spaghetti alla Norma

30 minutes Not too tricky

Super-speedy steamed salmon

45 minutes Super easy

Spiced sea bass with caramelised fennel

1 hour 50 minutes Not too tricky

Roast chicken for two

15 minutes Super easy

Swordfish, cherry tomatoes & capers

25 minutes Super easy

Beef stroganoff

15 minutes Super easy

Monkfish with spinach & feta

15 minutes Super easy

Mussels with Guinness

30 minutes Super easy

Pepper & noodle salad

15 minutes Super easy

Pappardelle with peas, broad beans & pecorino

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Cumberland sausage casserole

40 minutes Not too tricky

Pistou soup

25 minutes Super easy

Garlic mushroom burgers

15 minutes Super easy

Fennel, crab & orange salad

2 hours Not too tricky

Spanish rabbit stew

55 minutes Super easy

Grilled picanha with butternut squash

30 minutes Not too tricky

Japanese grilled salmon & seaweed salad

2 hours 15 minutes Not too tricky

Spaghetti with wood pigeon ragù

1 hour Showing off

Creamy seafood lasagne

1 hour 20 minutes Showing off

Wild rabbit stew

20 minutes Super easy

Pork fried noodles

30 minutes Not too tricky

Jamie's flash steak

40 minutes Not too tricky

Sweet & sticky roast quail

2 hours 55 minutes Showing off

Pheasant stew with chestnut dumplings

30 minutes Not too tricky

Salmon nicoise

30 minutes Not too tricky

Fish soup

20 minutes Not too tricky

Simple noodle soup

1 hour Not too tricky

Pumpkin & ginger soup

15 minutes Not too tricky

Spinach & tortellini soup

25 minutes Super easy

Asparagus frittata

25 minutes Not too tricky

Super food noodle salad

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Mushroom & Tunworth cheese pies

1 hour 55 minutes Not too tricky

Spiced beef & rice hot pot

2 hours Not too tricky

Super roast chicken & chips

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Quiche lorraine with carrot & parsley salad

50 minutes Super easy

Crusted lamb rack with rhubarb

3 hours 35 minutes Showing off

Oxtail stew

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Indian-spiced potatoes with chicken thighs

2 hours 40 minutes Showing off

Collar of bacon

20 minutes Not too tricky

Irish potato cakes with smoked salmon

45 minutes Not too tricky

Barbecued trout in newspaper

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Royal barbecued pork loin

1 hour 45 minutes Not too tricky

Barbecue ribs

2 hours 40 minutes Not too tricky

Anna Friel's Balinese pork stew

1 hour Not too tricky

Mega meatball sub

25 minutes Not too tricky

Lobster burger

2 hours 5 minutes Not too tricky

Lamb & cheese pie

55 minutes Not too tricky

Fish stew

3 hours 50 minutes Showing off

Tah chin

35 minutes Not too tricky

Food Allergy Mums' chicken casserole

20 minutes Not too tricky

Oyster po'boy

2 hours 20 minutes Not too tricky

Maple-glazed pork spare ribs

35 minutes Not too tricky

The best Kentucky-style fried chicken

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Jamie’s meatloaf

15 minutes Super easy

Grilled lobster rolls

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken & herb biscuits

45 minutes Not too tricky

Duck ceviche

25 minutes Not too tricky

Herby lamb kebabs

55 minutes Super easy

Spring pie

2 hours 45 minutes Showing off

Leg of lamb with amazing gravy

30 minutes Not too tricky

Double whammy arrabbiata

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Squid with tamarind recado & pineapple salsa

1 hour 40 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken panzanella

2 hours 10 minutes Showing off

Seafood paella

3 hours 30 minutes Showing off

Seafood stew with saffron mayo & pepper marmalade

30 minutes Super easy

Warm potato salad with capers & rocket

25 minutes Not too tricky

Summery pea soup with turmeric scallops

45 minutes Not too tricky

Lamb chops with ratatouille

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Tomato, black olive, feta & anchovy tart

1 hour 5 minutes Not too tricky

Charred prawns in a sweet aubergine sauce

2 hours 10 minutes Not too tricky

Duck rillettes

1 hour 55 minutes Not too tricky

Braised spring chicken

1 hour 20 minutes Showing off

Kurnik

45 minutes Not too tricky

Vietnamese fish hot pot (Ca kho to)

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Mexican black bean burgers with lime & coriander

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Cevapi with ajvar

10 minutes Super easy

Omelette aux fines herbes

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Bertie’s Minervois lapin

20 minutes Not too tricky

Prawn & coconut curry

45 minutes Not too tricky

Spicy prawn curry with quick pilau rice

25 minutes Super easy

Lamb boti kabab

15 minutes Not too tricky

Kale, fried chorizo & crusty croutons with a poached egg

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Sausage, kale & ricotta bake

