Easy dinner recipes and ideas
Make satisfying meals with 100+ quick and easy dinner recipe ideas. Get out of a midweek dinner rut with fresh ideas for pasta, rice, speedy chicken suppers, quick fish dishes and plenty of meat-free ideas. When dinner is needed fast, these are the recipes you need in your repertoire.
Favourites of ours include our ever-popular saucy romesco chicken (try it!). There’s oozing orzo carbonara, and a satisfying lamb meatball traybake too. Whatever you’re in the mood for, you’ll find something to enjoy.
These easy dinner recipes are good value. We love them because they’re purse-friendly and so simple to make. Think thrifty cuts like chicken thighs, meatballs and sausages, where a little meat goes a long way. And simple doesn’t need to mean boring. Our super orzo carbonara, miso-roast chicken thighs and quick spinach and egg pizzas are proof of that. Have a browse and select a few new meals to cook this week, you’ll be glad you changed things up on your menu, we promise.
If your party is small, check out our dinner ideas for two. Having guests over? Take a look at our easy dinner party mains too, for something a bit more special but still stress-free to serve up.
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Fennel recipes
Fennel tarte tatin
This fennel tarte tatin is a great vegetarian dinner or side for a roast. Fennel seeds temper the sweetness and goat’s cheese adds tang.
Chicken thigh recipes
Chicken thighs in a mustard, tarragon and grape pan sauce
The sauce is the star of this easy bistro dish, made using all those delicious brown bits from the bottom of the pan for buckets of flavour.
Lamb curry recipes
Atul Kochhar’s lamb pepper fry
Atul Kochhar's Keralan lamb pepper fry is flavoured with curry leaves, cloves and plenty of black pepper. It's ready in just 30 minutes.
Quick and easy pork recipes
Michel Roux Jr’s pork steaks with summer vegetables
This summer-ready dish by Michel Roux Jr makes a hero of pork steaks, cooked simply alongside asparagus, courgettes and tomatoes.
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.
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.
Pork chop recipes
Pork chops with preserved-lemon butter beans
Preserved lemon gives the classic combo of pork chops and beans a hit of tart, salty umami. A low-fuss, high-flavour weeknight dinner.
One-pot chicken recipes
Braised chicken with kefir, orzo and dried limes
An easy chicken dinner with big flavour. Tender braised chicken and toothsome orzo mingle in a tangy kefir sauce in this elegant one-pot.
Halloumi recipes
Potato tagine with baked halloumi
This North African-inspired potato tagine includes golden halloumi, preserved lemon and olives. A winning weeknight vegetarian dinner.
Venison recipes
Spiced venison naan with pineapple salsa
Chilli, lime and coriander pep up this pineapple salsa, which works wonderfully with the spice-marinated venison steaks and grilled naan.
Pork chop recipes
Pork chops with bean pureé, sprouts and apples
This new take on the classic combo of pork chops with apple and sage is ready in just 30 minutes – but tastes like it took so much longer.
Mussel recipes
Tamarind and coconut mussels with rice
Tangy tamarind, warming ginger and subtly chilli-infused coconut milk create a vibrant broth to cook mussels in.
Easy orzo recipes
Chicken and chicory orzo
Combine crispy chicken and orzo with caramelised chicory for an easy midweek dinner you'll return to again and again in the winter months.
Midweek meal recipes
Herby haddock with salt and vinegar mash and curry mayo
This quick dinner has serious chip shop vibes. The mash tastes like a perfect bag of chips with vinegar, and the curry mayo echoes curry sauce.
Turkey recipes
Turkey schnitzel with cranberry ketchup
Dish up golden turkey schnitzels with old-school Russian salad and a tangy cranberry ketchup for an easy midweek dinner with a festive spin.Â
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