Family recipes
Free family recipes, from weeknight fakeaways to Sunday roasts and proper puddings: each with the full method, and how to adjust it for vegetarians, allergies and fussy eaters.
- Shredded beef ragù pasta bake: Leftover slow-cooked brisket stirred through a rich tomato sauce with pasta and baked under bubbling mozzarella. The smoky beef gives it a d...
- Singapore noodles: Thin rice noodles stir-fried with chicken, prawns, egg and crunchy veg in a golden curry seasoning. A takeaway favourite that is quick enoug...
- Sizzling chicken fajitas: Smoky strips of chicken with peppers and onions brought to the table still sizzling, so everyone can wrap up their own.
- Sloppy joes: Sweet and tangy saucy mince piled into toasted buns. Messy, cheap and gone in minutes.
- Slow cooker BBQ pulled pork: A big, sticky, tender shoulder of pork that cooks itself all day. Plenty is left over for nachos.
- Slow cooker beef bourguignon: The great Burgundy stew of beef, red wine, bacon, mushrooms and little shallots, made easy in the slow cooker. Ten minutes of browning in th...
- Slow cooker chicken dhansak: A Parsi-style curry of chicken cooked into red lentils and squash, sweet, sour and gently warm. It thickens itself in the slow cooker and fr...
- Slow cooker honey-glazed gammon with parsley sauce: A gently simmered gammon finished with a sticky honey and mustard glaze, with new potatoes and an old-fashioned parsley sauce. The cooking w...
- Slow cooker Korean gochujang beef: Beef braised low and slow with soy, ginger and grated pear (a Korean trick for tenderness), then finished with fiery-sweet gochujang. Lift o...
- Slow cooker pork and cider casserole with mustard mash: Tender chunks of pork shoulder in a gently sweet cider gravy with leeks, carrots and apple, ladled over mustardy mash. A proper West Country...
- Slow cooker red-braised pork belly: Inspired by Chinese hong shao rou: pork belly glazed in caramel and braised with soy, ginger and star anise until meltingly soft. Serve with...
- Slow cooker smoky beef brisket with jacket potatoes: Texas-style smoky, sticky brisket that falls apart at a push, piled onto jacket potatoes with slaw and corn. Cook a big joint and you have s...
- Slow cooker Turkish-spiced lamb shoulder with bulgur pilaf: Lamb shoulder rubbed with cumin, paprika, garlic and a little chilli, slow-cooked until it falls from the bone, then served Turkish-style wi...
- Slow cooker Tuscan bean and vegetable stew: A thick Tuscan-style pot of white beans, potatoes and cabbage in a herby tomato broth, like a ribollita without the fuss. Cheap, filling and...
- Slow cooker whole chicken with lemon and garlic: Put a whole chicken in the slow cooker in the morning and come home to the most tender roast you have ever carved. The carcass goes straight...
- Slow lamb curry: A deep, warming, medium-heat curry with tender lamb and spinach. Ideal for a cold weekend.
- Slow-roast pork shoulder with apple sauce: Falling-apart pork with crackling, homemade apple sauce and all the trimmings. Leaves pork and stock for later.
- Smash burgers: Thin, crispy-edged beef patties with melted cheese in soft buns, with chips on the side.
- Smoked haddock kedgeree: A gently spiced Anglo-Indian rice dish with flakes of smoky fish, soft-boiled eggs and peas. Lovely for supper, and just as good for a weeke...
- Smoked haddock, leek and spinach filo pie: A lighter cousin of fish pie: a creamy, smoky filling under crinkled sheets of crisp filo instead of mash. Quicker than it looks.
- Smoky black bean burgers with avocado and salsa: Proper chunky bean burgers with a crisp crust and a smoky middle, piled into buns with smashed avocado. Drying the beans in the oven first i...
- Smoky mushroom and black bean tacos with pineapple salsa: Mushrooms charred hard in a hot pan with chipotle and cumin, plus black beans, in soft corn tortillas with a sweet, sharp pineapple salsa. A...
- South African bobotie with yellow rice: Cape Malay comfort food: gently curried mince with chutney and raisins, baked under a savoury egg custard. Served with turmeric rice studded...
- Spaghetti carbonara: Silky egg, crispy bacon and plenty of parmesan, with no cream in sight and on the table in twenty minutes.