30-minute meal recipes
When you want something tasty but you don’t have hours to cook it, our 30-minute meals have your back. For the easiest dinners we’ve ever made, from gnocchi to Thai curry, look no further. You can make all of these recipes in around half an hour, perfect for a busy week night.
Browse 100+ more easy dinner recipes, or tea ideas here.
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Midweek meal recipes
Herby haddock with salt and vinegar mash and curry mayo
This quick fish dinner has serious chip shop vibes. The mash tastes exactly like a perfect bag of chips, soggy...
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Duck recipes
Duck with roasted plum glaze and crushed swede
Duck and plums are a classic combination most often found in the famous Chinese dish, but here we’ve served them...
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Butter bean recipes
Marmite chicken with cacio e pepe butter beans
This easy chicken dinner is absolute umami in a bowl. If you’re unable to eat gluten, the rich cheesy beans...
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Midweek meal recipes
Sausage stroganoff
You can’t beat sausages for a midweek meal, and this sausage stroganoff couldn’t be simpler. The stroganoff sauce is smoky...
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Celebrity chef recipes
Jeremy Pang’s naxi fried fish
Jeremy Pang’s crispy fried fish with peanuts, coriander, chillies and ginger is inspired by the traditional fish dishes cooked by...
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Polenta recipes
Creamy polenta with mushrooms and taleggio
The warm Italian embrace of this unashamedly autumnal dish is hard to resist. A bed of buttery polenta is adorned...
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Recipes with kimchi
Kimchi chicken noodle bowl
These noodles are by no means authentic, but there’s something about spicy, sour kimchi that works really well with cheese....
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Venison recipes
Venison steaks with celeriac mash and blackberry gravy
Venison’s subtle game flavour and lean texture pairs perfectly with other seasonal ingredients, such as hearty root veg and tart...
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Noodle recipes
Pulled king oyster mushroom, peanut and chilli noodles
King oysters are prized for their meaty texture, which makes them an obvious choice in plant-based dishes. Here they’re strewn...
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30-minute meal recipes
Plaice with sparkling wine sauce
Sparkling wine brings luxury to this simple fish dish, offering up plenty of sweet, complex acidity to contrast with the...
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Sausage pasta recipes
Pasta with sausage, chestnuts and sage
A wonderful combination of flavours takes centre stage in this autumnal pasta dish. If you can, use Italian sausages than...
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Beetroot recipes
Beetroot and brie buckwheat galettes
Buckwheat galettes are a northern French stalwart: speedy to make, deliciously savoury and ready for any filling you throw at...
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30-minute meal recipes
4-ingredient air fryer mac ‘n’ cheese
Air fryer mac ‘n’ cheese using just four ingredients and ready in 30 minutes? It’s possible! Once you master this...
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Beef mince recipes
Blue cheese and bacon smash burger
This blue cheese and bacon smash burger consists of two caramelised beef patties – each topped with a rich blue...
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Healthy fish recipes
Trout rillettes with dill and green grapes
We love this rustic trout rillettes for two reasons. 1. It couldn’t be easier to prepare. 2. It looks beautiful...
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Butter bean recipes
Runner bean pasta salad
The perfect summer barbecue side, this zingy pasta salad contrasts the freshness of runner beans and soft creaminess of butter...
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