Family food - Easy Recipes, Meal Ideas & Meal Planning
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Whatever you're looking to cook and make we've got hundreds of easy family recipes. We know time is precious so our easy recipes often contain cheat ideas and ways to speed them up.
We've a whole range of easy family food, from dinner recipes and simple meal ideas to slow cooker recipes and quick and easy pasta recipes and one pan dinner recipes.
Looking for kid-friendly recipes? We've loads of them to dinner ideas that are great for kids tea times with a focus on quick, easy and healthy food.
We've lunchbox recipes and ideas including some great kids lunch box menu planners to add interest and variation to their packed lunches. Wholesome soup and pasta salad recipes, healthy snacks and delicious bakes.
And we know you like to add your own flair to your cooking so there's always suggestions for switching up the recipe ingredients to create your own dishes.
Hate waste as much as we do? We've loads of suggestions for loving your leftover food and creating new meals from leftovers.
Meal Planning
Need help with meal planning? We've got you covered! Hundreds of pre-filled seasonal meal plans to choose from packed with easy meal ideas we know the whole family will love. Packed with meal planning tips and ways to organise your meals to make life easier.
Deliciously quick pesto, great for a weeknight when you're busy and you want real food fast. This pesto is made in the food processor so it literally takes minutes and yet still tastes amazing. When I make pesto the ingredients are always in handfuls, it's just more relaxed. So you'll need a clove of garlic,...
Sometimes Ice Cream Pudding doesn't need to be complicated it just needs to be fast and yummy especially when feeding a family. This quick and easy pudding is a big favourite here with the kids and it's ready in just a couple of minutes. Brilliant for a weeknight. All you need to whip up this...
A really easy American Cobb Salad recipe. Totally loaded with healthy ingredients, there are only 25 minutes of cooking needed to throw this meal together, making it perfect for eating on hot days. I just love this cobb salad recipe it is so tasty and super easy to make! What Is Cobb Salad? Cobb salad...
These delicious pastrami and dill pickle bagels take just minutes to make and are a tasty lunch option. Good in packed lunches or great for a lazy brunch with coffee or fresh orange juice. Split a bagel (I like sesame seed bagels for this recipe), load it up with fresh salad leaves, add a squirt...
Get our easy recipe to make deliciously soft tear and share bread stuffed with ham, cheese, olives and sun dried tomatoes. We get the bread maker to do the hard work! If you love delicious, soft bread still warm from the oven, stuffed with gooey delicious cheese then this is the bread for you! And...
It's super easy to make falafel and treat yourself to a healthy, vegetarian meal. Our falafel go great in salads, wraps or serve with a yogurt dip for an easy midweek dinner. The spicy falafels are super easy to make and cook. I must admit they're easier to make if you have a food processor....
Super quick Greek chicken salad is a tasty healthy meal ideal for busy weeknights. This is a traditional Greek style salad but with added chicken and it tastes just great! Take a large bowl and toss in lots of lovely fresh ingredients like salad leaves, onions, baby plum tomatoes, cucumber slices, black olives, feta and...
The nicest egg salad sandwich is made with the freshest tastiest bread, free range eggs and always Hellmann's mayonnaise. To make up a pretty perfect egg salad sandwich of your own you'll need a couple of boiled eggs, roughly chopped, mix in a dessertspoon of mayonnaise, the smallest tip of a teaspoon of mustard and...
Our Spanish omelette recipe is super easy to make and completely loaded with delicious Spanish flavours. We'll even show you how to vary the recipe to include any extras you might fancy throwing in. A good Spanish omelette with potatoes, peppers and onions makes a really simple meat free family dinner. Spanish potato omelettes do...
A lovely simple grilled chicken salad, perfect for spring or summer dinner. Delicious tender chicken pieces marinated in lemon, Italian herbs and drizzled in olive oil, simply grilled and tossed into salad. Quick easy family food. This is a dish you can make ahead and eat cold too, so ideal for easy weeknight meals. Grilled chicken...
Spaghetti alla marinara is one of the easiest Italian pasta recipes to cook. Just a few simple ingredients go into this quick and tasty meal. Our Spaghetti Marinara is one of the easiest Italian pasta recipes to cook. A delicious, rich tomato sauce flavoured with basil and garlic is just so simple to make and...
