Meals for two

This is a lovely stir-fried noodle dish to have up your sleeve. Fresh tomatoes must be used rather than tinned, making it perfect for when you have some sad old tomatoes crying out to be used up

Think of this as a fresher, healthier take on a meal on toast. Easy to eat with your hands, it’s perfect summer fare for sitting outside and mulling over another busy day

This creamy, sweet and spicy pasta dish comes together in just 20 minutes. Orecchiette pasta holds the sauce well, but you can use any small pasta shape

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

Softly set scrambled eggs meet sweet peppers, chilli and tangy feta in our version of this popular Turkish dish. Scoop it all up with charred pitta for a hearty brunch

All you need is five ingredients for this classic Roman pasta dish. Carbonara is traditionally made with guanciale, but we’re using smoked pancetta as an easier-to-find alternative

To turn this easy midweek meal into a gluten-free option, try swapping out the couscous for quinoa or wild rice

This uses a packet of mussels in a marinade to do half the work for you and means you don’t have to spend time cleaning and debearding the shellfish

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.