Lunch Recipes

Waldorf Turkey Pitas

Cooking Time: 5m

These Waldorf Turkey Pitas are a super quick and easy lunch recipe which is healthy too! If there’s a nicer sandwich filling than Waldorf salad, then I’d love to hear it! My personal favorite is this combination of celery, grapes, apple and cooked turkey breast. Try it soon! In a...

September 25, 2020

Ricotta Dumplings with Pumpkin

Cooking Time: 30m

These Ricotta Dumplings with Pumpkin and Crispy Sage are like delicious puffs of air, drenched in a buttery sage sauce with pumpkin and hazelnuts. My top tip when making these dumplings is to work gently. Don’t overwork dough or you will have stodgy dumplings. Use Italian Tipo 00 flour for...

September 25, 2020

Mushroom and Thyme Butter Spelt Spaghetti

Cooking Time: 15m

Sometimes, I get tired of making the same pasta recipes I’ve been cooking for years so this Mushroom and Thyme Butter Spelt Spaghetti has made an exciting change to my usual pasta nights. Herby, garlicky mushrooms combine with spelt spaghetti to make a delicious midweek meal. To make this dish...

September 23, 2020

Easy Shakshuka with Feta

Cooking Time: 18m

This Easy Shakshuka with Feta is one of my family’s favorite midweek meat free meals. Shakshuka is a classic Mediterrannean dish in which eggs are poached in a spicy savory tomato sauce. The beauty of this dish is that it works for brunch, lunch or dinner too! Start by toasting...

September 23, 2020

‘Chicken’ Supreme

Cooking Time: 45m

This ‘Chicken’ Supreme recipe is a super delicious dish to add to your midweek cooking. It is a perfect meal for one of your meat free days as despite what the name suggests, it contains no meat whatsoever! The oyster mushrooms deliver both texture and flavor. To make this dish...

September 22, 2020

Buttermilk Chicken with Peach Salsa

Cooking Time: 20m

This Buttermilk Chicken with Peach-Tomato Salsa is a delicious summer meal. I love the combination of chicken with fruit so this fruity salsa ticks all my boxes! It’s really versatile too – you can serve this with a fresh green salad or a baked potato if you’re feeling hungry. Start...

September 9, 2020

Apple Raisin Bread

Cooking Time: 3h 25m

This Apple Raisin Bread is one of my best treats and I love it best served warm with some salted butter spread and melted over the top. A sweet tasting bread with sugar, applesauce and honey in a dense dough with fresh diced apples and raisins and a sugar glaze...

September 3, 2020

Carrot Apple Raisin Salad

Cooking Time: 5m

This Carrot Apple Raisin Salad is a perfect side salad for your next BBQ. What a brilliant flavor combination in this one – sweet carrot, apple and raisins with buttery pecan nuts. These are combined with a zingy, yet creamy lemon and ginger dressing. To make this salad, simply mix...

September 3, 2020

Sausage and Peppers One Pan Dinner

Cooking Time: 35m

I love this Sausage and Peppers One Pan Dinner recipe because it is so quick and simple to make. I simply can’t sing this recipe’s praises enough. My whole family loves it – you should see the excitement when my kids hear it’s sausage sheet pan day! To make this...

September 2, 2020

Easy Breakfast Strata

Cooking Time: 35m

Have a good family morning with this Easy Breakfast Strata for breakfast. It tastes so good, they may even want it for lunch and dinner too! Baked in the oven, breakfast strata has layers of bread cubes with pork sausage, bell peppers and onion mixture on top, then mustard-scrambled egg...

August 31, 2020

Tuscan Tuna and White Bean Salad

Cooking Time: 5m

Inspired by travels in Tuscany, I love this light and healthy Tuscan Tuna and White Bean Salad. I like to use canned cannellini beans for this recipe – they are really creamy and delicious and pair wonderfully with the strong flavor of arugula and the salty tuna. To make this...

August 30, 2020

Tomato Tart with Three Cheeses

Cooking Time: 21m

This Tomato Tart with Three Cheeses reminds me of when I was a teenager. I had a part-time, weekend job at the local bakery and one of the first deliveries to arrive in the morning would be decadent tomato tarts and this is how I came up with my own...

August 28, 2020

Melon Peach Salad with Prosciutto

Cooking Time: 7m

This Melon Peach Salad with Prosciutto is one of my favorite summer salads. I would go so far as to say that the flavor combination in this salad is perfect – juicy peach, sweet melon, punchy fresh basil and marjoram mixed with salty prosciutto. My mouth is watering as I...