Quick and easy little tea time treat for kids. Mini fruity trifles are packed with juicy fruit, tasty jelly and topped with whipped cream. There's a bit of a science to making jellies with fruit it. Don't add fresh pineapple, kiwi or papaya or the jelly just won't set. Mini Trifle Ingredients 300g tin of...
The tastiest one pot pasta bolognese recipe, made with orzo. Think bolognese risotto - easy, tasty and perfect for family dinner. There’s nothing better than a one pot meal when you’re cooking for a family. This one pot orzo bolognese is just delicious. The best pasta bolognese recipe ever! Think bolognese risotto and pile on...
This delicious Italian pasta dish is packed full of zesty flavours, super quick to throw together and a great family meal. Taking less than 15 minutes to make, rigatoni with tomatoes and rocket is a tasty weeknight meal. The addition of a sprinkling of lemony pangrattato complements this dish perfectly. Cook the rigatoni - this...
When it comes to feeding children sometimes getting them to eat is just a matter of arranging things differently and giving it a special name. Traffic light salad is just that. Our traffic light salad for kids is simply a dish of baby plum tomatoes quartered for the red light, a dish of sweetcorn for...
Greek yogurt with berries and seeds is a delectably easy and nutritious breakfast option. It's ready in a matter of minutes and tastes amazing. Although it is hardly a recipe as such, Greek yoghurt with berries and seeds is a delicious way to start the day. This is also a great wheat-free and gluten-free breakfast...
This is a great recipe for busy mums. It really is a matter of throwing 5 things into the crockpot and leaving it to cook. Great for a school night and the added bonus of kids just LOVE crockpot chicken fajitas! Crockpot Chicken Fajitas Ingredients For The Chicken: To Serve: How To Make Chicken Fajitas...
Fancy a salad? You've come to the right place. We've every kind of salad you could want on your plate and a few more beside. Treat yourself to a delicious healthy feel good meal filled with fresh ingredients, lots of taste and packed with vitamins and minerals. Salads are a great way of getting fit...
I love this vibrant crunchy salad for lunch. It's so quick to make, so easy to pack as a take to work lunch and with seven veggies piled on my plate I just feel so smugly healthy eating it! To throw together our crunchy salad platter you really just need a handful of lots of different...
Our cheesy fries are super quick, super tasty and oh so easy to make. The perfect flavourful movie night snack! Is there anything better than cheesy carbs? They're the perfect snack combo. I like to serve my cheesy fries with a pot of homemade roasted tomato salsa for dipping the fries into... just for a...
Quick and easy healthy chicken tikka salad recipe - packed with flavour and super speedy to make - just 12 minutes from start to finish making it an easy midweek meal. If I'm on a health kick, I want to up my fruit and vegetable intake by loads and the easiest way to do this is...
Our Tuna Nicoise Salad is super easy to make, delicious to eat and ready in in just 20 minutes! Making it the perfect healthy summer midweek dinner. Tuna nicoise salad is one of my favourite tuna salads. It's so colourful and vibrant and is totally packed with flavour. It's a quick tuna salad to throw...
Quick, easy and super tasty. This delicious lunch of puy lentils tossed with rocket and topped with griddled halloumi and folds of prosciutto makes an easy and filling lunch. I cooked the puy lentils from dried but if you want things even quicker then I highly recommend the Merchant Gourmet sachets of Puy Lentils that...
Valentine's Day is just a week away, what better way to celebrate the luuuurrrrve than to get cooking with the kids and make some love heart jam tarts. They're super easy, you just need 5 ingredients and a lot of enthusiasm. Love cake? Get loads more easy cakes and bakes recipes here! Kids love being...
Adding marmite to soup creates a delicious depth of flavour and works oh so well with our easy broccoli soup recipe. And well... Marmite - you're either going to love it or hate it, right?! I admit, it's a bit of a weird combination BUT.. Broccoli and Marmite Soup just works oh so well. It's...
Our super easy Smarties cookies take just a few minutes to mix and just 10 minutes in the oven. They're a really easy bake for kids to have fun baking. Smarties cookies are nice and colourful and flavoursome - lovely to make for bake sales, kids lunch boxes or as an easy party bake. Smarties...
