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For busy evenings, lunch breaks and everyday appetites.

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Layered baked potatoes, courgettes, red peppers, tomatoes and onions in a rectangular white baking dish

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Everyday cooking70 min

Layered roast vegetables with potatoes

Thin potato slices bake with courgettes, peppers, tomatoes, onion and garlic in a shallow dish.

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Spaghetti in red tomato sauce with grated cheese in a white bowl

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Everyday cooking30 min

Spaghetti with simple tomato sauce

A reduced tomato and garlic sauce coats freshly cooked spaghetti.

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Spaghetti with pale cream sauce and sliced mushrooms on a white plate

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Everyday cooking25 min

Creamy mushroom pasta

Browned mushrooms and a modest amount of cream make a silky pasta sauce.

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Short pasta with green broccoli florets and a coarse broccoli sauce

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Everyday cooking25 min

Broccoli pasta with garlic

Some of the broccoli is crushed to make a green sauce around short pasta shapes.

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Long pasta coated in green basil pesto with grated cheese

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Everyday cooking25 min

Pasta with basil pesto

Fresh basil, pine nuts and hard cheese become an uncooked sauce for hot pasta.

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Spaghetti with green spinach leaves and pale cream sauce in a white bowl

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Everyday cooking25 min

Spaghetti with spinach cream sauce

Leaf spinach, garlic and cream make a gentle sauce for spaghetti.

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Long pasta in red tomato sauce with tuna and capers in a bowl

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Everyday cooking30 min

Tomato, tuna and caper pasta

A tomato sauce with flaky tinned tuna and salty capers suits spaghetti or linguine.

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A slice of pasta bake with a meat layer and golden béchamel crust

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Everyday cooking95 min

Pastitsio pasta bake

Tubular pasta, a spiced meat sauce and béchamel bake under a golden top.

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Fried rice with small carrot pieces, vegetables and egg

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Everyday cooking40 min

Vegetable egg fried rice

Separate rice grains fry with carrots, cabbage, peas and scrambled egg.

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Creamy risotto with peas, red vegetable pieces and shaved cheese

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Everyday cooking40 min

Vegetable risotto with peas

Risotto rice cooks with carrot and pepper, then finishes with peas and hard cheese.

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Thick lentil soup with carrot pieces and visible green and red lentils

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Everyday cooking45 min

Lentil soup with carrot and celery

Brown and red lentils work together in a thick vegetable soup.

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Everyday cooking35 min

Creamy tomato soup

Tinned tomatoes, onion and a little cream make a smooth red soup.

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Orange pumpkin soup with pale sour cream trails and dark pumpkin seed oil

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Everyday cooking40 min

Pumpkin soup with sour cream and seed oil

Tender Hokkaido pumpkin is blended smooth and finished with sour cream and pumpkin seed oil.

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Yellow vegetable broth with orange carrot rounds and pieces of potato

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Everyday cooking35 min

Carrot and potato soup

Carrot rounds and potato pieces remain visible in a gently seasoned vegetable broth.

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Pale creamy potato soup with bacon pieces and green parsley

Everyday cooking40 min

Potato soup with crisp bacon

Floury potatoes make a creamy soup finished with separately fried bacon.

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Chunky vegetable soup with carrots, potatoes, peas and beans in reddish broth

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Everyday cooking40 min

Mixed vegetable soup with peas

Carrots, potatoes, green beans and peas simmer in a light tomato broth.

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Creamy mushroom soup with small mushroom pieces and parsley

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Everyday cooking35 min

Cream of mushroom soup

Some browned mushrooms remain as a garnish while the rest are blended into the soup.

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Chicken soup with shredded meat, ribbon noodles, carrots and celery

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Everyday cooking50 min

Chicken noodle soup with carrots

Chicken breast, ribbon noodles and vegetables make a clear, chunky soup.

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Small cucumber cubes with dill and pale dressing in a bowl

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Everyday cooking20 min

Cucumber salad with dill and sour cream

Small cucumber cubes are tossed with a light sour cream and dill dressing.

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Tomato slices topped with finely chopped onion and green herbs on a platter

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Everyday cooking20 min

Tomato and onion salad with parsley

Ripe tomatoes are arranged with finely chopped onion and fresh herbs.

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Couscous with parsley, yellow pepper, peas, red beans and radishes on a platter

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Everyday cooking30 min

Couscous salad with peas and radishes

Couscous is served with beans, peas, yellow pepper and generous parsley.

