Recipes for people who hate cooking
Can’t be bothered to cook, but still want to eat something delicious for dinner? You’ve come to the right place. Our recipes for people who hate cooking guarantee maximum flavour for minimal effort. These quick dinners, speedy stir-fries, easy pasta dishes, cheat’s recipes and one-pots are low on prep time and ingredients, yet far more delicious than a ready-meal.
Showing 1-16 of 57 recipes
Save recipe
30-minute meal recipes
Orecchiette with burrata, chilli and anchovy
This easy Puglian-inspired pasta combines two of the region’s most famous products – creamy burrata cheese and orecchiette pasta. One to make when you want to impress without spending ages in the kitchen.
-
Easy
Save recipe
Air fryer recipes
Air fryer baked potatoes
If you like your baked potatoes extra crisp, an air fryer is the way to go – it cuts the jacket potato baking time in half.
-
Easy
Save recipe
Brunch recipes
Avocado on rye with crispy fried eggs
Ching He Huang puts her spin on avocado toast in this easy recipe. Serve avo on seeded rye then topped with crispy eggs and a drizzle of soy.
-
Easy
Save recipe
30-minute meal recipes
4-ingredient air fryer mac ‘n’ cheese
This air fryer mac ‘n’ cheese uses just 4 ingredients and is ready in 30 minutes. Once you master the evaporated milk cheese sauce, you’ll want to use it on everything.
-
Easy
Save recipe
Air fryer recipes
Air fryer sausage and pepper stew
If you've never made sausages in the air fryer, you need to try it! They become perfectly browned but retain moisture in the middle. This easy air fryer sausage recipe is our favourite thing to do with them.
-
Easy
Save recipe
30-minute meal recipes
Steak, egg and sweet potato wedges with spicy bearnaise sauce
It’s hard to beat steak, egg and chips when you need a quick meal. Try our AWESOME version with sweet potato wedges - doable in an air fryer too
-
Easy
Save recipe
30-minute meal recipes
Saucy romesco chicken with sautéed potatoes
Bring some sunshine to your weeknight chicken dinner with this warm romesco sauce, full of tang and sweet nutty depth.
-
Easy
Save recipe
Roast chicken recipes
Air fryer roast chicken
Wondering how to roast a chicken in an air fryer? The results are surprisingly good – super-crisp golden skin and, because of the way an air fryer works, the meat remains super juicy.
-
Easy
Save recipe
Midweek meal recipes
Baked potatoes with smoked salmon and soured cream
Jazz up your jackets with this delicious recipe for crispy baked potatoes piled high with hot smoked salmon and soured cream with capers.
-
Easy
Save recipe
Delicious recipes for one person
Scotch woodcock
This exalted dish of scrambled eggs and anchovies on toast doesn’t actually contain woodcock – but it does make a great lunch.
-
Easy
Save recipe
15-minute meal recipes
Roast chicken, cheese and kimchi toastie
Transform a cheese toastie by adding roast chicken and kimchi. Oozy, melty and spicy, this recipe is a dream come true for your leftovers.
-
Easy
Save recipe
Traybake recipes
Oven-roasted pasta puttanesca
Rustle up an easy midweek family dinner with our oven-roasted pasta puttanesca recipe. Just five minutes prep, then let the oven do the work.
-
Easy
Save recipe
Traybake recipes
Taco traybake
This taco traybake recipe topped with melted cheese really cuts down on washing up when you're cooking a midweek meal. Serve with guacamole.
-
Easy
Save recipe
Carbonara recipes
One-pot carbonara pasta bake
This creamy carbonara pasta bake recipe is a no-fuss, one-pot dish that's perfect for a weeknight meal and ready in less than 30 minutes.
-
Easy
Save recipe
Winter soup recipes
One-pan tomato fish chowder
Donal Skehan's quick, easy and gluten-free tomato fish chowder recipe uses soffrito as a starting point to build in layers of flavour.
-
Easy
Save recipe
Budget pasta recipes
Tortellini with pumpkin, brown butter and sage
Give your shop-bought tortellini a gourmet twist via this classic combination of brown butter, crisp sage and sweet pumpkin.
-
Easy
Subscribe to our magazine
Food stories, skills and tested recipes, straight to your door... Enjoy 5 issues for just £5 with our special introductory offer.
Subscribe
Unleash your inner chef
Looking for inspiration? Receive the latest recipes with our newsletter