Oven baked baby potatoes with crispy salt rubbed skins and fluffy little centres. These baby baked potatoes are oh so good just broken open and topped with butter but for a real treat add a spoonful of soured cream and a pinch of chilli flakes. A really easy family recipe. These are great served with...
You've got to love your leftovers. Not only does it save money but it also saves time and energy. There's lots of things you can make with leftover roast chicken that take little effort and will taste fab! Using your leftovers to create a new meal is a great thrifty way to cook. What to do...
A super easy recipe for baked veggie chips with delicious root vegetables - carrots, parsnips and swede. Served with a mustard mayo dip. Delicious! Tasty oven baked vegetable chips make a great, healthy alternative to fried potato chips and they taste just delicious dipped into a nice, creamy, mustard mayonnaise. You can make the root...
Love chicken fajitas? Love crispy skinned hot fluffy baked potatoes? Then this super easy weeknight dinner of chicken fajita baked potatoes is for you! This is such an easy family dinner recipe and mouthwateringly tasty! Oven baked jacket potatoes topped with lightly spiced chicken, grated Cheddar cheese and generous spoonfuls of guacamole, sour cream and...
Let's bring on the comfort food! It's cold, wet and windy. I want hearty filling tasty meals. Here's our round up of mouthwatering winter warmers. Sausage & cider casserole with colcannon A delicious combination of slowly cooked sausages and cider served over a mountain of colcannon. Real home cooking. Get the sausage & cider recipe here. ...
A quick and easy weeknight dinner - smoked salmon stir fry with ginger and greens. Deliciously smoky salmon and ginger spiked stir fry with loads of greens. The perfect weeknight meal. Our stir fry recipe is ready in just minutes, packs great flavour. Plus it's got lots of veggies for a healthy, lighter meal. ....
Lancashire potato hash is proper comfort food. This old-school one pot dinner (often called tattie’ash, tayter’ash or potato ash) is made with minced beef, onions, carrots, potatoes and beef stock. It’s thrifty, filling and easy — the kind of budget dinner that feeds a family well. This is the recipe my grandma used to cook...
A super tasty, super easy Spanish Rice One Pot recipe. Great for weeknight dinner and always guarantees empty plates! Spanish rice with chorizo is super popular with my family and it's one the kids really love. Especially if there's a side of garlic bread for scooping up the rice with. And this is a recipe...
A quick and simple recipe for a delicious supper dish. Our cheesy mushrooms on toast is ideal as a late night snack or quick and easy lunch recipe. Mushroom toast is a tasty, quick and easy vegetarian recipe. It's easy enough to make as a late night snack, perhaps alongside a cold beer. I love...
Made a resolution to take your lunch to work? Saving money? The start of 'healthy new you'? Take a look at our delicious lunchbox feasts that will put an end to soggy sandwiches. A week of tasty lunchbox mains and sides - great make ahead ideas to save you time and money. Pear & Stilton...
Cooking cheats we love and feel no guilt over. Save time and money without compromising on flavour. Ready rolled pastry This makes it look like you made an effort but without actually any effort at all. Simply unwrap and top however you like with sweet or savoury. An effortless homemade tart is yours in minutes....
Stir fry with nuts and seeds. This bowl is bursting with flavour and zing. Swizzle your fork and scoop up a delicious combo of beansprouts, peanuts, sesame seeds and egg ribbons. Fast, easy and delicious midweek meal. Make it your way: Add fridge leftovers such as broccoli or shredded carrot. Switch pak choi for spinach...
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Brighten up your Sunday with our mouthwatering Mexican style brunch. Happy, zingy, feel good food. A delicious jumble of chorizo, peppers, vine tomatoes, chunky onions and spicy chilli topped with a fried egg and a grating of cacao. Mexican brunch ingredients Get more delicious gluten free recipes UK style here How to make Mexican brunch Get more easy...
Advertisement Feature - Christmas Truffles John Lewis have everything you need to make delicious edible homemade Christmas truffles gift look extra special. We've been whipping up a batch of the Christmas Truffles from the Christmas issue of John Lewis Cook Edition. The recipe for these decadent French truffles is from Great British Bake Off champion...
Get your kids to actually enjoy spinach with our super tasty healthy smoothie recipe for kids. Packed with spinach, kiwi and banana - naturally sweet and delicious. With all the bugs around at this time of year it can't harm to give the immune system a kick with our gorgeous green smoothie. These are the...