Seared beef salad with capers & mint

This quick and easy salad is drizzled with a tangy, herby dressing and topped with sliced fillet steak. Low in calories, it's a good source of iron and fibre

Pepper & lemon spaghetti with basil & pine nuts

Try this zesty pasta dish for a quick and healthy veggie lunch option. Low in calories, it provides fibre, vitamin C and iron and counts as two of your 5-a-day

Peach & orange yogurt pots with ginger oats

Try these tasty breakfast pots with fruit, bio yogurt and oats for a fuss-free start to the morning. They provide calcium, vitamin C and one of your 5-a-day

Banana & cinnamon pancakes with blueberry compote

Make a batch of these pancakes for a delicious low-cal breakfast. With wholemeal flour to make them more filling, they're topped with an easy blueberry sauce

Vanilla cupcakes

Decorate these easy vanilla cupcakes with buttercream and the topping of your choice. They're super-simple to make and taste divine – great as a teatime treat

Cheat’s Manchester tart

Save time by using ready-made pastry and custard powder for this easy Manchester tart – it still has all the lovely flavours of this classic northern dessert

Chicory, sausage & black olive polenta tart

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only

Use quick-cook polenta for the base of this tart and top it with sausage, chicory, cheese, black olives and orange zest. It makes a wonderful weekend lunch

Miso spinach toast

Fancy a change from cheese on toast? Treat your tastebuds to miso, spinach, spring onions and sesame seeds. Easy to make, it takes just 10 minutes to plate up

Tomato, ricotta & oregano toast

Take your toast topping to a new level with tomato, ricotta, oregano and balsamic. Ready in just five minutes, it's a quick, easy and flavour-packed lunch

Pea & pasta frittata

Use up leftovers with this easy mint, pea and pasta frittata, which takes just 20 minutes. It keeps really well – pack into lunchboxes for the next day

Chocolate & malt loaf torte

Don’t be deceived by how easy this is to make – the result is a rich, dense cake with a malted coating. Eat it warm as a pudding or serve it with afternoon tea

Kimchi fried rice

Find three of your 5-a-day in this quick and easy fried rice, bursting with fresh veg. Fermented foods such as kimchi help to promote good gut bacteria