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Bow-tie pasta salad with red cherry tomatoes and small mozzarella pieces

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Everyday cooking30 min

Pasta salad with cherry tomatoes and mozzarella

Bow-tie pasta is mixed with tomatoes, mozzarella and a lemon-oil dressing.

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Chickpeas, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, spinach, feta and lemon arranged as salad ingredients

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Everyday cooking20 min

Chickpea salad with feta and cucumber

Chickpeas, tomatoes, cucumber and leaf spinach combine with lemon and feta.

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Finely grated dark red beetroot salad on a white plate

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Everyday cooking20 min

Grated beetroot and apple salad

Cooked beetroot is grated and seasoned with apple, vinegar and a little horseradish.

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Alternating tomato and mozzarella slices with whole basil leaves

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Everyday cooking15 min

Caprese with tomato, mozzarella and basil

Tomato and mozzarella slices are simply arranged with basil and olive oil.

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Four eggs in red tomato and pepper sauce with green herbs in a frying pan

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Everyday cooking40 min

Shakshuka with peppers and tomatoes

Eggs cook directly in a thick tomato and pepper sauce in one frying pan.

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Scrambled eggs in large yellow pieces with small basil leaves

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Everyday cooking15 min

Scrambled eggs with fresh basil

Gently cooked eggs are finished with basil added at the end.

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A thin golden-yellow, lightly browned omelette on a plate

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Everyday cooking15 min

Simple frying-pan omelette

Two eggs cook in a little butter to make a thin, lightly browned omelette.

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A frittata wedge containing potatoes, green pepper and red tomato pieces

Everyday cooking40 min

Vegetable and potato frittata

Eggs bind precooked potatoes, peppers and tomatoes into a sliceable frittata.

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Green pepper halves stuffed with quinoa, black beans, tomatoes and spinach

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Everyday cooking65 min

Quinoa and black bean stuffed peppers

Green pepper halves bake with quinoa, beans, tomatoes and spinach.

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Chunky aubergine, courgettes and red and yellow peppers in a vegetable pan

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Everyday cooking55 min

Skillet ratatouille

Aubergine, courgettes, peppers and tomatoes simmer into a chunky vegetable dish.

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Yellow-spiced roasted cauliflower florets with dark spice patches

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Everyday cooking40 min

Indian-spiced roast cauliflower

Cauliflower florets roast with turmeric, cumin and coriander.

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Roasted orange carrot pieces with a thin shiny glaze

Everyday cooking40 min

Honey and butter roast carrots

Carrot pieces roast with a little honey and butter until their edges colour.

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Green beans with toasted almond flakes on a serving platter

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Everyday cooking25 min

Green beans with butter and almonds

Fully cooked green beans are tossed with toasted almonds and lemon butter.

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Light-coloured fried cabbage pieces with bacon strips in a bowl

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Everyday cooking30 min

Cabbage and bacon skillet

Broad white cabbage pieces fry with bacon, then cook briefly under a lid.

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Cooked salmon fillets with lemon slices and fresh dill

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Everyday cooking30 min

Oven salmon with dill and lemon

Salmon fillets bake with lemon slices and dill in a shallow dish.

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Two rectangular fish pieces coated in golden crumbs before cooking

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Everyday cooking35 min

Oven-baked breaded fish fillets

Firm white fish is coated in breadcrumbs and cooked on a baking tray.

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Golden roasted chicken pieces with herbs on a plate

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Everyday cooking65 min

Lemon and herb roast chicken legs

Chicken legs roast with lemon, garlic and herbs until golden.

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Golden breaded pork schnitzel with a lemon slice on a plate

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Everyday cooking30 min

Crisp breaded pork schnitzel

Thin pork cutlets get a loose breadcrumb coating and a golden crust in hot oil.

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Browned beef strips with green peppers and red onion in a frying pan

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Everyday cooking30 min

Beef and green pepper skillet

Beef strips, green peppers and red onion are seared separately before a short finish together.

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Red vegetarian chilli with beans, sweetcorn and vegetables in a saucepan

Everyday cooking40 min

Bean and sweetcorn chilli sin carne

A hearty meat-free pot of kidney beans, sweetcorn, peppers and tomatoes.

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A whole baked potato split open with melting butter on a white plate

Everyday cooking80 min

Baked potatoes with butter

Large potatoes bake on the oven rack, then split open for butter, salt and pepper.

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