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.
- Fishcakes, chips and peas: Shop-bought fishcakes baked until crisp, oven chips and peas. Friday-ish, any day of the week.
- French bread pizzas: Baguettes split and turned into quick pizzas with tomato, mozzarella and whatever toppings each person likes. Friday night fun in 20 minutes...
- French onion soup with cheesy toasts: Slow-caramelised onions in a deep beefy broth, with melting cheese toasts on top.
- Fresh pasta with pesto: Fresh pasta cooks in 3 minutes: toss with pesto and grate over some cheese.
- Frozen pizza night: A couple of frozen pizzas, garlic bread and something green on the side.
- Full English breakfast for dinner: Sausages, bacon, eggs, beans and toast, with mushrooms and tomatoes for anyone who wants them. Breakfast tastes better at teatime.
- Gammon, egg and chips: Pan-fried gammon steaks with runny-yolked fried eggs, oven chips and peas. Pub food at home in 25 minutes.
- Ghormeh sabzi: Persian herb, bean and lamb stew: Iran's much-loved national stew: tender lamb and kidney beans slow-cooked with a mountain of fried green herbs and a sharp hit of lemon. Dee...
- Giant Yorkshire puddings with sausages and gravy: Huge, crisp Yorkshire puddings filled with sausages and a flood of onion gravy, with peas on the side. A Sunday favourite that works just as...
- Gigantes plaki: Greek baked butter beans: Big, creamy butter beans baked in an oregano and tomato sauce with dill and parsley until the top goes sticky at the edges. A Greek taverna...
- Glamorgan sausages with mash and onion gravy: Wales's famous meat-free sausages: cheese, leek and herbs rolled in breadcrumbs and fried until crisp. Lovely with buttery mash, peas and on...
- Goan prawn curry: A tangy, coconut-rich curry from India's west coast, coloured red with Kashmiri chilli and sharpened with tamarind. The prawns go in at the...
- Gochujang chicken rice bowls: Sticky, sweet-hot Korean-style chicken piled on rice with crunchy veg and a fried egg. Everyone builds their own bowl.
- Greek chicken souvlaki with flatbreads: Lemony, oregano chicken skewers with cool yoghurt dip, warm flatbreads and a crunchy salad.
- Greek moussaka: Layers of soft aubergine and potato with a cinnamon-scented lamb and tomato sauce under a thick, golden béchamel. A Greek family classic and...
- Greek salad with chicken: A chunky salad of tomato, cucumber, olives and feta with leftover chicken, served with warm flatbreads.
- Greek-style lamb burgers: Juicy herby lamb burgers with feta, crisp salad and a lemony yoghurt sauce, cooked on the BBQ.
- Gyudon beef and onion rice bowls: A Japanese everyday favourite: thin slices of beef and sweet, soft onions simmered in a soy and mirin broth and spooned over rice. Fast, com...
- Halloumi burgers with sweet potato wedges: Squeaky golden halloumi in soft buns with sweet chilli mayo and crunchy salad, with roasted sweet potato wedges. A veggie burger night every...
- Halloumi, courgette and tomato traybake: Roast potatoes and Mediterranean veg with golden, squeaky halloumi on top.
- Ham and cheese pasta bake: Pasta tubes in a smooth cheese sauce with chunks of ham and a handful of peas, baked under more cheese until golden. The weeknight bake that...
- Ham and pea risotto: A creamy, comforting risotto made with the ham stock and leftover gammon from the slow cooker, with sweet peas and a squeeze of lemon. Thrif...
- Harissa chicken and chickpea traybake: North African flavours in one tin: harissa chicken thighs roasted over chickpeas, peppers and red onions that soak up all the spicy juices....
- Harissa halloumi and quinoa grain bowls: Squeaky harissa-glazed halloumi on fluffy quinoa with chickpeas and roasted summer veg, finished with lemony yoghurt, mint and pomegranate.