Bean salad with yogurt avocado dressing

This rainbow salad makes a refreshing vegetarian main packed with cannellini beans, broad beans, carrots and radishes

Spiced chicken & pineapple salad

This colourful salad is packed with contrasting flavours and textures – dress with sweet chilli and coriander

Walnut & red pepper pesto pasta

Homemade pesto knocks spots off shop-bought jars. This earthy blend is a new take on the versatile Italian sauce

Special seafood & saffron pasta

Mussels, scallops and king prawns make this shellfish supper for two a real treat – it works just as well with spaghetti or linguini

Roasted beetroot & egg salad

This vegetarian salad with creamy dill dressing and crunchy hazelnuts makes a great lunch, or light main course

Smoky sweet potato & bean cakes with citrus salad

These storecupboard chipotle patties are not only thrifty, they count as four of your 5-a-day allowance of fruit and vegetables.

Asian short ribs with herb salad

A Thai-style beef recipe that’s made in a pressure cooker – the meat becomes melt-in-the-mouth in its rich sauce.

Prawn & pomelo salad

Seafood matches perfectly with bittersweet citrus fruit, like pomelo or grapefuit. Add chilli and a tamarind dressing for a bold Thai salad

Celeriac salad with Parmesan, walnuts & parsley

An elegant no-cook starter or special light lunch packed with crunch and earthy flavours

Chilli beef with black beans and avocado salad

Bulk out red meat with black beans to keep things a little lighter. This one-pot treat is still packed with plenty of flavour

Quinoa, squash & broccoli salad

Combine this healthy grain with vegetarian ingredients. Feta cheese, pumpkin seeds, cranberries, parsley and butternut squash work together a treat

Chickpea patties with carrot & raisin salad

These harissa-spiked vegetarian patties are served with a crunchy salad of watercress, courgette and radishes in a light dressing