Salt and pepper chips are a popular British takeaway favourite, and they are easy to make at home, whether you bake, fry, or air fry the chips.
Recipes that take between 30 and 45 minutes
Minced lamb stuffed peppers loaded with rose harissa, almonds, couscous & loads of coriander is a wonderfully easy & delicious midweek meal.
Lamb arayes are delicious Lebanese stuffed pitas with herby, spiced mince that are grilled & baked so they are juicy inside & crispy outside.
Smoked haddock rarebit on toast with beef tomatoes is a wonderfully indulgent & comforting dish based on a classic British Welsh rarebit.
Squid curry is my take on a quick and wonderfully spicy, fragrant Indian calamari ring recipe cooked in a spicy coconut milk based sauce.
Surf and turf, a classic combination of steak served with seafood, my version serves garlic butter cooked langoustine, sirloin and samphire.
Minted lamb chops pan fried to succulent perfection and finished with a glorious and rich red wine and red currant jelly sauce.
Chorizo and butter bean stew is a quick, delicious and hearty recipe, this one-pot wonder is a perfect easy meal packed with flavour.
Peri peri chicken wings in a deliciously spicy, garlic-rich, tangy coating with instructions for cooking in an air fryer & baked in the oven.
Satay sweet potato curry is a gloriously spicy & easy one-pot vegan recipe with Thai influences featuring peanut butter & coconut milk.
Corned beef stew with baked beans and potatoes, a gloriously easy & fun throwback frugal dinner that fills me with childhood memories.
Gammon egg and chips has become a quintessential British pub grub dish, my version comes with pineapple, tomato and peas... of course!
Haggis pasta in a bolognese style sauce is the perfect way to use up leftovers, it features a simple red wine sauce and cherry tomatoes.
Chana aloo, my quick version of a delicious meat-free Indian "curry" that uses tinned chickpeas & waxy new potatoes cooked in fragrant spices.
Masala fish featuring a coley fillet coated in a well-flavoured wet masala paste before being pan-fried to perfection with a crispy skin.
Baked mackerel cooked in the oven with salad potatoes, red onion and a little cider & Dijon mustard, an easy, foolproof way of cooking fish.
Dragon chicken is an Indo-Chinese dish featuring spiced fried chicken coated in a spicy ketchup-based sauce with peppers and cashew nuts.
Batata harra is a simple and delicious Lebanese/Syrian dish of spicy potatoes, red peppers and garnished with lots of fresh coriander.
Sausage curry, a combination of British pork and beef sausages with classic Indian flavours, this spicy treat is both quick and easy to cook.
Canned corned beef hash, a trip down memory lane for Brits of my age, I like to fry mine in beef dripping and add Worcestershire sauce.