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When a coleslaw recipe is this easy, you need never buy it ready-made again. Feel free to try adding other crunchy veg like fennel, celery or celeriac. You can stir in fresh herbs or swap the mustard for a chilli sauce. 

Coleslaw

½ red or white cabbage, shredded

½ red onion,

carrot, grated

mayonnaise

lemon juice

tsp white wine vinegar

tbsp wholegrain mustard

sugar,

salt and black pepper,

Learn how to make coleslaw with our easy video recipe.

How to make coleslaw

A Vietnamese sandwich (banh mi means bread in Vietnamese) that’s become a street food sensation. Packed with deliciously sweet and spicy pork belly, quick pickles and topped with chilli sauce it’s an absolute treat to eat and easy to prepare in advance for friends or family.

Banh mi 

garlic clove, crushed

½ thumb-sized piece fresh root ginger,

½ tbsp soy sauce

fish sauce

lemongrass paste

tsp runny honey

pork

tbsp rice wine vinegar

golden caster sugar

sea salt

carrot,

radishes, thlnly sliced

baguettes

Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise, to serve

coriander

hot sauce, to serve (optional)

This popular Japanese chicken katsu curry is easy to make for a low-cost midweek meal. You can prepare the curry sauce in advance, and the strips of chicken are quick to coat and fry up into hot crispy morsels.

Chicken katsu

brown onion, chopped

carrot, chopped

sunflower oil

garlic cloves, crushed

ginger

tbsp medium curry powder

plain flour

500 milliliters/18fl oz chicken stock

1–2 tbsp soy sauce

salt and black pepper

chicken mini fillets

egg,

grams/3½oz breadcrumbs

jasmine rice, to serve

This ultimate burger recipe is simple and deluxe – you'll never make a homemade burger the same way again! Well-seasoned, high quality beef, fresh, crisp toppings and a cracking special sauce will outshine any fast food version.

The ultimate homemade burger

225 grams–250 grams/8–9 ounces beef mince, 15% fat

level tsp salt

black pepper

brioche burger bun (cut side toasted)

tbsp tomato ketchup

gherkin, finely chopped

red onion, finely chopped

tbsp dill

smoked streaky bacon, cooked

mature cheddar

Little Gem lettuce

beef tomato

Ellis Barrie shows you how to make an insanely good beef burger

Make it easy: Banging burger

This is a subtly textured, richly flavoured arrangement of toasted pieces of flatbread topped with meaty aubergine and beef, a garlicky tahini-yoghurt sauce, red pepper flakes, pomegranate seeds, toasted pine nuts and fresh shredded mint. Is it too terrible to say that I think of it as Middle-Eastern nachos? 

Beef and aubergine fatteh 

pitta

Greek-style yoghurt

tbsp tahini,

lemons, juice only

1–2 tsp sea salt flakes,

pomegranate seeds

grams/1¾oz pine nuts

tbsp mint leaves

olive oil

onion,

aubergine,

tsp cumin

tsp coriander

tsp Aleppo pepper

500 grams/1lb 2 ounces beef mince

Inexpensive and quick to prepare, these delicious sweet potato röstis work brilliantly with a salad, as a burger filling or as a lunch box snack. To make this vegan, swap the mayonnaise for vegan mayonnaise.

Sweet Potato Rösti

red pepper, seeds removed and finely chopped

garlic cloves, finely chopped

fresh root ginger,

1½ tbsp cornflour

sweet potato, peeled

grams/4½oz plain flour, plus extra if needed

tsp rapeseed oil,

dill

parsley

¼ tsp dried garlic

½ lemon, juice only

salt

Sweet potato rösti

This rice pudding cake is every bit as wonderful as it sounds: an Italian torta di riso, refracted through the prism of someone who loves a bowl of very British rice pudding. 

