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Leek & bacon risotto

A handful of ingredients and a quick and simple method - midweek cooking couldn't be easier

Author: Good Food team

Spinach & ricotta gnocchi

These luxurious gnocchi are both light and spoilingly rich at the same time

Author: Celia Brooks Brown

Creamy beetroot risotto

This vivid risotto is simply baked in the oven, so there's no need to spend lots of time at the stove stirring

Author: Emma Lewis

Enchilada pie

Give your midweek meal a Mexican twist with our easy enchilada pie. Packed with nutritious veggies, it provides a whopping four of your 5-a-day

Author: Cassie Best

Chicken with roasted cauliflower

Add roast cauliflower to chicken for the perfect partnership. Chunks of toasted sourdough take the place of potatoes here, soaking up all the roasting juices

Author: Tom Kerridge

Almond crusted fish with saffron sauce

Here's a traditional Italian favourite - a classic Venetian dish dating back to the 14th century

Author: Mary Cadogan

Yogurt Marinated Fried Chicken With Saffron and Paprika

Here is a fried chicken recipe that is the best kind of weeknight cooking, with ingredients found quickly at most local grocery stores, whirled in a food processor and then left overnight to turn into...

Author: Julia Moskin

Oven Poached Salmon

Author: Nancy Harmon Jenkins

Pasta with chilli tomatoes & spinach

A low-fat supper of tasty tomato sauce and penne - wilt down a whole bag of spinach for extra nutrients

Author: Good Food team

Korean sesame pork stir fry

Throw strips of pork loin into a wok with crunchy veg and sesame seeds for a speedy Asian dinner - ready in half an hour

Author: Katy Gilhooly

Faggots with onion gravy

Made from pork shoulder and pigs liver, meatball-like faggots are a blast from the thrifty past - serve with mashed potatoes

Author: Sara Buenfeld

Dry Cured Smoked Salmon

Author: Nancy Harmon Jenkins

Steamed Mussels In Saffron Broth

Author: Florence Fabricant

Lemony mushroom pilaf

If you're after a lighter alternative to risotto, this low-fat mushroom pilaf is just the ticket

Author: Good Food team

Portuguese braised steak & onions

In Portugal this braise would be served with fried potatoes or rice, but it goes just as well with a pillow of buttery mash

Author: Barney Desmazery

Spiced okra curry

This dish from reader Arjmand Sheikh, passed down from her Indian great-grandmother, proves just how delicious okra can be

Author: Good Food team

Horseradish butter steaks

A good steak is always a treat, but topped with horseradish & chive butter it becomes something really special

Author: Mary Cadogan

Chicken and Pepper Stew

This is an adaptation of a classic French bistro dish, poulet Basquaise. The chicken is cooked in a pipérade of onion, garlic, hot and sweet peppers, tomatoes and, in the authentic version, cured ham,...

Author: Martha Rose Shulman

Tagliatelle with vegetable ragu

This veggie Bolognese-style sauce is great served with pasta and crams in three of your five-a-day

Author: Lucy Netherton

Spicy salmon & lentils

This dish is easy to cook but still packed full of flavour.

Author: Good Food team

Stuffed butternut squash with quinoa

A filling vegetarian supper of roasted squash with a healthy pepper, pine nut and olive-flecked quinoa stuffing

Author: Caroline Hire - Food writer

Sweet potato & chorizo quesadillas

Fill tortilla wraps with sweet potato, spicy Spanish sausage and feta cheese then finish on a griddle pan

Author: Cassie Best

Stir Fried Beans With Tofu and Chiles

This crunchy, colorful stir-fry has an added kick from serrano chiles. I can't resist buying an array of beans when they're at summer farmers' markets. I love to mix yellow and green beans in this crunchy,...

Author: Martha Rose Shulman

Provençal Zucchini and Swiss Chard Tart

This is such a pretty mixture of zucchini and greens that I hate to hide it under a top crust. Sometimes I substitute beet greens for the Swiss chard.

Author: Martha Rose Shulman

Tarragon roast chicken with summer greens

Make a Sunday roast with a healthy spin and seasonal flavours. Our gluten-free chicken recipe is rich in iron, folate, vitamin C and fibre

Author: Sara Buenfeld

Roast pork with apples & mustard

Tangy apples and hot mustard ensure this dish is packed full of punchy flavours

Author: Jenny White

Herbed pork fillet with roast vegetables

A one pan low-fat roast with pork and herbed vegetables - healthy and hearty

Author: Good Food team

Pork vindaloo

Marinate pork with Indian flavours for this traditionally very spicy, aromatic curry - decrease the number of dried chillies for less heat

Author: Good Food team

Orzo with Summer Squash and Pesto

There's still plenty of summer squash in the market. I like to dice it small for this dish, cook it with a little garlic and marjoram or mint and toss it with orzo, a pasta that looks like rice but tastes...

Author: Martha Rose Shulman

Baked glazed ham

This is a true Christmas centrepiece and an essential for any traditional dinner. Simple and effective, with just five ingredients to a festive favourite

Author: John Torode

Crab & avocado tostadas

Use a corn tortilla as a base then top with storecupboard crabmeat, guacamole-style Mexican dip and salad

Author: Lucy Netherton

One pot fish with black olives & tomatoes

Five minutes on the hob, 15 minutes in the oven, this tasty fish dish is one-pot cooking at its best

Author: Good Food team

Potato, pepper & chorizo stew with fried eggs

Budget-friendly, Mexican-style pepper stew topped with an egg - a huevos rancheros for supper time

Author: Good Food team

Pasta with tomato & hidden veg sauce

Get your family to eat more veg with this superhealthy pasta sauce recipe which counts as 5 of your 5-a-day. The sauce is freezable too

Author: Good Food team

Spiced bulgur pilaf with fish

Use sustainable white fish in this North African-inspired rice one-pot with harissa and apricot - full of iron, fibre and 2 of your 5 -a-day

Author: Good Food team

Pork goulash with herby dumplings

Goulash makes a great freezer standby - just the job when you're pushed for time, but want the comfort of a stew

Author: Good Food team

Stuffed marrow bake

Make the most of marrow with this superhealthy budget family supper

Author: Good Food team

Curry in a hurry

Curry needn't be a chore-like undertaking - here's a curry you can prepare in minutes

Author: Mary Cadogan

Arroz al horno (baked rice)

Combine pork belly, black pudding and bacon lardons in this Spanish rice dish. Meaty and filling, it feeds eight with little effort and is perfect for a cold night

Author: Diana Henry

Roast rack of pork with wild garlic stuffing

A showstopping pork dish that's a great Sunday lunch for a crowd, the trim from the rack makes a flavourful stuffing, infused wtih wild garlic or use a combination of spinach and garlic

Author: Rosie Birkett

Thai green prawn curry

Whip up this Asian style prawn dish in just 15 minutes with coconut milk and sugar snap peas - serve over noodles or jasmine rice

Author: Good Food team

Bean & pepper chilli

Use your choice of storecupboard pulses in this healthy vegetarian one-pot

Author: Good Food team

Stir Fried Rainbow Peppers, Eggplant and Tofu

My method of roasting the eggplant before stir-frying is not at all Chinese, but it allows me to pull off a beautiful, succulent stir-fried eggplant that doesn't require at least 1/4 cup of oil. The eggplant...

Author: Martha Rose Shulman

Sweet potato & spinach bake

If you're after some substantial comfort food on a budget then this vegetarian bake is just the thing. Add lamb chops for the meat eaters

Author: Good Food team

Creamy veggie korma

Creamy and healthy - a winning combination for this curry, which can be easily adapted to suit all the family if some want to add meat

Author: Good Food team