No-cook budget recipes
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Summer
Watermelon, feta, herb and peanut salad with hot and sour dressing
Sweet, thirst-quenching watermelon meets salty feta in this centrepiece summer salad - the perfect side for a dinner party.
Summer salads and sides
José Pizarro’s salted anchovy and heritage tomato salad
José Pizarro's sweet, yet salty anchovy salad is a great introduction to a meal or a complementary side dish – it's simple but stunning.
Tinned beans
Spiced butter bean and za’atar dip
All this spicy butter bean dip needs is a stack of toasted pittas or crudités and your snack or easy starter is ready to serve.
Blackcurrants
Blackcurrant, lime and coconut cheesecake slice
The bold flavours of fresh blackcurrant, lime and coconut combine to make this a heavenly no-bake cheesecake slice.
Summer salads and sides
Cretan dakos salad
Cretan dakos is a vegetarian salad recipe made with tomatoes, krisprolls, feta and olives. A great recipe forhot days, with a glass of rosé.
Tomatoes
Heritage tomato salad with air dried ham, melon and mozzarella
Fresh melon and juicy tomatoes contrast perfectly with salty ham in Debbie Major's heritage tomato salad recipe. Ideal as a starter or main.
Butter beans
Smoky puréed butter beans on toast with cured ham
Our Smoky puréed butter beans on toast with cured hamVirtually no cooking is needed (except toasting) in this midweek meal recipe.
Make-ahead desserts
Penny sweet parfait
If you're looking for an alternative to say, a rocky road, then this dessert recipe, made from classic penny sweets, will become a favourite
Cheat's recipes
Blueberry sponge slice
This no-cook easy blueberry dessert recipe is made with ready-made madeira sponge so it's ready in just 30 minutes.
Quick puddings
No-bake peach tarts
This clever no-bake dessert uses ready-made ingredients, needs no time in the oven and takes less than 15 minutes to make.
Summer salads and sides
Feta pesto with crudités and toasted pitta bread
This feta pesto recipe mixes verdant and herbal notes to create a refreshing flavour. Serve with baby veg and toasted pitta for the perfect sharing platter.
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