A filling and hearty lentil and tomato soup that is packed with fibre and provides two of your five-a-day. Why not make double and freeze for future vegan lunches? Each serving provides 200 kcal, 10g protein,...
Author: Fiona Hunter
This delicious curried parsnip soup is accompanied by homemade vegetable chips. They give a lovely crunch sprinkled over the soup.
Author: James Martin
An easy, good-for-you soup that will warm you up on a cold day. Serve with freshly baked bread for a filling supper or lunch. This meal provides 87 kcal, 2.2g protein, 11.7g carbohydrate (of which 10.2g...
Author: BBC Food
This delicious parsnip and apple soup perfectly combines tangy cooking apples and the sweetness from parsnips. A wonderfully smooth soup. Each serving provides 202kcal, 3.5g protein, 26g carbohydrate (of...
Author: The Hairy Bikers
This simple, but delicious, carrot and parsnip soup balances sweet and savoury to great effect! Use the freshest ingredients you can find for best results. You will need a stick blender for this recipe....
Author: Rachel Phipps
The simplest way to cook a feast of seasonal mussels is with a little wine, cream and herbs as in this classic French recipe.
Author: James Martin
This quick chicken and sweetcorn soup is a perfect way to use up scraps of chicken leftover from a roast. Use fresh stock instead of stock cubes if you like. Each serving provides 124 kcal, 11g protein,...
Author: Justine Pattison
Meaty tuna works well with a tangy vinaigrette. This quick and easy dish is perfect as a light lunch for friends.
Author: Donal Skehan
Quesadillas are just flattened, fried wraps. It is without question the best option when you need dinner in an instant. This quesadilla recipe uses black beans and cheese, and are served with an avocado...
Author: Allegra McEvedy
You can use any hard, starchy root vegetables you like for this simple root vegetable soup. Carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, squash and celeriac all work well. Serve with warm crusty bread. Each serving...
Author: Justine Pattison
Our easy creamy broccoli and Stilton soup recipe with bubbling Stilton croûtons is the perfect antidote to the winter blues.
Author: Antony Worrall Thompson
This simple courgette gratin makes a great side dish as it's creamy and flavoursome without being too rich. Serve with a salad for a light supper. Each serving provides 273 kcal, 10g protein, 5.5g carbohydrate...
Author: The Hairy Bikers
Here's a fresh simple way to enjoy seasonal asparagus with poached egg. Makes a lovely light spring meal or starter.
Author: Tom Kitchin
Roasted tomatoes have superb sweetness, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall makes a superb cold soup topped with homemade pesto.
Author: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Traditional in South America, Spain and Portugal, empanadas are little pastry pockets with an intensely flavoured savoury filling. They are great eaten any time but make a particularly good tapas-style...
Author: Paul Hollywood
Tuna and sweetcorn sandwiches are quick, easy and healthy. Pick your favourite bread or wrap for a simple, filling and delicious lunch.
Author: Amanda Grant
This fiery dish of prawns, tomatoes and garlic is perfect to warm you up on a cold winter night. If you want to turn down the heat use less chilli or none at all. As part of an Intermittent diet plan,...
Author: Justine Pattison
This fish pâté is served with freshly made bread and a spicy beetroot pickle. The bread does not need bread flour, but uses plain and self-raising.
Author: Tom Brown
Baked beans on toast is a British staple, but you can very easily make it something special with a side of fresh soda bread. Don't be put off by the long cooking time - it's just a few minutes of effort...
Author: Tom Kerridge
Baked potatoes are surely the ultimate comfort food, great for feeding a crowd. Choose one or more of these lovely fillings to make a change from plain jacket potatoes. Each topping is enough for 4 potatoes,...
Author: Mary Berry
Top these ultimate loaded fries with almost healthy salsa, sliced avocado, soured cream, coriander and lime wedges for squeezing. Like nachos but better! Each serving provides 672 kcal, 17g protein, 55g...
Author: Justine Pattison
A warming soup for a cold day, this easy blend of mussels, fennel and cream is served with toasted garlicky bread.
Author: James Martin
These wraps are the perfect grab-and-go meal. You can also use seasoned yoghurt and some fresh chopped coriander and mint instead of the chutney.
