Whole baked sea bass with roasted new potatoes, bacon, peas and broad beans in white wine, a delicious and easy-to-cook complete meal.
Recipes that take between 45 and 60 minutes
Making Italian Sausages at home is not difficult; even stuffing them and forming sausage links falls well within the reach of all home cooks.
One pot baked chicken and rice gets an Indian-influenced makeover with spicy marinated legs cooked in spiced rice with chilli & fenugreek.
Stuffed Portobello mushrooms with a thick beef mince, bacon ragu and mozzarella cheese are easy to make, and they are a treat for everyone.
Lentil and bacon soup is an easy recipe that uses any old root vegetables that you have lying around to create a hearty and tasty meal.
A chicken saag or saagwala curry is one of my favourite Indian dishes, and my recipe makes it really easy to make at home!
Vegan carrot curry, a big-flavoured spicy treat, that combines sweet carrots and earthy chickpeas in an Indian-inspired coconut milk sauce.
Pork chop casserole with butter beans and tomatoes, an easy dish leveraging the joy of tinned beans and toms that cooks in under an hour!
Mung or adzuki bean salad loaded with quick-pickled carrots and red onions and a gentle sprinkling of Indian influences… it tastes fab!
Roast Bombay potatoes or Bombay aloo featuring roasted & lightly crushed baby potatoes cooked in whole spices with red onions and tomatoes.
Paella Valenciana is my take on a traditional Spanish recipe made with chicken, rabbit, green beans, artichokes, broad beans and no seafood!
Potato frittata loaded with smoked mackerel and capers, a delicious meal that can be eaten hot or cold and is great for both lunch and dinner.
Braised liver and onions with crispy bacon and a rich gravy is a gloriously old-fashioned meal that begs for some buttery mashed potatoes.
Italian sausage ragu is a gloriously easy way to make a bolognese-style meat sauce loaded with flavour in a fraction of the time.
Smoked mackerel kedgeree, a twist on a classic British Indian rice dish, my version features peas and leeks and is topped with boiled egg.
Harissa chicken thighs with dried mint and sumac roasted with red onion wedges, honey and butter to create a delicious sweet and spicy sauce.
Mushroom and spinach risotto featuring whole baby button mushrooms, loads of iron-rich spinach and is topped with brown butter walnuts.
Chicken and Mushroom Pie is a classic; this one takes the pot pie approach using shop-bought puff pastry to make a simple midweek dinner.
Dessert wine poached pears in a tasty honey, vanilla and cardamom syrup served with a Chantilly cream makes for an elegant end to any meal.
Aloo gobi matar ki sabzi, a gloriously filling, heavily spiced Indian or Punjabi vegan sabzi curry featuring potatoes, cauliflower, and peas.