Slow cooker shepherd’s pie

Slow-cook shepherd’s pie and you’ll be rewarded with succulent mince. This recipe is also low-fat and low-calorie with three of your five-a-day

Slow cooker Turkish breakfast eggs

Spice up your baked eggs and get two of your five-a-day with this Turkish-style breakfast or brunch dish. It’s low-calorie, too, and high in vitamin C

Slow cooker rice pudding

Enjoy a nostalgic pudding, or a gluten-free alternative to porridge for breakfast. Add natural sweetness with fruit or almonds and a dusting of cinnamon

Slow cooker barbacoa beef

You can leave this barbacoa beef in the slow cooker during the day if you’re entertaining. Serve in lettuce cups, tacos, or over rice with vegetables

Slow cooker pork fillet with apples

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only

Pork and apples is a classic combination and the meat is all the more tender when slow-cooked for four hours. Serve with greens for a complete, healthy meal

Burrata bruschetta

Try a new twist on bruschetta, topped with burrata, broad beans, sugar snap peas, radish, mint and chilli. It makes a fab lunch or starter for a dinner party

Pancetta, date & chorizo meatballs

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only

Stuff medjool dates with chorizo and wrap in pancetta for a new take on meatballs, with a simple tomato sauce. A great tapas-style dish for entertaining

Sweet potato cakes with poached eggs

Try these gluten-free sweet potato cakes with poached eggs for a weekend brunch, or as a quick dinner. They’re spiced with harissa to wake up your tastebuds

Sprouting broccoli, green romesco & almonds

Serve this broccoli and green romesco as a starter or side dish. Topped with almonds, it makes a healthy and tasty accompaniment to meat or veggie dishes

Meal prep: pasta

Make three lunchbox pasta meals in one go to save you time midweek. They're nutritious and healthy with variations using salmon, chicken and aubergine