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.
In even more of a hurry? Try dinner inspiration in 20 minutes.
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Weekly pasta recipes
Mixed seafood conchiglioni
This pasta brings all the flavours of moules marinières, with none of the fuss. Give it a go tonight for a 20-minute winner.
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Lentil recipes
Puy lentil and tomato salad with jammy onions and crispy feta
This lentil salad combines the freshest tomatoes, lightly marinated, and red onions prepared two ways. Add crispy feta for creamy crunch.
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Tuna recipes
Sicilian tuna pasta
This quick and easy tuna pasta is ready in under half an hour and brings the fresh, vibrant flavours of the southern Italian coastline right into your kitchen.
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Leftover lunch recipes
Leftover pasta frittata
Leftover spaghetti is the carb hero of this robust omelette. This versatile frittata is the perfect vehicle for any leftover pasta and veg.
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Lettuce recipes
Braised lettuce with trout, peas and mint
This one-pot dinner sings of early summer and is ready in just 20 minutes. If you’ve never braised lettuce before, you’re in for a treat.
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Paneer recipes
Paneer, tomato and pea curry
This speedy vegetarian curry combines tinned tomatoes and frozen peas with plenty of spices and sticks of paneer cheese.
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Sausage pasta recipes
Sausage, courgette and watercress pesto pasta
Peppery summer watercress is a brilliant partner for silky courgettes in this easy sausage pasta dish with homemade, lemony pesto.
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Dinner ideas for two
Lemongrass turkey mince noodle salad
A riff on a Vietnamese rice noodle salad, this turkey dish is bursting with fresh flavours from lemongrass, ginger, chilli, mint and lime.
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Healthy fish recipes
Pollock, red pepper and olive stew
This easy fish stew has smoky depth. Lemon and briny olives add contrasting freshness, while potatoes and chickpeas make it a filling dinner.Â
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Air fryer recipes
Air fryer chicken thighs
These simple air fryer chicken thighs are the best, thanks to a little science and a light coating of flour – spiced for extra flavour.
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Weekly pasta recipes
Creamy bucatini with chorizo and mushrooms
Spanish chorizo imbues cream with its punchy, paprika-coloured oils in this bucatini recipe. Peas, lemon and tarragon add brighter top notes, with mushrooms grounding bringing earthiness.
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Sausage pasta recipes
Angela Hartnett’s rigatoni with fennel and sausage
A simple, rustic, deeply flavourful pasta dish from the iconic Angela Hartnett, with fennel and sausage in a tomato sauce.
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Tomato pasta recipes
Anelli alla vodka (vodka spaghetti hoops)
This is spaghetti hoops – but for grown-ups! Far superior to the sickly-sweet tinned stuff, this is a twist on the penne alla vodka popular in Italian-American restaurants.
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Favourite lamb recipes
Lamb chops with chermoula and giant couscous
Treat yourself to a springtime lamb chop dinner. This giant couscous salad is packed with sun-dried tomatoes, olives and tenderstem broccoli.
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Frittata recipes
Artichoke and crisp frittata
Crisps in a frittata? It really does work. We’ve added creamy artichokes and a zingy side salad to cut through the richness.
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30-minute meal recipes
Walnut and four-herb pesto pasta
Use our fabulous, freeze-ahead green sauce to make this delicious walnut pesto pasta. A great quick pasta recipe to have up your sleeve.
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