Rice Pudding Cake With Raspberry Jam Sauce

arborio rice

700 milliliters/1¼ pints full-fat milk

¼ tsp fine sea salt

lemon, zest and 2 tsp juice

75 grams/2¾oz soft unsalted butter,

free-range eggs, separated

75 grams/2¾oz caster sugar

tsp vanilla extract

raspberry jam

raspberry liqueur,

Rice pudding cake with raspberry jam sauce

This simple pasta salad is perfect for lunch or as a barbecue side dish. To make it vegan, omit the feta.

Each serving provides 567 kcal, 22g protein, 70g carbohydrates (of which 10g sugars), 20g fat (of which 9g saturates), 7g fibre and 2.5g salt.

Easy pasta salad

pasta,

½ unwaxed lemon, finely grated zest and juice

¼ red onion, finely chopped

olive oil, ideally extra virgin

cucumber,

grams/3½oz cherry tomatoes, quartered

grams/½oz fresh basil, roughly chopped

60 grams/2¼oz feta, crumbled (optional)

black olives (optional)

sea salt and black pepper

Simple suppers don't get much better than this easy sausage pasta with, sweet peppers and tasty Italian sausages.


Spicy sausage pasta

Italian sausages

red onion,

tin chopped tomatoes

red pepper,

½ tsp chilli flakes

oregano

tbsp chopped fresh parsley, optional

pasta

Learn how to cook aubergines in three delicious ways. Try these easy, quick recipes for roast aubergine, grilled aubergine and fried aubergine.

How to cook aubergines

aubergines

tbsp olive oil,

chopped fresh parsley, to garnish (optional)

Greek yoghurt, to serve (optional)

lemon, juice only

salt and pepper

soy sauce

red chilli, finely sliced, to garnish (optional)

black and white sesame seeds, to garnish (optional)

Three ways to cook aubergine that taste amazing as a side or a veggie main course.

How to cook aubergine

A no-fuss veggie pasta bake packed full of your 5-a-day! Make sure you use a vegetarian-friendly hard cheese if you're cooking for vegetarians.

Each serving provides 598 kcal, 23g protein, 68g carbohydrate (of which 14g sugars), 24g fat (of which 8g saturates), 10g fibre and 0.6g salt.

Vegetable pasta bake

red pepper, seeds removed,

yellow pepper, seeds removed,

aubergine, finely chopped

courgette, finely chopped

red onion, sliced

150 grams/5½oz cherry tomatoes, halved

tbsp basil

300 grams/10½oz pasta,

pesto

2-3 tbsp finely grated Parmesan, or a vegetarian hard cheese alternative

Learn how to cook courgettes in three delicious ways – fried, baked and spiralised.

For the sprialised courgette, you will need a spiraliser or large noodle attachment of a free-standing mixer or food processor. 

How to cook courgettes

courgettes,

tbsp sweet chilli sauce

pine nuts, toasted, to serve (optional)

grated Parmesan, to serve (optional)

Learn how to cook courgettes in three delicious ways- fried, baked and spiralised.

How to cook courgette

Throw out the rule book to midweek cooking and try out some more creative combinations, like this Middle Eastern chicken with chickpea, herb & feta salad.

Middle eastern chicken with chickpea, herb and feta salad

sumac

lemon, lemon

Lilydale Free Range Chicken Breast

unsalted butter

round Lebanese bread,

can chickpeas, rinsed, drained

flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped

red onion, thinly sliced

Persian (marinated) feta, drained

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This quick and easy Turkish flatbread has a spiced minced beef topping. It's a brilliant way to use beef mince, and tastes great with a drizzle of minted yoghurt.


Turkish flatbread with minced beef, herbs and spices

tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling

beef

tsp garam masala

tsp hot smoked paprika

tomato purée

½ tsp fine sea salt and black pepper

mint and coriander leaves,

200 grams/7 ounces self-raising flour, plus extra for rolling

cumin seeds

tbsp Greek-style yoghurt

mint leaves

A lovely cherry sponge cake with a little extra texture from the ground almonds. Dusting the cherries with flour helps stop them sinking to the bottom of the cake.

Equipment and preparation: for this recipe you will need a 23cm/9in savarin mould or a bundt tin (alternatively use a 20cm/8in round cake tin).

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