Recipes

If you enjoy Chinese takeaway-style salt and pepper dishes, this salt and pepper chicken stir fry is an easy one to make at home. Pieces of chicken are lightly coated in cornflour and seasoning, then cooked until golden before being tossed with peppers, onion, garlic, chilli and spring onions. There is no heavy sauce in …

This creamy parsnip soup needs very little preparation. The parsnips bring their natural sweetness, while garlic and herb cream cheese gives the finished soup a savoury, creamy flavour without needing lots of separate ingredients. I made it in my Ninja soup maker using the Smooth Soup programme, but it can be made in any soup …

This chicken and green lentil soup is an easy, filling lunch with only a short amount of preparation. Chicken thighs, cooked green lentils and vegetables simmer together on the Chunky Soup setting. Dried thyme adds flavour to the stock, while lemon juice and fresh parsley go in at the end. The recipe makes four lighter …

Sticky honey garlic chicken noodles make a lovely midweek dinner when you want something that feels a little like a takeaway but doesn’t take long to cook. Bite-sized pieces of chicken are lightly coated in cornflour and fried until golden, then tossed with egg noodles, crunchy sugar snap peas and a glossy honey and garlic …

This easy no knead bread is a great recipe to try if you fancy making homemade bread without all the usual mixing and kneading. The dough takes just a few minutes to stir together, then it is left to rise before being shaped and baked. The finished loaf has a crisp, golden crust and a …

Baked oats are a fun, tasty and filling alternative breakfast recipe. In fact, I think baked oats can (and should!) be eaten at any time of the day. The great thing about baked oats is that you can plenty of different ingredients to vary it up, for example, the addition of fruit and nuts can …