Pasta with creamy greens & lemon

Try a new topping for your pasta, ready in just 15 minutes

Chinese roast duck with pancakes

Set out all the elements of this classic Chinese recipe on the table and let your guests help themselves

Simple Greek salad

Greek salad is a salad bar staple, when it’s prepared with proper ingredients it encompasses everything that is good about simple food of the sun.

Rosemary & olive drop scones with goat’s cheese

Tasty pop-in-the-mouth nibbles to impress guests with before dinner

Smoky beef stew

Enjoy this simple stew for dinner, then pack into boxes to keep you going for lunches

Spicy chicken & bean wrap

Use up leftover cooked chicken in this Mexican-style wrap, for an easy, tasty lunch

Spiced vegetable biryani

This simple vegetarian curry, full of fresh Indian flavours, is quick to make and cooks in a single pot

Roast carrot & bean salad with feta

Get all of your 5-a-day with this super healthy salad. Tasty, easy and perfect for lunch leftovers

Pan bagnat loaf stuffed with salade nicoise

Mary Cadogan shows you how to make a Provençal speciality that’s the most perfect of picnic foods

Minestrone pasta pot

A vegetarian favourite for under 5’s, minestrone pasta pot

Chilli bean baguettes

Chilli beans spice up a baguette filling – this recipe is a good source of folic acid and costs around 70p a head

Sesame flatbreads

These simple flatbreads are an impressive addition to any sharing platter. They're surprisingly easy to cook and need just a handful of ingredients