Author: Anjum Anand
Yorkshire puddings make the perfect wrap for rare sirloin steak and onion gravy. We are salivating at the thought.
Author: The Hairy Bikers
Add a creamy zingy flavour to a simple sweet potato soup.
Author: The Vegetarian Society
Mulligatawny is a richly flavoured soup, spiced with curry powder and thickened with rice. Perfect for a cold day, serve with a dollop of tangy sour cream. This meal, if served as five portions, provides...
Author: The Hairy Bikers
A delightful frittata that will make a great light supper with a green salad and some crusty bread. Each serving provides 481 kcal, 28g protein, 21g carbohydrates (of which 6g sugars), 31g fat (of which...
Author: Tom Kerridge
Mary's new favourite lunch - quick and easy to make and oh so tasty. If your ciabatta loaf is long and narrow, cut it on the diagonal to give a larger surface area to hold all the topping. For this recipe...
Author: Mary Berry
This warming Scottish cock-a-leekie soup is made in the traditional way, with shredded prunes to add slight sweetness and comfort.
Author: Mary Berry
Cullen skink is a classic Scottish smoked fish soup with velvety leeks and potato. Perfectly warming for winter.
Author: The Hairy Bikers
This easy butternut squash soup recipe is completely dairy-free! It has added red pepper and ginger, and is deliciously smooth. Roasting the squash, rather than boiling it in a pan, really brings out the...
Author: Mary Berry
Use up the end of a jar of curry paste to make these spiced egg mayo sandwiches - we've used korma paste, but you can experiment with what you've got in the fridge.
Author: Portia Spooner
Try these easy fried patties with a quick homemade cranberry sauce.
Author: Vegan Society
This easy savoury pancake recipe makes for a great dinner on Pancake Day or a lazy Sunday brunch. Ham and cheese pancakes are a winner with the whole family!
Author: Amanda Grant
A cheap and cheerful way to jazz up a wrap with cheese and chorizo, served with a tomato and cucumber salad.
Author: Paul Rankin
Made from a few simple ingredients, this vegan cauliflower dish wouldn't look out of place in a smart restaurant. Serve as a starter, or with a salad for lunch or a light meal. Making your own harissa...
Author: Lucy Parker
Author: Nick Nairn
Sweet roast beetroot and shallots mixed with seasonal veg warmed in a sharp sour-sweet dressing. Add mozzarella and a final blue cheese dressing for heaven on a plate.
Author: James Martin
Mary Berry's potato salad with lightly cooked fish is light yet substantial and with lots of lovely contrasting textures. Perfect for a summer buffet.
Author: Mary Berry
Author: James Tanner
Golden, fluffy cheese balls covered in a creamy, double-cheese sauce. You will need a steam oven for this recipe.
Author: Adam Handling
This triple-decker club sandwich is the perfect way to pack all your Christmas leftovers into a self-indulgent treat.
Author: Sarah Cook
I was first introduced to tarte flambée with the explanation that it's France's answer to pizza. In fact, it's not much like pizza at all, apart from being very thin and savoury. As it is made with unleavened...
Author: Rick Stein
This rich and creamy cauliflower soup is just the ticket on a chilly day - and it's inexpensive too.
Author: James Martin
A smooth, creamy leek and potato soup that's ready in 15 minutes and full of flavour. Make it into a meal with plenty of bread and butter. Each serving provides 207 kcal, 3g protein, 11g carbohydrates...
Author: BBC Food
Quick, easy and mouthwateringly good. This carrot and ginger soup is perfect for chilly afternoons. Why not make a few more portions and keep in the freezer for emergencies? Each serving provides 160 kcal,...
Author: Fiona Hunter
These savoury scones are often mentioned in Hungarian fables and folk tales as the sustaining food that the young man off to conquer the world takes in his backpack. They're traditionally served with beef...
Author: The Hairy Bikers
Author: James Tanner
Bouillabaisse is a traditional French fish stew made from the freshly caught seafood of the day. If gurnard is not available, use a fresh meaty fish such as cod, snapper or monkfish. Look out for sustainable...
Author: Rick Stein
With earthy cauliflower, sweet and nutty cashew and a deep umami note from the Parmesan, this quick roasted cauliflower recipe is easy yet impressive.
Author: The Hairy Bikers