Main Course recipes

17 tried-and-tested main course recipes to cook from, with quantities you can scale and steps you can tick off.

• Slow Cooker Garlic & Honey Chicken Noodles — Chicken cooked in the slow cooker in a sticky soy, honey, garlic and sweet chilli sauce, then tossed with noodles and…
• Spinach & Tomato Dhal — A five-ingredient vegan dhal: red lentils, spinach, cherry tomatoes, a stock cube and garam masala, all put in one pan…
• Fresh Pasta — Silky fresh egg pasta from nothing but flour and eggs — one egg to every 100g of flour, per person.
• Hachis Parmentier — The French version of cottage pie. Beef cheeks are slow-braised in red wine instead of using mince, then topped with…
• Marry Me Chicken Orzo — Marry Me Chicken made in one pan with orzo, which cooks in the creamy sun-dried tomato sauce. Takes about half an hour.
• Hoisin Chicken Stir-Fry with Red Pepper & Noodles — Five-spice chicken thighs stir-fried with red pepper, onion and egg noodles in a soy and hoisin sauce. Ready in under…
• Creamy Sweetcorn Pasta Salad with Chorizo — A pasta salad with roasted sweetcorn and crispy chorizo, dressed with tzatziki. It keeps well in the fridge, so it's…
• Creamy Sweet Potato & Sausage Gnocchi — Gnocchi with sausage in a creamy sweet potato sauce with herbs. An easy autumn dinner.
• Creamy Butter Bean & Spinach with Lemon Salmon — Air-fried salmon on creamy butter beans and spinach, with lemon to lift the sauce. Simple enough for a weeknight.
• Pesto Sausage Gnocchi Bake — Sausages and gnocchi baked in a creamy pesto sauce. Easy to make and easy to adapt.
• Traditional Spaghetti Carbonara — Spaghetti carbonara made the traditional way, with eggs, cheese and pancetta and no cream.
• Slow Cooker Leek & Potato Soup — A smooth, creamy leek and potato soup made in the slow cooker.
• Chicken & Leek Orzotto — A creamy risotto-style dish made with orzo, chicken and leeks.
• Bang Bang Chicken & Rice — Chicken, peppers and rice in a creamy sweet chilli sauce, topped with melted cheddar. Quick to make and easy to change…
• Cheesy Mexican Style Beef — Spiced beef with roast potatoes and melted cheddar on top. Serve with guacamole and sour cream.
• Slow Cooker Lasagne Soup — All the flavours of lasagne made as a soup in the slow cooker. Good for a cold day.
• Marry Me Chicken — A slow cooker version of Marry Me Chicken, with chicken in a creamy sun-dried tomato sauce.