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Easy family dinners

These easy family meal ideas will have everyone sitting at the table for some quality time and quality food. From traybakes to pasta bakes, from slow casseroles to quick soups, feed your family delicious healthy food.

Veggie family favourites

Got a veggie in the house and want to please everyone? These recipes are so good you won't be cooking multiple meals.

Recipes include

Mushroom and lentil ragù
Keema hotpot
Humble pie

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Easy family dinners recipes

Tandoori cod burger

by Nadiya Hussain

Light meals & snacks

Grilled mackerel with Mediterranean vegetables

by Philippa Davis

Budget barbecue-style chicken drumsticks

by Justine Pattison

Quick flatbreads

Cakes and baking

Cumin beef and cucumber salad

by Brin Pirathapan

Pan-fried gnocchi, crispy sausage and broccoli

by Georgina Hayden

Spinach dal with tinned mackerel

by Poppy O'Toole

Spinach and bacon pasta

by John Gregory-Smith

Sichuan chicken with okra

by Matt Tebbutt

Vegetarian tacos

One-pot spinach and ricotta lasagne

by Helen Upshall

Easy cottage pie

by James Martin

Quick and easy shepherd’s pie

Roasting tin spiced chicken

Three easy marinades

by Justine Pattison

Thai salmon fish cakes

by Tom Kerridge

Easy beef and broccoli stir-fry

Bang bang chicken salad

Lamb and lentil burgers with Greek salad

by Helen Upshall

Pesto cod with crispy potatoes and charred sweetcorn salsa

by Helen Upshall

Sesame chicken stir-fry

by Rachel Phipps

Air fryer aubergine parmigiana

by Jules Mercer

Lamb and harissa meatballs

by John Gregory-Smith

Chicken, roasted vegetable and bulgur wheat traybake

by Helen Upshall

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