Midweek meal recipes

Worked late? Need something not too challenging? Our choice of midweek meal recipes is what we like to cook on busy weekdays. They’re speedy, satisfying and easy to make. If you’re looking for weeknight dinner inspiration and bored of the same meals on rotation, you’re in the right place. Discover air fryer sausage stew, easy pasta dishes, speedy one-tray roasts and simple fishcakes. Whether you’re on the hunt for chicken dinners for weeknights, new ways with your jacket potatoes, or vegetarian recipes to please the whole family, we’ve got stacks of ideas for you. Our aim here is to offer up midweek meal recipes that won’t take hours to make or leave you with a tonne of dishes to wash up. And everyday dinners don’t need to be boring. Whether you’re a confident cook or a relative newbie, these weeknight dinner recipes have all been developed to fit into your busy routine, but still deliver big-time on flavour.

Dashing out the door or too exhausted to linger in the kitchen? Try dinner inspiration in 20 minutes. Trying to make healthy choices? You’ll love our healthy family dinners.

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Courgette parmigiana with gochujang and black sesame

July seasonal

Courgette parmigiana with gochujang and black sesame

This easy vegetarian dinner is a variation on traditional parmigiana, made with sliced, charred courgettes in a tomato and parmesan sauce.

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Enchiladas verdes

Chicken thighs

Enchiladas verdes

These Mexican enchiladas verdes are filled with tender chicken thighs and covered with cheese and rich tomatillo sauce for great dinner

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Air fryer chicken breasts with crispy new potato salad

Air fryer

Air fryer chicken breasts with crispy new potato salad

The recipe combines spiced air fryer chicken breasts and a crispy new potato salad for a summery twist on chicken and potatoes.

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Air fryer crispy chickpea-stuffed aubergines with whipped feta

Favourite vegetarian

Air fryer crispy chickpea-stuffed aubergines with whipped feta

Air fryer crispy chickpeas are stuffed into aubergines in this easy vegetarian recipe, finished with whipped feta and crispy chilli oil.

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Beef and bean burgers

Burgers

Beef and bean burgers

We've given you the option to choose which route you take with these easy 50/50 burgers made from a mix of beef and kidney beans.

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Chicken rice with tomato, basil and mozzarella

Mozzarella

Chicken rice with tomato, basil and mozzarella

Chicken-infused rice meets the classic trio of tomato, basil and mozzarella in this easy midweek dinner recipe. It's a winter blues beater!

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Fruity chicken curry traybake

Chicken curries

Fruity chicken curry traybake

Take a pack of chicken breasts and make our easy chicken curry traybake – its creamy, fruity sauce is delicious with naan or rice.

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Pea green orzotto

Easy orzo

Pea green orzotto

This beautiful, bright green orzo has the fresh flavours of sweet peas, fragrant basil and a wonderful oozy texture thanks to the mozzarella. It’s spring in a bowl!

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Air fryer orzo puttanesca

Air fryer

Air fryer orzo puttanesca

This easy air fryer orzo puttanesca takes is one-pot cooking at its best, using storecupboard ingredients such as tinned tomatoes and olives.

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Air fryer Singapore noodles

Quick vegetarian

Air fryer Singapore noodles

You don’t need a wok to make these easy air fryer Singapore noodles – the air fryer does all the work for you and they’re a cinch to make.

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Air fryer vegetable korma

Air fryer

Air fryer vegetable korma

Did you know you can cook vegetable korma in the air fryer? This easy potato, aubergine and cauliflower curry takes just 20 mins to prepare.

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Sweet potato dal with butter bean parathas

Sweet potatoes

Sweet potato dal with butter bean parathas

This creamy sweet potato dal with easy butter bean parathas is perfect when you need a warm bowl of healthy comfort food on busy nights.

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One-pan creamy chicken cacciatore

One-pan meals

One-pan creamy chicken cacciatore

One-pan chicken cacciatore with juicy chicken thighs and creamy mascarpone is a fuss-free, flavour-packed dish for busy nights.

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Mussels in ginger, coconut and red chilli broth

Mussels

Mussels in ginger, coconut and red chilli broth

These fragrant mussels in ginger, coconut and red chilli broth, from cookbook Indian Kitchens by Roopa Gulati, make a simple but elegant dish.

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Air fryer fishcakes

Air fryer

Air fryer fishcakes

Learn how to make golden fishcakes in the air fryer with our easy recipe. These fish cakes are packed with white fish and sardines.

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One-pot sausage lasagne

Lasagnes

One-pot sausage lasagne

This simple one-pot sausage lasagne has all those familiar comforting layers of flavour without the effort – creative cookery at its best.

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