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24 recipes
Good To FreezeChilli-Rubbed Roast Chicken with Peach and Chickpea Salad
The whole peach and the scotch bonnet roast in the tin alongside the bird, then get mashed with vinegar into a dressing. Sweet, sour and hot, all from the same tray.
BudgetCreamy Sun-Dried Tomato Tagliatelle with Chicken Meatballs
Working sun-dried tomato and Italian herbs into the mince gives the meatballs flavour all the way through. It splits neatly for a family: plain pasta and meatballs for kids, everything tossed together with spinach for the adults.
Good To FreezeCreamy Tuscan Chicken with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Render the skin hard before the sauce goes in, and put the chicken back skin-side up so it never sits in liquid — that is the difference between crisp skin and soggy skin.
Accessible IngredientJuicy Turkey Burgers with Burger Sauce and Pickles
Mayonnaise in the mince is the trick — 3% fat turkey has almost nothing to keep it moist, and the fat in the mayo does that job without making the patties greasy.
Accessible IngredientMozzarella-Topped Turkey Steaks with Tomato and Caper Sauce
Turkey steak is lean and turns dry fast, so it goes into a properly hot pan for two minutes a side and finishes under the grill rather than cooking through in the sauce.
Accessible IngredientSalted and Rested Roast Beef, Medium Rare
Two ingredients, and everything rides on timing. Salt it an hour or two ahead, pull it out at 38C, and give it the full 30-minute rest - the rest is where it actually finishes cooking.
Good To FreezeSeared Tuna Caesar with Roasted Butternut Squash
Scrunch the shredded cavolo nero with salt and lemon juice before dressing it. Raw kale stays tough and waxy otherwise, and a minute of squeezing does what cooking would.
Good To FreezeSlow-Oven Beef and Pancetta Ragu with Spaghetti
The long oven time is what separates this from a weeknight bolognese, and the milk is what makes it silky. Better still made a day ahead so you can lift the set fat off the top.
Good To FreezeThe Full English Fry-Up with Bloody Mary
A proper fry-up is about timing more than technique: sausages low and slow, everything else staggered so it all lands hot at once. The homemade rosti and the bloody mary lift it above the everyday.
SpeedyThe Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich
Everything cooks low and slow in one pan, staggered so it comes together hot. The sauce - mayo, ketchup and hot sauce whisked together - is what ties it all in the bun.
BudgetThe Whole Christmas Dinner
The whole point of the day on one page, timed so it all lands together. The turkey drives the schedule - baste it every 30 minutes and build everything else around its 3.5 hours plus a long rest.
Good To FreezeTortilla-Crumbed Fried Chicken Sandwich
Use the jalapeño brine as the slaw dressing rather than throwing it away. It seasons and lightly pickles the cabbage at the same time, so the slaw cuts through the fried chicken.
Good To FreezeTraybake Orange Chicken Noodles
Tossing the chicken in cornflour before it goes in the oven does two jobs — it protects the lean breast meat from drying out, and it thickens the sauce when the two meet later.
Good To FreezeTraybake Tomato and Chicken Curry
Blitz the spices, ginger, garlic, purée and stock together rather than frying them in. It gives a smooth sauce in one step and means the pan is free for rendering the chicken skin.
Good To FreezeTreacle and Mustard Glazed Air Fryer Roast Beef
The glaze goes on at the end, not the start. Treacle burns long before the middle of a 1kg joint is done, so it needs only the final 15 minutes to set into a dark lacquer.
BudgetTuna Melt Enchiladas
Pack the tortillas in snugly, seam-side down. Left loose they unroll in the oven and the filling escapes into the sauce.
SpeedyTuna and Cannellini Beans with Crispy Chilli Capers
Keep the liquid from the bean tin. A splash of it loosens the sauce far better than water — the starch in it helps the sauce cling rather than thinning it out.
BudgetTuna and Egg Fried Rice with Avocado
Scramble the eggs in a cleared corner of the pan rather than over the rice — they set into proper curds instead of coating every grain and going rubbery.
BudgetTuna and Sweetcorn Linguine with Crispy Capers
Pat the capers and sweetcorn properly dry before they hit the oil, or they steam instead of crisping and the topping never gets its crunch.
Good To FreezeTuna and Toasted Rice Chilli Crunch Bowl
Blending the cottage cheese is what turns it into a dressing — left as curds it sits in lumps, blitzed with lemon and sriracha it goes smooth and creamy without any mayonnaise.