40 minutes Not too tricky

Kale & Sausage Stew

2 hours 5 minutes Not too tricky

Parsi salli boti

25 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken tandoor-style kebabs

4 hours 35 minutes Showing off

Venison dopiaza

1 hour 40 minutes Showing off

Crispy duck with fire-roasted plum sauce

45 minutes Showing off

Spicy salt duck

35 minutes Not too tricky

Casarecce with broccoli & anchovies

1 hour 55 minutes Showing off

Involtini di manzo

50 minutes Not too tricky

Pea, mint & basil arancini cakes

1 hour Not too tricky

Penne in salsa di cipolle (Penne with onion sauce)

35 minutes Super easy

Sticky pork noodles

30 minutes Not too tricky

Spicy grilled vegetable rolls & chickpea salad

20 minutes Super easy

Spaghetti aglio, olio & spring greens

25 minutes Not too tricky

Saltimbocca alla Romana

4 hours 15 minutes Showing off

Tortellini in brodo

30 minutes Super easy

Ham ribollita

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Sicilian Meatballs Al Forno

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Butterflied leg of lamb

2 hours 25 minutes Not too tricky

Chilli con carne with popped kidney beans

4 hours 55 minutes Not too tricky

Pulled brisket chilli

1 hour 40 minutes Not too tricky

Cajun roast chicken, veg & spicy gravy

2 hours 10 minutes Not too tricky

Super noodle ramen with kale & barbecue mushrooms

25 minutes Not too tricky

Sizzling steak stir-fry

40 minutes Not too tricky

Spicy corn & chickpea burgers

40 minutes Not too tricky

Oozy courgette risotto

1 hour 15 minutes Showing off

Wine-braised chicken

1 hour 55 minutes Not too tricky

Quail & sausage skewers with celeriac

45 minutes Super easy

Roast duck leg, cherry, watercress & feta salad

3 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Beautiful lamb shanks

2 hours 20 minutes Super easy

Pork afelia

1 hour 45 minutes Not too tricky

Gurkha chicken curry

4 hours 50 minutes Not too tricky

Rabbit ragu

20 minutes Super easy

Broccoli soup

40 minutes Not too tricky

Pasta with aubergine & tomato sauce

2 hours 35 minutes Not too tricky

Beef brisket with red wine & shallots

2 hours 20 minutes Not too tricky

Spiced parsnip & lentil soup with chilli oil

50 minutes Not too tricky

Hake with braised artichokes, peas & bacon

20 minutes Super easy

Epic egg salad

30 minutes Super easy

Fennel-roasted salmon with soft-boiled eggs

10 minutes Super easy

Black pudding crumpets

40 minutes Not too tricky

Haggis scotch eggs

20 minutes Not too tricky

Venison steak-frites

2 hours 20 minutes Showing off

Picnic pie

50 minutes Super easy

One-tray bake

55 minutes Not too tricky

Chickpea flour pancakes with salad & chutney

40 minutes Super easy

Sprouting super salad

1 hour Not too tricky

Bulgur & lentil salad

1 hour Not too tricky

Chicken & green mango Thai salad

35 minutes Not too tricky

Partridge kiev

55 minutes Not too tricky

Grilled veal with Welsh rarebit

25 minutes Super easy

Game bird salad with horseradish dressing

2 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Arrosto misto

1 hour Showing off

David Tennant's Croatian-style cuttlefish risotto

45 minutes Not too tricky

Warm mackerel & potato salad

50 minutes Super easy

Caldo verde

1 hour Not too tricky

Classic minestrone

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Fearne Cotton's Mexican fish tacos

2 hours 20 minutes Not too tricky

Baked potato soup

45 minutes Not too tricky

Parsnip, sage & white bean soup

25 minutes Not too tricky

Healthy chicken Caesar

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Moroccan-style roast chicken

30 minutes Super easy

Five-spice salmon tacos

25 minutes Super easy

Baked sole goujons

25 minutes Super easy

Stilton & pear gnocchi

40 minutes Super easy

Stilton & sprouting broccoli frittata

30 minutes Not too tricky

Healthy greens box

1 hour 50 minutes Showing off

Turkey kofte

1 hour Not too tricky

The Hix turkey burger

7 hours 20 minutes Not too tricky

Spiced lamb flatbreads

45 minutes Not too tricky

Goldie Hawn's fettuccine Alfredo

2 hours 10 minutes Not too tricky

Essex gumbo

25 minutes Not too tricky

Quick flatbreads with avocado & feta

15 minutes Not too tricky

Salsa spaghetti

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Pomegranate-glazed mackerel with satsuma & fennel salad

45 minutes Not too tricky

Asian-style seafood parcels

3 hours 20 minutes Not too tricky

Orlando Bloom's lamb shank tagine

25 minutes Not too tricky

Duck egg frittata with peas & beans

25 minutes Super easy

Courgette ‘spaghetti’ with rocket pesto

1 hour Not too tricky

Warm potato, herring, beetroot & apple salad

45 minutes Not too tricky

Awesome Asian fish stew

Not too tricky

Shellfish & cider stew

3 hours Not too tricky

Jamie's easy turkey

30 minutes Not too tricky

Baked pollock

30 minutes Not too tricky

Herring tacos

1 hour Super easy

Sweet potato, chickpea & spinach curry

55 minutes Not too tricky

Seven-veg tagine

20 minutes Super easy

Prawn & courgette spaghetti

15 minutes Not too tricky

Pork, spring green & black bean stir-fry

55 minutes Not too tricky

Veggie ‘fish finger’ sandwiches

30 minutes Super easy

Veggie carbonara

1 hour 50 minutes Showing off

Rice & peas with jerk roasted veg

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Rice & lentil-stuffed aubergines

