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,…

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

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

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…

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…

Why day-old rice works and fresh rice doesn't, the food-safety rule that actually matters with cooked rice, and dinner on the table…

A pasta salad that is still good on Wednesday, with the dressing rule that stops it drying out and the cutting note…

A dough that works in a domestic oven, jobs a child can actually do safely, and why letting them top their own…