Easy Pea and Pesto Soup
Recipe by:
Annabelle
Very easy, elegant and light soup. Ideal as a starter, or for lunch. Most ingredients you will already have, ready in 15 minutes. Very easily doubled or halved.
Chunky Soup
Recipe by:
Sunflower1
My friend Kathy gave me this recipe, and it's great. So filling, easy to make and great in a thermos for lunch or school during the winter months. Use a small soup pasta for best results.
Quick Clam and Tomato Sauce
Recipe by:
Michele O'Sullivan
Makes a tasty sauce that's great over spaghetti or linguine. Be sure to have crusty bread on hand to soak up every last drop!
Hot Banana and Walnut Sundae
Recipe by:
Jan Cutler
For a speedy, sweet treat to end a meal, serve bananas in a sticky and nutty sauce, with ice cream. It's a fun, retro dessert given a modern zesty twist with orange, which balances the richness perfectly. Delicious!
Mac 'n' Cheese
Recipe by:
Judy
A deliciously rich and comforting macaroni cheese.
Chilli Bean Bake
Recipe by:
Catherine
This can be served as a bake or, leaving the topping off, as an ordinary chilli. You can add more peppers, decrease the amount of beans and make it spicier to taste. The base can be frozen for up to 1 month.
Whisky Bananas
Recipe by:
dakota kelly
Bananas are simmered in brown sugar, butter and Irish whisky for a delicious warm treat to serve with vanilla ice cream.
Cranachan
Recipe by:
LYNN1979
This is a popular Scottish dessert and there are many variations and names such as Cream Crowdie. Oats are toasted, then folded into lightly sweetened whipped cream and topped off with berries and a splash of whisky. Finish your Burns supper with this delicious tradition.
Kheer (Rice Pudding)
Recipe by:
PATRICK7
This is a very flavourful Indian-style rice pudding. It's the best rice pudding I've ever had, and very easy to make!
Fresh tomato soup
Recipe by:
Maggie Pannell
Make the most of home-grown tomatoes when they're plump, juicy and plentiful, and bursting with flavour.
Green pea soup
Recipe by:
Maggie Pannell
With its vibrant taste and colour, this healthy soup offers a refreshing light winter lunch or supper.
Creamy cauliflower soup
Recipe by:
Maggie Pannell
Cauliflower makes the most divinely creamy, mild, sweet-tasting soup and looks particularly pretty sprinkled with fragrant, dark green chives.
Chilled summer vegetable soup
Recipe by:
Maggie Pannell
Made with fresh, raw salad vegetables and thickened with bread, this tangy soup is inspired by the Spanish classic, Gazpacho.
Vegetable paella
Recipe by:
Maggie Pannell
Perfect for vegetarians, but great for meat-eaters too, this hearty rice dish made with starchy short-grain rice is wonderfully rich and satisfying.
Fresh egg pasta
Recipe by:
Maggie Pannell
Save money by making this simple, versatile egg pasta. You won't want to return to the packaged brands after tasting your own homemade version!
Spaghetti with fresh tomato sauce
Recipe by:
Maggie Pannell
There are few dishes as classic and easy as spaghetti with tomato sauce. Try this lovely version with a little added green from parsley and peppers in the summer when fresh tomatoes are at their peak.
Vegetable clafoutis
Recipe by:
Maggie Pannell
This savoury version of the classic French batter pudding is made with frozen vegetables, which are ideal when you are in a hurry.