40 minutes Not too tricky

Curried cauli, potatoes, chickpeas & spinach

35 minutes Not too tricky

Chickpea curry

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Ham & leek quiche

1 hour Not too tricky

Mexican chicken chilli

1 hour 5 minutes Not too tricky

Brown rice bowl

25 minutes Super easy

Turkey & coconut milk soup

50 minutes Not too tricky

Broccoli & boiled egg salad with anchovies, chillis & croutons

55 minutes Not too tricky

Christmas Mulligatawny soup

4 hours 35 minutes Showing off

Porchetta di davida

1 hour 50 minutes Showing off

Chicken mole

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Poached beef with herb vinaigrette & leeks

20 minutes Not too tricky

Christmas jerk gravadlax

2 hours Not too tricky

Chestnut & porcini-crusted veal rack

1 hour 55 minutes Showing off

Persian squash & pistachio roast

20 minutes Not too tricky

Sesame seared salmon

2 hours 10 minutes Showing off

Jamon-wrapped cod with borlotti bean stew

55 minutes Not too tricky

Spiced veggie rice with poached eggs

2 hours 10 minutes Showing off

Jamie’s Christmas curry

6 hours 20 minutes Showing off

Jamie’s turkey, pork & cranberry pie

55 minutes Not too tricky

Smoked salmon omelette with sprouts

30 minutes Not too tricky

Winter pasta salad

40 minutes Super easy

Christmas veg laksa

6 hours 20 minutes Showing off

Caribbean turkey with spicy cornbread & chorizo stuffing

55 minutes Super easy

Christmas quiche

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Gobble-oink pie

45 minutes Not too tricky

Wild rice & Brussels sprout super salad

1 hour 5 minutes Not too tricky

Fried rice with kale, squash & chestnuts

1 hour Not too tricky

Grilled cauliflower with winter pesto

20 minutes Super easy

Green veggie fritters

3 hours 30 minutes Showing off

Incredible leftover lasagne

2 hours 25 minutes Not too tricky

Best-ever cranberry & pistachio nut roast

50 minutes Not too tricky

LA-style turkey salad

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Pumpkin, chickpea & coconut curry

35 minutes Not too tricky

Pork chops with quick cherry chutney

1 hour 50 minutes Not too tricky

Fresh tomato broth

1 hour 40 minutes Not too tricky

Squash mash & sausage Catherine wheels

4 hours 35 minutes Not too tricky

Mustard brisket with veg & beef broth

1 hour 35 minutes Showing off

Crispy basil salad with pork & pickled carrots

50 minutes Not too tricky

Easy curried fish stew

50 minutes Not too tricky

Pork & apple sauce

25 minutes Not too tricky

Asian crispy beef

35 minutes Not too tricky

Green tea roasted salmon

30 minutes Not too tricky

Seared turmeric chicken

5 hours Showing off

Christmas turkey with homemade gravy, roast potatoes, veg and pork and onion stuffing

2 hours 40 minutes Not too tricky

Mexican-style fish cakes

20 minutes Not too tricky

Sizzling Moroccan prawns

40 minutes Not too tricky

Super-tasty miso broth

1 hour 5 minutes Not too tricky

Smoky veggie feijoada

20 minutes Super easy

Skinny carbonara

2 hours 35 minutes Not too tricky

Whole roasted pheasant

45 minutes Not too tricky

Food Allergy Mums' chicken drumsticks

30 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken & garlic bread kebabs

45 minutes Not too tricky

Mega veggie burgers

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Veggie enchiladas

50 minutes Not too tricky

Thai green chicken curry

50 minutes Not too tricky

Cracking chicken burrito

1 hour 20 minutes Not too tricky

Quinoa, feta & broad bean salad

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

20 minutes Super easy

Gennaro's pasta frittata – lots of ways

40 minutes Not too tricky

Gennaro's butternut squash & pancetta penne

20 minutes Super easy

Gennaro's Parma ham & red pepper with taglierini

10 minutes Super easy

Gennaro's classic spaghetti carbonara

55 minutes Not too tricky

Jamie's ultimate Canada Day burger

2 hours Not too tricky

Family spaghetti Bolognese

1 hour Super easy

Chargrilled chicken kebabs

45 minutes Super easy

Chargrilled monkfish kebabs

1 hour Super easy

Chargrilled veg kebabs

Not too tricky

Michela’s turkey hotpot

2 hours Super easy

Kerryann’s hidden vegetable pasta sauce

45 minutes Super easy

Chicken & asparagus crustless tart

3 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken soup with spring veg & pasta

