Meals for two

Smoked salmon is the star of this classic French salad, which usually heroes tuna or anchovies

Spaghetti alla puttanesca is a pasta dish from mid-20th-century Naples using a variety of storecupboard ingredients. We’ve taken all those flavours and created a fresh salsa to sit atop baked salmon and a puddle of polenta

When cooking with minimal ingredients, flavour boosters like parmesan rinds are great for popping into soups and stews. It can make simple dishes like this one super satisfying.

Spice up your midweek meal plan with juicy cod coated in a smoky chilli marinade served with zippy quinoa

Recipes with minimal ingredients get a great boost from miso, which lends lots of flavour with minimum effort here

Peas not only lend colour and sweetness to this soup – when roasted with spices, they add texture as a crunchy garnish too

Use up any offcuts and leftovers from your Boxing Day ham in this quick dish with tropical flavour. No ham left? It’s just as delicious with cooked prawns or leftover turkey

Roasting grapes intensifies their sweetness, which works well with the creamy Stilton and sharp pickled walnuts in this salad. Heap it on the garlicky toasts for a sofa supper

Keema-style curry is packed with flavour and makes a great stuffing for fluffy jacket potatoes. Swap the frozen jackets for sweet potatoes for an extra portion of your five-a-day