Dinner inspiration in 20 minutes
We know the feeling – it’s late. You need dinner inspiration and you need something on the table QUICKLY. Luckily you’ve come to right place. These fuss-free, easy dinner recipes are all ready to eat in around 20 minutes or less.
These speedy dinner recipes include comforting pasta, quick fish dishes, stir-fries and noodles, fancy toasties, easy chicken curry and nifty air-fryer hacks. There’s plenty of vegetarian and vegan dinner inspiration, too. Whatever your mood, budget or post-work energy levels, we’ve got the dinner inspiration to match.
Browse 100+ dinner recipes here, or check out more easy midweek tea ideas.
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Dinner inspiration in 20 minutes
Portobello mushroom mulitas
Mexico’s mulita is like a smaller, even more delicious quesadilla, fried in oil and sandwiched together rather than folded over....
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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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Crab recipes
Crab and courgette pasta
Grating courgettes into pasta allows them to retain their fresh flavour while melting into a sauce, providing a perfect partner...
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Dinner ideas for two
Hake with avocado and mojo verde
“Mojo verde is a vibrant sauce from the Canary Islands and works wonderfully with all seafood. The hake cooks in...
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Brunch recipes
Spicy sausage scrambled eggs with tarka beans
Chef Sabrina Gidda’s spicy scrambled eggs recipe is perfect for a blow-out brunch. Tarka beans (Indian baked beans) are served...
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July seasonal recipes
Mediterranean feta pasta salad
Classic Greek salad meets crowdpleasing pasta salad in this Mediterranean hybrid. Fresh seasonal veg, sun-dried tomatoes and a big block...
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'Nduja recipes
Mussels with ‘nduja, fennel and oregano
This is moules mariniere’s spicy sibling! Fiery ‘nduja adds heat to this quick and easy pot of mussels, whilst fennel’s...
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Chinese New Year recipes
San choy bau (Chinese pork lettuce wraps)
Crispy, cold lettuce leaves embrace piping hot pork with bold Chinese seasonings in this lettuce wraps recipe from chef Lara...
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30-minute meal recipes
Cheesy kimchi linguine with gochujang butter
Lara Lee’s cheesy kimchi linguine with gochujang butter is a pasta dish that flies the flag for sweet-spicy-salty-umami-fermented flavour. Plus,...
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Easy student recipes
Spaghetti aglio e olio
Aglio e olio is simple Italian cooking at its finest. Originally from Naples, this pasta dish shows how just a...
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Easy dinner party mains
Orzo carbonara
It certainly won’t please any Italians, but making carbonara with orzo instead of the more usual spaghetti or rigatoni creates...
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30-minute meal recipes
Bucatini cacio e pepe
Cacio e pepe is one of those dishes that rely on the method as much as the ingredients. This one,...
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Sardine recipes
Sardine and chilli oil pappardelle with smacked cucumber
Fresh pappardelle is an easy supermarket swap for thick hand-pulled noodles in this quick, Chinese-inspired dish. Serve sardine noodles with...
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April seasonal recipes
Pickled asparagus tonnato
This stunning plate is inspired by northern Italian dish vitello tonnato – finely sliced veal topped with silky tuna sauce...
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Dinner inspiration in 20 minutes
Marmite and cheddar bubble and squeak
Bubble and squeak (that’s fried cabbage-studded mashed potato for the uninitiated) is one of those chameleon dishes that can become...
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30-minute meal recipes
Speedy poached pollock with aromatic spices
Passive cooking is the term used to describe dishes that are made using the residual heat after food spends a...
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