1 hour Super easy

Chicken, leek & pea pasta bake

45 minutes Not too tricky

Polpette di pollo

15 minutes Super easy

Vegetable noodle stir-fry

30 minutes Not too tricky

Kerryann’s homemade fish fingers & minty smashed peas

1 hour Super easy

Kerryann’s tuna pasta bake

1 hour 30 minutes Super easy

Jools’ easy chicken curry

50 minutes Super easy

Jools’ wholesome veg & bean soup

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Jools’ simple chicken & veg stew

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Jools’ sausage & smoky bean casserole

1 hour 30 minutes Super easy

Jools' fish pie

25 minutes Not too tricky

Jools’ Asian-style salmon

2 hours 30 minutes Super easy

Jools’ simple beef stew

20 minutes Super easy

Jools’ crunchy fish

4 hours Not too tricky

Jamie’s classic family lasagne

2 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Gennaro’s mini pizzas with hidden veg sauce

2 hours Not too tricky

Baked veggie balls

2 hours Not too tricky

Baked rice with chicken & chorizo

1 hour Not too tricky

Cracking Cobb salad

30 minutes Super easy

Tasty tabbouleh salad

30 minutes Super easy

Prawn & papaya salad

15 minutes Super easy

Baked eggs – lots of ways

40 minutes Not too tricky

Superfood salad

1 hour 45 minutes Not too tricky

The ultimate spring quiche

1 hour 35 minutes Super easy

Roasted fennel & pine nut polpette

1 hour Super easy

Chicken arrabbiata

2 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Roast mejadra onions

1 hour Super easy

Perfect chicken balti

1 hour 45 minutes Super easy

Tandoori chicken

15 minutes Super easy

Pan-cooked giant prawns

15 minutes Not too tricky

Pasta pesto

15 minutes Super easy

Blackened chicken

45 minutes Not too tricky

Hot & sour soup

45 minutes Super easy

Kung Pao chicken

50 minutes Not too tricky

Prawn & crab wontons

45 minutes Super easy

Szechuan sweet & sour prawns

25 minutes Super easy

Vegan Chinese noodles

55 minutes Super easy

Haggis, neeps & tatties

45 minutes Super easy

Vietnamese bun cha with sticky spicy tofu

1 hour 35 minutes Not too tricky

Mexican marinated pork tenderloin

1 hour 15 minutes Not too tricky

Sea bass in puff pastry

2 hours Super easy

Michael Sheen's traditional Welsh cawl

1 hour 20 minutes Not too tricky

Brilliant veggie burger

35 minutes Super easy

Chargrilled pork escalopes

1 hour 40 minutes Not too tricky

Kate Hudson's hot & smoky vindaloo

50 minutes Not too tricky

Nigerian suya

40 minutes Not too tricky

Prawn & tofu pad Thai

1 hour Not too tricky

Paloma Faith's bacalhau à Brás

8 hours 15 minutes Not too tricky

BBQ beef short ribs

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Wood-fired pizza

3 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Sticky Chinese ribs

1 hour 30 minutes Showing off

Beef Wellington

2 hours 15 minutes Showing off

Southern fried chicken

20 minutes Super easy

Quick lamb kebabs

1 hour 20 minutes Not too tricky

Veggie arrosto misto

3 hours 45 minutes Not too tricky

Spiced roast goose

1 hour 15 minutes Not too tricky

Whole roasted cauliflower

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Gluten-free veggie pasties

1 hour 50 minutes Not too tricky

Gluten-free spinach & ricotta roulade

1 hour 20 minutes Not too tricky

Gluten-free curried veg pie

40 minutes Super easy

Gorgeous gado-gado

30 minutes Super easy

Chicken fajitas with guacamole

30 minutes Super easy

Turkey tonnato

2 hours 10 minutes Not too tricky

Incredible nut roast

30 minutes Super easy

Sicilian-style tuna carpaccio

20 minutes Not too tricky

Asian seared tuna

6 hours Not too tricky

Winter nights chilli

6 hours 30 minutes Showing off

Shepherd's pie

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken Kiev

50 minutes Super easy

Next-level steak & onion sandwich

2 hours Showing off

Lobster mac 'n' cheese

2 hours 30 minutes Showing off

Bolognese ravioli

35 minutes Showing off

Insanity burger

1 hour 25 minutes Super easy

Puy lentil, parsnip & walnut salad

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Vegan beetroot Carpaccio

2 hours 35 minutes Not too tricky

Vegan mushroom, chestnut & cranberry tart

1 hour 45 minutes Super easy

Gluten-free parsnip, pork & apple stuffing

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Vegetarian nut roast

45 minutes Not too tricky

Vegan nut roast

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Bumble-O

45 minutes Not too tricky

Gluten-free pizza

45 minutes Not too tricky

Vegan dim sum buns

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Vegan shepherd's pie

40 minutes Super easy

Vegan mac ‘n’ cheese

30 minutes Not too tricky

The best vegan burger

1 hour Super easy

My special vegan kofte

1 hour 50 minutes Super easy

Malaysian beef curry

40 minutes Not too tricky

Basil gnudi

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Roast carrot & fennel soup

55 minutes Showing off

Wholewheat ravioli with courgette flowers & ricotta

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Hit ‘n’ run traybaked chicken

