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Baked pesto gnocchi
A cheesy gnocchi bake with spinach, peas and sundried tomatoes. Serve with a bitter leaf salad to cut through the richness.
Better-than-takeout healthy pad thai
A quick, very inauthentic pad thai made with supermarket ingredients, with prawns, crunchy veg and a tangy tamarind and peanut sauce.
Broccoli & anchovy orecchiette
Pasta with broccoli melted down with garlic, anchovies, chilli and butter, finished with Parmesan. Penne or rigatoni work in place of orecchiette.
Caffè Rojano chicken strozzapreti
Chicken and strozzapreti in a rich sauce of red pesto, confit garlic, sweet chilli and crème fraîche, from Paul Ainsworth's Padstow restaurant.
Chicken and mushroom pot pies
Individual pies of poached chicken, chestnut mushrooms and artichokes in a creamy mustard and tarragon sauce, under a puff pastry lid.
Chorizo & mozzarella gnocchi bake
Cheesy tomato gnocchi with chorizo, a comforting midweek bake.
Crispy potato fish pie bake
A creamy leek and fish pie filling under a crispy topping of crushed baby potatoes, smoked Cheddar, spring onions and parsley.
Green bean & pea pesto gnocchi
Fast, family-friendly midweek meal with a chunky pea pesto. Easily doubled to serve 4.
Malted "forever" brownies
Dense, fudgy, chewy brownies with pockets of milk chocolate and a hint of malt. Chilling them before slicing is what makes them chewy.
Mango chicken, bean & rice bake
All-in-one traybake of drumsticks, rice and beans with a jerk-style marinade and mango chutney glaze.
Maple and nut butter flapjacks
A very plant-forward flapjack: oats, seeds, dried fruit and nuts bound with nut butter and maple syrup. Mix of fruit, nuts and seeds can be varied.
One-pan pea, Parma ham and Parmesan gnocchi
Pan-fried gnocchi with crisp Parma ham, peas and spinach in a light, glossy Parmesan sauce made with the cooking water.
Pork and caramelised apple meatballs
Pork and apple meatballs in a creamy leek, mushroom and mustard sauce, with mash and garlicky greens.
Pulled chicken & black bean chilli
Mexican-inspired pulled chicken and black bean chilli that is easily doubled and freezes well.
Red wine braised short ribs
Slow braised beef short ribs in red wine and stock, served with mash and green beans. Check the ribs at the 3 hr mark.
Sarah Millican's Tuscan sausage & tomato pasta
From-scratch sausage pasta with fennel, chilli, oregano and basil.
Sesame tuna steaks with slaw
Quick, healthy supper: sesame-crusted tuna steaks with a crunchy Asian-style slaw.
Simple super greens pasta
Pasta in a silky, bright green sauce of kale, peas, leek, basil and Parmesan, blitzed smooth. Add any protein you like.
Sticky beef and charred brussels sprouts fried rice
Speedy weeknight stir-fry. Chicken breast works instead of beef (about 2 medium fillets).
Tikka cod with caramelised onion rice
Tikka-marinated cod on spiced rice with mango chutney-caramelised onions, peas and chickpeas, with a cool mint raita.
Traditional ragù alla bolognese (Accademia Italiana della Cucina)
The official updated recipe for ragù alla bolognese, with the Accademia's notes on cuts of beef and permitted and unacceptable variants.
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