Easy winter warmers
Show the cold who’s boss with our best dishes to warm you up in winter. We’ve got simple one-pots, hearty stews, knock-your-socks-off pies, and indulgent puddings to liven up weeknights.
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Chicken pasta
Negresco (Egyptian chicken pasta bake)
This soul-soothing Egyptian chicken pasta bake, negresco, from food writer Soha Darwish is a crowdpleaser.
Best of British
Classic shepherd’s pie
In this classic shepherd's pie recipe, the flavour of the lamb mince takes centre stage, while a thick layer of mash brings buttery goodness.
Cauliflower
Easy cauliflower curry
This filling and fragrant cauliflower curry needs just 15 minutes prep before you leave it to simmer. An easy vegan dish for busy nights.
Slow cook
Slow cooker feijoada
Feijoada is a hearty pork and bean stew from Brazil. It's the perfect dish to simmer in your slow cooker. Serve with rice and greens.
Duck
Duck and prune tagine
This fragrant duck tagine is cooked low and slow, so the duck legs become fall-apart-tender with ease. Batch cook and freeze in portions.
Venison
Herby venison shank ragù
Having this slow-cooked venison shank ragù in the freezer makes weeknight dishes a doddle. Great with pasta, creamy polenta or mashed potato.
Tomato pastas
Pasta pomodoro
Pasta pomodoro is the original – and best – tomato pasta. This recipe is quick and easy but uses a few tricks to really amp up the flavour.
Italian pastas
Classic pasta puttanesca
One of the most famous classic pasta dishes of all time, pasta puttanesca includes anchovies, garlic, capers, olives and tomatoes.
Rice
Panissa (Piedmontese rice and beans)
Panissa is a robust rice, salami and bean dish from Italy's Piedmont region. It's cooked like a risotto but with a firmer, thicker texture.
Potatoes
Frico (Alpine cheese and potato cake)
Frico is a delicious cheese and potato cake from the Italian Alps. The soft, indulgently savoury cake is ike a very, very cheesy hash brown.
Chicken thighs
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.
Air fryer
Air fryer baked potatoes
If you like your baked potatoes extra crisp, an air fryer is the way to go – it cuts the jacket potato baking time in half.
Lentils
Dal dhokli
Dal dhokli is a traditional Gujarati dish of dal with dumplings. Nisha Parmar shares her thrifty recipe, which makes smart use leftover dal.
Favourite chicken
Chicken and choucroute garnie
Chicken is added to choucroute garnie – an Alsatian dish of sauerkraut with wine, salted meats and caraway – for a comforting one-pot dinner.
Discover one-pots
Chicken dauphinoise with dijon and cream
Claire Thomson combines baked chicken and creamy dauphinoise potatoes to create the ultimate comforting one-pot chicken recipe.
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