Recipes

Creamy Pasta Bake

One dish, mostly storecupboard, and the sauce trick that stops a pasta bake drying out in the oven. Serves six, assembles ahead,…

A crisp-outside, soft-inside waffle batter, plus the resting step and the oven trick that stops batch one going soggy while you cook…

Low heat, no milk, and off the heat early — the three things that separate creamy scrambled eggs from rubbery ones.

Roast the squash rather than boiling it — the reason most butternut soup tastes flat, and the fix that takes no extra…

A clear, light vegetable soup that uses whatever is in the drawer, with the order of adding things that stops everything turning…

Soft, thick banana pancakes from one bowl, using bananas that have gone too far. Twelve small pancakes in about 25 minutes, and…

A clumpy, not-too-sweet granola that costs a fraction of the boxed kind. The one trick that gives you clusters instead of loose…

Four make-ahead breakfast pots in ten minutes, with the one packing rule that stops the granola going soft — plus the honey…

A firmer, less sugary banana loaf that slices cleanly and doesn't crumble in a lunchbox. One loaf, one bowl, and the bananas…

About 24 meatballs that freeze properly, with the binder ratio that keeps them soft rather than bouncy, and the temperature to cook…

A complete dinner in one pan in 35 minutes, with the liquid ratio that gives you cooked rice rather than a wet…

A smooth tomato soup carrying four vegetables, blended so completely that texture stops being the argument. Serves six, freezes well, about 45…