Featured Casual Recipes

Acquacotta
This traditional Tuscan soup, which means 'cooked water', is served with a poached egg for extra richness - a perfect starter or light lunch
Author:Theo Randall
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 4 - 6
Cook: 40 mins Prep: 20 mins

Grilled Aubergines With Spicy Chickpeas & Walnut Sauce
This vegetarian dish is packed full of great textures and tastes - smoky aubergine, nutty chickpeas and earthy walnuts
Author:Mary Cadogan
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 2
Cook: 30 mins Prep: 20 mins

Aubergine Rolls With Spinach & Ricotta
This spin on Italian 'melanzane alla Parmigiana' is quick to prepare and makes a deliciously creamy, veggie bake
Author:Good Food
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 4
Cook: 45 mins Prep: 15 mins

Speedy Moroccan Meatballs
A great twist on meatballs for a quick and tasty supper
Author:Good Food
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 4
Cook: 15 mins Prep: 5 mins

Japanese-Style Brown Rice
A simple healthy side of brown rice served with ginger, garlic, spring onions, soy sauce and soya beans
Author:Katy Greenwood
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 4
Cook: 25 mins Prep: 5 mins

Vietnamese Chicken Baguettes (Bhan Mi)
Stuff your sandwich with chicken, carrot, cucumber, spring onion and sweet chilli dressing for Asian zing
Author:Katy Greenwood
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 1
Cook: 5 mins - 10 mins Prep: 20 mins

Japanese-Style Bento Box
This Asian-inspired lunchbox with mackerel sushi, edamame beans and fresh fruit will keep you going all afternoon
Author:Katy Greenwood
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 1
Cook: 25 mins Prep: 20 mins

Ken Hom's Stir-Fried Chicken With Chillies & Basil
A traditional Thai dish packed with aromatic flavours, that's easy to prepare and packed with aromatic flavour
Author:Ken Hom
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 4
Cook: - mins Prep: - mins

Scotch Eggs
A hidden layer of bacon makes this traditional Scotch egg recipe extra special
Author:Sarah Cook
Difficulty:Hard
Serves:Makes 9
Cook: 30 mins Prep: 1 hr, 20 mins

Caponata
A quintessentially Sicilian veggie dish of aubergines, tomatoes, raisins, capers and pine nuts - serve with toasted ciabatta
Author:John Torode
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 6 - 8
Cook: 1 hr, 15 mins Prep: 35 mins