August 26, 2020

Best Zucchini Pizza

Cooking Time: 50m

I love homemade pizza night and considering zucchini is one of my favorite veggies, this Zucchini Pizza makes me and my whole family extremely happy. I use prepared pizza dough that I store in the freezer or you can also buy premade, packaged pizza dough. Easy, peezy pizza with zucchini,...

August 25, 2020

Easy Chicken Pesto Stuffed Peppers

Cooking Time: 20m

I’m all for these stuffed pepper recipes and so I had to add this Easy Chicken Pesto Stuffed Peppers to the list, naturally! Best made with medium, sweet yellow or orange peppers and stuffed with a hearty filling made from shredded rotisserie chicken, cooked brown rice, premade pesto and shredded...

August 25, 2020

Grilled Lemon Mediterranean Chicken Salad

Cooking Time: 45m

I always ask what makes a salad so tasty and with this Grilled Lemon and Herb Mediterranean Chicken Salad, I’m pretty certain it’s the tangy dressing drizzled over a Mediterranean chicken salad composed of lettuce leaves, cucumber, plum tomatoes, red onion slices, avocado slices and pitted olives. Do you feel...

August 19, 2020

Lemony Roasted Broccoli, Arugula and Lentil Salad

Cooking Time: 30m

I have a small feeling that I have hit another big salad goldmine with this Lemony Roasted Broccoli, Arugula and Lentil Salad recipe. I love warm salads and this particular combo fills the space. I roast a bunch of broccoli florets with in olive oil and sea salt then toss...

August 18, 2020

Cheesy Carrot Fritters

Cooking Time: 1h

My family absolutely loves these Cheesy Carrot Fritters which I seem to make really frequently. These will taste fantastic as a side dish for some of your favorite main dishes or as a main themselves with a green salad on the side. To make these, I shave lengths of carrots...

August 18, 2020

Potato and Tuna Patties

Cooking Time: 48m

Get hooked on these Potato and Tuna Patties. This is another family-friendly recipe that will please them all! Boiled and roughly mashed potatoes mixed with canned tuna, corn kernels and spring onions then combined together with some egg, bread crumbs, lemon zest, salt and freshly ground pepper. I then coat...

August 17, 2020

Grilled Chicken Corn Salad

Cooking Time: 10m

Oh yum! This Grilled Chicken Corn Salad goes well on any summer table. This is a fantastic lunch recipe or it can make a delicious light dinner too. I love the ingredient combination of crisp lettuce and seasonal cherry tomatoes mixed with creamy avocado and crunchy corn. A real classic!...

August 16, 2020

Eggplant Pizza

Cooking Time: 50m

Yes, that’s right our Eggplant Pizza is gluten free and your new best friend. I use one large eggplant cut into ¼-inch thick slices and I substitute those for pizza bases. Voila, who knew?! I top with pizza sauce for the real deal followed by mozzarella cheese slices, cherry tomato...

August 16, 2020

Mushroom Pie

Cooking Time: 1h 10m

Sometimes I love a good Mushroom Pie with French fries, gravy and special mushy peas that my grandmother taught me to make. It’s a delicious family meal that tastes just like grandma’s. I use two layers of pastry, one on the bottom and one on the top and fill the...

August 14, 2020

Thai Chicken Salad Wonton Cups

Cooking Time: 30m

These Thai Chicken Salad Wonton Cups bring Thai inspired flavors to a traditional American chicken salad recipe. With a salad made from shredded chicken, cabbage, carrots and shallots and tossed with a soy sauce, rice vinegar, fish sauce, lime juice, garlic, honey, chili and canola oil dressing then stuffed into...

August 13, 2020

Pear and Blue Cheese Savory Galette

Cooking Time: 1h 16m

One of my favorite lunchtime, party recipes is this Pear and Blue Cheese Savory Galette and the best part is, with its beautiful, rustic look, this recipe doesn’t need perfection in detail, the perfection is in the filling flavor. A whole-wheat shortcrust pastry enfolding caramelized sweet onions and Dijon mustard...

August 12, 2020

Thai Zucchini Noodles

Cooking Time: 17m

This Thai Zucchini Noodles is one of my favorite Asian meals to make at home. Complete with a spicy Thai sauce and topped with toasted sesame seeds. This Asian comfort food is easy to prepare and versatile too! You can add extra veggies if you like. I usually use fettuccine...

August 12, 2020

Chickpea Carrot Salad Sandwich

Cooking Time: 10m

I always think of this Chickpea Carrot Salad Sandwich when I am in the mood for a healthy but filling lunch. It is delicious and full of flavor and the chickpeas will keep you feeling full until dinner time. My tip to you is to make sure you use toasted...

August 11, 2020

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