This budget minestrone is the classic Italian soup made with cannellini beans and broken up spaghetti. Feel free to stir in extra vegetables, depending on what you have in the fridge. This is designed...
Author: James Martin
A warming soup for a cold day, this easy blend of mussels, fennel and cream is served with toasted garlicky bread.
Author: James Martin
Bouillabaisse is a traditional French fish stew made from the freshly caught seafood of the day. If gurnard is not available, use a fresh meaty fish such as cod, snapper or monkfish. Look out for sustainable...
Author: Rick Stein
This is a really fantastic recipe for a kind of filled bread, a bit like a rolled-up pizza! It can also be made with ready-made pizza or bread dough and bought tomato pizza sauce. We cooked this at Si's...
Author: The Hairy Bikers
The fresh-tasting flavours of this fish salad make it perfect for a light lunch or a simple supper.
Author: The Hairy Bikers
This fish pâté is served with freshly made bread and a spicy beetroot pickle. The bread does not need bread flour, but uses plain and self-raising.
Author: Tom Brown
A tasty Korean take on a savoury pancake. Serve as a quick brunch, lunch or supper, or as part of a Korean meal. Each serving provides 307 kcal, 5g protein, 36g carbohydrates (of which 2g sugars), 15g...
Author: Rachel Phipps
This easy Moroccan-style soup creates a great base to use up any cooked meat you may have leftover. It also freezes beautifully. See the recipe tips section for ideas on how to include extra vegetables...
Author: Justine Pattison
An impressive goats' cheese salad that works brilliantly as starter for a relaxed dinner party or a light lunch with friends. Each serving provides 734kcal, 14g protein, 16g carbohydrate (of which 15g...
Author: BBC Food
Sweet roast beetroot and shallots mixed with seasonal veg warmed in a sharp sour-sweet dressing. Add mozzarella and a final blue cheese dressing for heaven on a plate.
Author: James Martin
Do put the time into caramelising the onions in this easy vegetarian tart - the natural sweetness sets off the gruyère and sage beautifully.
Author: Matt Tebbutt
A light, spicy twist on a traditional summer vegetable soup. French 'pistou' is a distant relative of the Italian pesto, but my version reflects the Vietnamese influence on modern French food.
Author: Rachel Khoo
This quick and easy fishcake recipe is potato-free and uses tinned salmon. Serve with green beans for a healthy dinner.
Author: Kate Morris and Sally Brown
Author: Frank Bordoni
Ricotta is eaten for breakfast in Italy and also works well as a snack. Cinnamon adds sweetness without sugar and blueberries are a relatively low-sugar fruit. Honey tastes sweeter than sugar and you need...
Author: Hattie Ellis
Golden, fluffy cheese balls covered in a creamy, double-cheese sauce. You will need a steam oven for this recipe.
Author: Adam Handling
Borscht is a wonderfully vibrant beetroot soup, try the Hairy Bikers' simple version inspired by their travels around the Baltic sea.
Author: The Hairy Bikers
Roasted tomatoes have superb sweetness, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall makes a superb cold soup topped with homemade pesto.
Author: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Bursting with bold flavours and bright colours, this carrot and lentil soup is packed full of protein to keep you full for longer, as well as iron, fibre, calcium and vitamins. Each serving provides 306kcal,...
Author: Philippa Davis
A club sandwich is a thing of beauty. You can fancy it up with extra fillings like avocado, mustard, thinly sliced red onion, but you can also keep it simple. This double layer sandwich is definitely filling...
Author: BBC Food
Simon Hopkinson's potato soup recipe is easy, yet delightful and nourishing.
Author: Simon Hopkinson
Use up the end of a jar of curry paste to make these spiced egg mayo sandwiches - we've used korma paste, but you can experiment with what you've got in the fridge.
Author: Portia Spooner
Who knew it was so easy to make your own prawn toast? This simple, speedy recipe will become a fakeaway favourite, dipped in this no-fuss sweet chilli sauce.
Author: Jeremy Pang
Author: Martin Blunos
A French classic served with croque monsieur croutons that soak in the soup.
Author: Matt Tebbutt
Tom Kerridge's minestrone is perfect for filling your family up with healthy vegetables and helping them towards their five-a-day. It freezes well and makes great leftovers. This meal when served as six...
Author: Tom Kerridge
These Vietnamese-style summer rolls are full of flavour and served with two delicious dipping sauces. Rice paper wrappers are a wonderful thing to have in the cupboard - they can take a fridge-raid dinner...
Author: Hugo Harrison