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Shakshuka with Feta & Soft Herbs

This is the recipe we cook when the fridge is nearly empty and everyone is hungry. One pan, pantry spices and a...

Freezer friendly

Slow-roasted Tomato Soup

Roasting does all the work here. The oven concentrates the tomatoes into something deep and sweet, so the soup tastes like late...

20-minute dinner

Miso Butter Salmon with Greens

Miso and butter are a perfect match: salty, sweet and deeply savoury. Under the grill the glaze bubbles and caramelises in minutes....

Autumn special

Roast Squash & Crispy Sage Orzo

All the comfort of risotto with half the stirring. Orzo releases its starch quickly, so it turns creamy in about twelve minutes....

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Crispy Gnocchi Traybake

The traybake that converted our team to roasting gnocchi. Crisp outside, fluffy inside, with jammy tomatoes and almost no washing up.

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Notes from readers

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The shakshuka is now our Saturday ritual. Every quantity is exact, and the timings actually match my oven. That never happens.

Hannah K.Cooks from the blog weekly

I used to dread Monday dinner. The meal plan and the sorted shopping list have honestly given me my evenings back.

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Joined a live cook-along to learn bread and baked my first proper loaf the same night. Clear, warm and very funny.

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