15 minutes Super easy

Winter squash penne

1 hour 30 minutes Super easy

Candied beet salad

45 minutes Super easy

Ginger & honey chicken wings

1 hour Super easy

Rigatoni with roasted tomatoes & ricotta salata

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Potato & cauliflower curry

55 minutes Super easy

Apple & celeriac soup

2 hours Not too tricky

Achiote recado pork

1 hour 30 minutes Showing off

Spinach & ricotta cannelloni

1 hour Not too tricky

Pomegranate & chicken stew

2 hours 25 minutes Showing off

Rabbit pie

50 minutes Super easy

Kerryann's cheesy potato pie

1 hour 50 minutes Not too tricky

DJ BBQ's world's best meatloaf

1 hour 45 minutes Super easy

Kerryann’s chilli con veggie

3 hours Super easy

DJ BBQ's rad rum ribs

20 minutes Not too tricky

DJ BBQ's scallops

1 hour Not too tricky

Baleadas

4 hours 40 minutes Not too tricky

Roast pork leg

1 hour 20 minutes Not too tricky

French-style chicken

50 minutes Not too tricky

Jerk fish

30 minutes Not too tricky

Wild boar burgers

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Spicy pasties

25 minutes Super easy

New potatoes & trout

30 minutes Super easy

Ultimate quesadillas

35 minutes Super easy

Crab rigatoni

1 hour Super easy

Prawn panzanella

1 hour 20 minutes Super easy

Briam

50 minutes Super easy

Pasta con le sarde

35 minutes Super easy

Roasted chilli frittata

45 minutes Super easy

Mackerel plaki

2 hours 40 minutes Not too tricky

Lamb lagoto

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken tikka masala

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Gluten-free quiche

45 minutes Showing off

Gluten-free pasta dough

3 hours 15 minutes Not too tricky

Gluten-free beef lasagne

20 minutes Super easy

Caesar on the lighter side

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Garden glut soup

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Salmon fishcakes

30 minutes Super easy

Rainbow salad wrap

25 minutes Super easy

Posh beans on toast

1 hour 15 minutes Not too tricky

Pukka yellow curry

2 hours 15 minutes Not too tricky

Zombie brain

55 minutes Not too tricky

Giant veg rösti

1 hour 25 minutes Super easy

BBQ baked beans

1 hour 10 minutes Not too tricky

Fantastic fish tikka curry

50 minutes Not too tricky

Chicken & chorizo paella

25 minutes Not too tricky

Carbonara of smoked mackerel

2 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Piri piri pork belly

20 minutes Super easy

Hungover noodles

30 minutes Not too tricky

Crispy pork tacos

1 hour 15 minutes Super easy

Classic tomato spaghetti

Super easy

Pear crunch salad

2 hours Not too tricky

Dexter Fletcher's party-time Mexican tacos

40 minutes Super easy

Grilled tuna with tomato spaghetti

4 hours 15 minutes Showing off

Beautiful stuffed porchetta

4 hours 40 minutes Not too tricky

Spiced roast lamb

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

NYC-style pizza

40 minutes Super easy

Seared scallops & creamy mash

1 hour 30 minutes Showing off

Indian pani puri

1 hour 45 minutes Super easy

Gennaro’s meatball sandwiches

1 hour Super easy

Spicy spaghetti vongole

1 hour 35 minutes Not too tricky

Sweet & spicy beer can chicken

2 hours 40 minutes Showing off

Chicken in a crust

2 hours 30 minutes Showing off

Beautiful veggie moussaka

1 hour 45 minutes Not too tricky

Salt-crust salmon

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

The ultimate steak & roasties

30 minutes Super easy

Super-quick salmon gravadlax

4 hours 10 minutes Showing off

Sienna Miller's duck ragù

5 hours Not too tricky

Jamaican-style jerk pork

1 hour Not too tricky

Traybaked Keralan fish curry

2 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Posh pork kebabs

30 minutes Super easy

Oozy cheesy pasta with crispy pangritata

6 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Bloody Mary beef

20 minutes Super easy

Leftover turkey banh mi

35 minutes Not too tricky

Rescue me kedgeree

45 minutes Not too tricky

Crunchy chicken pieces with a herby yoghurt dip

45 minutes Super easy

Summer tray-baked salmon

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Roasted veg vindaloo with golden gnarly chicken skewers

2 hours 15 minutes Super easy

Lincolnshire Poacher pie

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Toad-in-the-hole, onion & apple gravy

