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.
- Jamaican escovitch fish with rice and peas: Crisp fried fish topped with a tangy, peppery pickle of onions, carrots and peppers, the Jamaican way. Served with coconut rice and peas.
- Japchae glass noodles with beef and veg: Slippery, chewy Korean sweet potato noodles tossed with beef, spinach and colourful veg in a sweet sesame-soy dressing. Traditionally a part...
- Jerk chicken with rice and peas: Fiery, fragrant jerk-spiced chicken thighs with creamy coconut rice and kidney beans.
- Kashmiri lamb rogan josh: Tender lamb slow-cooked in a deep red, aromatic sauce coloured with paprika and warmed by cardamom, cinnamon and ginger, as it is in Kashmir...
- Keema matar with homemade chapatis: Spiced lamb mince with sweet peas, a quick, homely north Indian curry that most kids happily wolf down. Rolling your own chapatis is easier...
- Kefta mkaouara: Moroccan meatball and egg tagine: Little cumin-spiced meatballs simmered in a thick tomato sauce, then finished with eggs poached right in the pan. A favourite Moroccan home...
- Kenyan beef pilau with kachumbari: Spiced rice cooked with tender beef in its own broth, scented with cumin, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves, as served at celebrations along the...
- Kerala chicken stew with coconut and potatoes: A soothing, creamy white stew from Kerala in south India: chicken, potatoes and carrots simmered in coconut milk with whole spices, ginger a...
- Kerala fish curry: A South Indian coconut fish curry, sharp with tamarind and warm with chilli. Simmering the fish gently keeps it in soft, juicy chunks.
- Koshari: Egyptian lentils, rice and pasta with spiced tomato sauce: Egypt's beloved street food: layers of rice, lentils and macaroni topped with a tangy spiced tomato sauce, chickpeas and crispy onions. Ever...
- Kung pao chicken: A Sichuan favourite of tender chicken, peppers and crunchy roasted peanuts in a glossy, tangy, gently numbing sauce. Faster than a takeaway...
- Lamb chops with mash and peas: Pan-fried lamb chops with crisp, golden edges, creamy mash, minted peas and a jug of gravy. A proper dinner that's on the table in half an h...
- Lamb kleftiko with lemony potatoes: Lamb, potatoes, garlic, lemon and oregano sealed in a parcel and baked low and slow until it falls apart, a Greek dish said to come from ban...
- Lamb kofta with pittas: Herby spiced lamb koftas cooked under the grill, with warm pittas, salad and a garlicky yoghurt dip.
- Lancashire hotpot: Tender lamb and onion under overlapping golden potato slices, slow-baked until the edges crisp.
- Larb gai: Thai minced chicken salad with sticky rice: A zingy north-eastern Thai dish of warm minced chicken tossed with lime, fish sauce, herbs and toasted rice, scooped up with lettuce and sti...
- Leek and potato soup: Silky, mellow soup that costs pennies and warms everyone up. Serve with buttered rolls.
- Leftover chicken and rice soup: Stretches the Sunday chicken and homemade stock into a light, nourishing soup. Done in 30 minutes.
- Leftover chicken and sweetcorn mash-top pie: Turns the Sunday chicken and its stock into a cheap, creamy pie with a golden mash lid.
- Leftover chicken ramen: A warming noodle soup using leftover roast chicken and the homemade stock. Soft eggs and greens make it a bowl-full.
- Lemon and herb chicken thighs with crispy potatoes: Chicken thighs roasted on a bed of potatoes with lemon, garlic and oregano until the skin crackles and the potatoes soak up all the juices.
- Lemon and herb salmon parcels: Foil parcels of salmon with new potatoes and courgette that steam to perfection on the BBQ or in the oven.
- Lemon and parsley baked salmon with new potatoes: Gentle oven-baked salmon with buttery new potatoes, green beans and peas. A lovely light supper for warm evenings.
- Lemongrass tofu noodle bowls: A Vietnamese-style bún bowl: sticky, caramelised lemongrass tofu over cool rice noodles and crunchy salad, with a sharp, sweet lime dressing...