6 hours Not too tricky

Insanely good oxtail stew

10 minutes Super easy

Scrambled eggs

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Veal parmigiana

15 minutes Super easy

Southern pecan & apple salad

40 minutes Super easy

Rich grits

1 hour 55 minutes Not too tricky

Mountain meatballs

40 minutes Not too tricky

Turkey salad & warm clementine dressing

15 minutes Super easy

Jools' sweet pea & prawn pasta shells

4 hours 10 minutes Super easy

Chilli con Jamie

1 hour 15 minutes Not too tricky

Deep-pan pizza

40 minutes Super easy

Mexican breakfast

15 minutes Super easy

Cajun blackened fish steaks

2 hours 20 minutes Not too tricky

Roast duck with Marsala gravy

45 minutes Not too tricky

Asian-steamed sea bass

3 hours 5 minutes Not too tricky

Good old lasagne

Super easy

Blanched asparagus – poached egg – fresh smoked salmon

10 minutes Super easy

Grandad's mussel linguine (Linguine con cozze di Nonno)

45 minutes Super easy

Panzanella (Tuscan tomato & bread salad)

20 minutes Not too tricky

Grilled peach salad with Parma ham & Colwick cheese

30 minutes Super easy

South American-style brunch

Not too tricky

Sizzling lamb chops scottadito

1 hour 30 minutes Super easy

Sweet pea fish pie

1 hour Super easy

Pork meatloaf

1 hour 35 minutes Not too tricky

The best cauliflower & broccoli cheese

15 minutes Super easy

Gennaro’s spaghetti alla puttanesca

Not too tricky

Barbecued chicken dim sum

15 minutes Super easy

Gorgeous Greek salad

25 minutes Not too tricky

Summer pisto frittata

25 minutes Super easy

Beautifully cheesy pasta fonduta

30 minutes Super easy

Quick crispy chicken with tomatoes & asparagus

2 hours 40 minutes Not too tricky

Asian squash salad with crispy duck

1 hour 50 minutes Not too tricky

Bubble & squeak with sausages & onion gravy

15 minutes Super easy

Cedro lemon bruschetta

4 hours 35 minutes Not too tricky

Easy Essex haggis

2 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Southend-stylee pappardelle

15 minutes Not too tricky

Ricotta fritters

15 minutes Not too tricky

Crackin' crab briks

15 minutes Super easy

Chorizo carbonara

15 minutes Super easy

Sausage gnocchi

15 minutes Super easy

Mushroom soup

15 minutes Super easy

Quick lamb tagine

15 minutes Super easy

The best fish baps

15 minutes Super easy

Ultimate pork tacos

15 minutes Super easy

Keralan veggie curry

15 minutes Not too tricky

Falafel wraps

15 minutes Super easy

Grilled steak ratatouille & saffron rice

15 minutes Super easy

Veggie chilli

15 minutes Super easy

Mighty mackerel

15 minutes Not too tricky

Beef stroganoff

15 minutes Super easy

Griddled tuna kinda niçoise salad

15 minutes Super easy

Quick chicken laksa

15 minutes Super easy

Sizzling chicken fajitas

15 minutes Super easy

Golden chicken

2 hours 35 minutes Showing off

Turkey wellington

1 hour 50 minutes Not too tricky

Mushroom & squash vegetarian Wellington

1 hour 55 minutes Not too tricky

Roast chicken with mixed mushroom stuffing

1 hour 5 minutes Not too tricky

Whole roasted salmon stuffed with lemon and herbs

1 hour 35 minutes Super easy

Roast chicken with couscous

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Store cupboard lentil soup

45 minutes Super easy

Creamy mushroom soup

35 minutes Super easy

Sweetcorn and mussel chowder

25 minutes Super easy

Simple baked salmon with dill yoghurt

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Quick salmon and potato al forno

2 hours 30 minutes Not too tricky

Gorgeous dinner of porchetta stuffed with wild mushrooms, celeriac mash and gravy

45 minutes Super easy

Fish in a bag

2 hours Not too tricky

Roast chicken with all the trimmings

4 hours 15 minutes Super easy

Old-school venison pie with juniper, rosemary and bay

35 minutes Super easy

Mixed fish grill with lemon couscous

40 minutes Super easy

Little sole goujons with a quick lemon and caper sauce

1 hour 35 minutes Not too tricky

Aubergine lasagne

1 hour Not too tricky

Beautiful sorrel risotto

30 minutes Super easy

Home-cured beetroot gravadlax

30 minutes Super easy

Spanish fish and chorizo soup

50 minutes Super easy

Wonderful wild garlic & sausage fusilli

25 minutes Super easy

Tagliatelle with asparagus and tomato

20 minutes Super easy

Smoked salmon & avocado salad

20 minutes Super easy

Simple roast salmon with summer leaves and a Marie Rose dressing

40 minutes Not too tricky

Scottish scallops and black pudding with winter salad

4 hours 45 minutes Super easy

Scotch broth with winter root veg

2 hours 50 minutes Super easy

Roast duck

4 hours Super easy

My roasted duck 'sorta shepherd's pie'

2 hours 40 minutes Super easy

DIY crispy duck lettuce cups with cherries and mint

1 hour 35 minutes Super easy

Roast chicken and pesto

20 minutes Super easy

Tagliatelle, Genovese-style

1 hour 55 minutes Not too tricky

Stuffed leg of lamb with rosemary and pine nuts

1 hour 5 minutes Not too tricky

Spring chicken stuffed with black pudding and with braised baby vegetables

55 minutes Super easy

Spiced lamb lollipops with korma sauce and toasted almonds

10 minutes Super easy

Smoked mackerel pate with griddled toast and cress salad

30 minutes Super easy

Seafood curry

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Sausages with pan cooked chutney and leek mash

40 minutes Not too tricky

Roast trout with spinach, sage and prosciutto

35 minutes Super easy

Quick stewed squid with tomatoes

25 minutes Super easy

Pork chops with prosciutto, apple and Stilton

25 minutes Super easy

Pancetta hash with eggs and apple salad

20 minutes Super easy

Marinated & grilled salmon

50 minutes Super easy

Yellow bean, vodka and smoked haddock risotto

30 minutes Super easy

Wood-fired shellfish

50 minutes Super easy

Wicked chicken with coleslaw

45 minutes Super easy

Warm salad of roasted squash, prosciutto and pecorino

2 hours 35 minutes Super easy

Venison & juniper stew

1 hour Super easy

Versatile veggie chilli

50 minutes Super easy

Vegetable curry

2 hours 35 minutes Super easy

Turkey con chilli

1 hour 45 minutes Showing off

Turkey and sweet leek pie

1 hour 20 minutes Not too tricky

Tunisian brik

50 minutes Not too tricky

Toad in the hole

55 minutes Super easy

Three cheese risotto

1 hour Super easy

The real mushroom soup

35 minutes Super easy

The nicest tray-baked lemon sole

4 hours 55 minutes Not too tricky

The best turkey in the world

55 minutes Super easy

The best tuna meatballs (Le migliori polpette di tonno)

25 minutes Super easy

The best tuna burger

3 hours 40 minutes Showing off

The best roast turkey - Christmas or any time

45 minutes Super easy

The best pork chops with fresh bay salt, crackling and squashed purple potatoes

15 minutes Super easy

The best pasta salad

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

The best baked pumpkin

30 minutes Super easy

Tapas feast: tortilla, glazed chorizo, Manchego cheese, cured meats & honey, stuffed peppers, rolled anchovies

30 minutes Super easy

Taglierini with a simple sweet tomato sauce and shrimps

30 minutes Super easy

Tagliatelle with asparagus, crispy pancetta and Parmesan

2 hours 35 minutes Super easy

Sweet duck legs cooked with plums and star anise

1 hour 15 minutes Super easy

Sweet cherry tomato and sausage bake

1 hour 40 minutes Super easy

Super tasty Spanish roast chicken

30 minutes Super easy

Summertime tagliarini

50 minutes Not too tricky

Stuffed sea bass

40 minutes Super easy

Steamed Thai-style sea bass and rice

30 minutes Super easy

Steamed Asian sea bass in the bag

1 hour 20 minutes Super easy

Squash and ricotta pasta bake

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Spring poached chicken

45 minutes Super easy

Spring minestrone

55 minutes Not too tricky

Spicy pangrattato risotto

1 hour 5 minutes Super easy

Spicy lamb cutlets with crispy coriander potatoes

1 hour Super easy

Spicy barbecued leg of lamb

2 hours Super easy

Spiced lamb stew with walnuts and pomegranate

1 hour 40 minutes Super easy

Special chicken stew

20 minutes Not too tricky

Spaghetti with prawns and rocket (Spaghetti con gamberetti e rucola)

30 minutes Not too tricky

Spaghetti vongole

1 hour Super easy

Souvlaki (Wicked kebabs)

6 hours 25 minutes Super easy

Southern-style pork & slaw

1 hour Super easy

Southern sausage stew

40 minutes Super easy

Southern Indian vegetable curry

50 minutes Super easy

Southern Indian rice and seafood soup

1 hour Super easy

South American fishcakes

1 hour 50 minutes Super easy

Slow-roasted spiced pork loin with black-eyed beans and tomatoes

4 hours 20 minutes Not too tricky

Slow-cooked shoulder of lamb

35 minutes Super easy

Sloppy Joe

50 minutes Super easy

Skate baked in the bag with artichokes, purple potatoes, capers and crème fraîche

30 minutes Super easy

Sizzling lamb lollipops

30 minutes Super easy

Simple summer spaghetti

3 hours 10 minutes Not too tricky

Simple baked lasagne

1 hour 25 minutes Super easy

Sausages and green lentils with tomato salsa (Salsicce con lenticchie verdi e salsa di pomodoro)

20 minutes Super easy

Sausage carbonara (Linguine alla carbonara di salsiccia)

20 minutes Super easy

Salmon & couscous

20 minutes Super easy

Roquefort salad with warm croutons and lardons

1 hour 20 minutes Not too tricky

Rolled bread of Parma ham, nice cheese, egg and basil

30 minutes Super easy

Roasted trout and artichokes with almonds, breadcrumbs and mint

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

Roasted sweet garlic, bread and almond soup

1 hour 25 minutes Not too tricky

Roasted squash & beef carpaccio

50 minutes Super easy

Roasted pork chops with sage & champ

35 minutes Not too tricky

Roasted concertina squid with grilled leeks & a warm chorizo dressing

45 minutes Super easy

Roasted chicken breast with pancetta, leeks and thyme

55 minutes Super easy

Roasted chicken breast with lemony Bombay potatoes

45 minutes Super easy

Roasted chicken breast with creamy butternut squash and chilli

40 minutes Super easy

Roasted chicken breast with cherry tomatoes and asparagus

1 hour 20 minutes Super easy

Roasted carrots & beets with the juiciest pork chops

1 hour 35 minutes Not too tricky

Roast squash, sage, chestnut and pancetta risotto

50 minutes Super easy

Roast salmon salad

1 hour 5 minutes Showing off

Roast rack of lamb with crushed potatoes

1 hour 45 minutes Super easy

Roast leg of lamb

2 hours Super easy

Roast chicken with lemon & rosemary roast potatoes

50 minutes Super easy

Roast carrot & avocado salad with orange & lemon dressing

10 minutes Super easy

Reuben-ish sandwich

45 minutes Not too tricky

Red grape pizza with honey, rosemary and pecorino

30 minutes Super easy

Rainbow trout with horseradish yoghurt & balsamic beets

45 minutes Super easy

Quick tomato macaroni cheese

30 minutes Super easy

Quick sausage meatballs with a tomato & basil sauce, spaghetti & sweet raw peas

35 minutes Super easy

Pytt y panna (Little pieces in a pan)

30 minutes Super easy

Spicy sausage fusilli

1 hour 5 minutes Not too tricky

Prawn-stuffed spicy fish with vermicelli

40 minutes Not too tricky

Prawn-stuffed flatfish

20 minutes Super easy

Prawn and watermelon salad

45 minutes Super easy

Pouting fish fingers, sweet potato chips & cheat’s basil mayo

40 minutes Super easy

Potato salad with smoked salmon & horseradish crème fraîche

45 minutes Super easy

Potato and chorizo omelette with a kinda parsley salad

2 hours 20 minutes Not too tricky

Pot-roasted shoulder of lamb with roasted butternut squash and sweet red onions

1 hour 25 minutes Super easy

Pot roast pork

1 hour 40 minutes Super easy

Posh roast pork party kebabs

1 hour 30 minutes Not too tricky

Pork loin with a great herby stuffing

3 hours 10 minutes Not too tricky

Pork belly roast

2 hours 15 minutes Super easy

Poached chicken and vegetable soup

35 minutes Super easy

Smoked pancetta, mozzarella, fresh chilli and tomatoes pizza topping

4 hours 35 minutes Super easy

Slow-roasted shredded pork with thyme, Taleggio and lemon-dressed rocket pizza dressing

1 hour 20 minutes Super easy

Potatoes, mozzarella, rosemary, thyme and tomato pizza topping

50 minutes Super easy

Mozzarella, anchovies, chilli, capers and parsley pizza topping

45 minutes Super easy

Green and red grapes, rosemary, pine nuts and ricotta pizza topping

15 minutes Super easy

Egg, prosciutto, artichokes, olives, mozzarella, tomato sauce and basil pizza topping

1 hour 25 minutes Super easy

Perfect roast chicken

40 minutes Super easy

Penne with tomato, basil, olives and pecorino

30 minutes Super easy

Pea and goat’s cheese risotto

25 minutes Super easy

Parsnip and pancetta tagliatelle with parmesan and butter

25 minutes Super easy

Pan-seared venison with blueberries, shallots and red wine

15 minutes Super easy

Pan-roasted salmon with purple sprouting broccoli and anchovy-rosemary sauce

30 minutes Super easy

Pan-fried lemon sole fillets with salsa verde

15 minutes Super easy

Pan-cooked asparagus & mixed fish

1 hour 25 minutes Showing off

Paella

45 minutes Super easy

Oven-baked rigatoni with wild boar salami

20 minutes Super easy

Aromatic pork noodles

40 minutes Super easy

Omega 3 and couscous

20 minutes Super easy

Neck fillet steak

1 hour 35 minutes Super easy

My favourite ribollita (La mia ribollita preferita)

1 hour 10 minutes Super easy

My favourite paella

25 minutes Super easy

Moroccan-style lamb burgers

1 hour 35 minutes Not too tricky

Moroccan lamb stew

3 hours 25 minutes Super easy

Melt-in-your-mouth shin stew

1 hour 50 minutes Super easy

Mediterranean braised lamb and couscous

20 minutes Super easy

Mediterranean-style herring linguine

30 minutes Super easy

Mediterranean-style dab

30 minutes Super easy

Mackerel pasta salad

35 minutes Super easy

Macaroni cheese

1 hour 15 minutes Super easy

Louie and Gennaro’s ‘ultimate’ cheeseburgers

20 minutes Super easy

Lemon linguine

25 minutes Super easy

Leigh-on-Sea sole