Sweet & sour sauce

Enjoy this simple version of a Chinese takeaway favourite as a dipping sauce or mix it through meat and veg for a tangy, flavourful dish

Ginger chicken udon noodles

Serve up these fragrant and light noodles with chicken, beansprouts and cabbage in 30 minutes. With fiery ginger and red chilli, it’s full of flavour

Smoky chickpea salad

Enjoy the layers of flavour and contrast of textures in this vegan salad, with crisp, fried chickpeas, crunchy raw broccoli, and a smoked paprika dressing

Apricot-glazed chicken & lentil traybake

Let your oven do the work for you with this hands-off chicken & lentil traybake. The apricot jam glaze on the chicken adds a lovely sweet flavour

Air-fryer sesame prawn toast

Make these prawns toasts as canapés at your next party. Arrange on a platter and scatter over extra spring onions and chopped chives to garnish

Wedge salad with soy seeds & pickled dill cucumbers

Try the salty, umami-heavy crunch of soy seeds along with pickled cucumbers to dress this wedge salad – it beats a classic bacon garnish any day

Slow cooker cinnamon & orange beef

Feed a crowd on a budget with brisket, a cheap cut of beef that takes on flavours well, here with Christmassy cinnamon, sweet orange and cranberries

Crunchy noodle salad

Make our noodle salad for a light lunch or side – toasted dried noodles are combined with fresh veg and citrus to make this satisfying recipe

Crispy shredded chicken

Try this takeaway favourite served with rice, or simply on its own as part of a buffet-style meal. It can work as a main course or starter to share

Quick honey & garlic pork chops

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims/non-pork eaters.

Need an easy dinner midweek? You can prep these speedy chops using storecupboard ingredients in just 5 mins and cook them in 10

Chicken & courgette fried rice

Exclusive to the BBC Good Food app, Claire Thomson has produced a week’s worth of easy dinners to help you and your family settle back into the school routine. This courgette & chicken fried rice is quick, easy and packed with veg

Sweet chilli salmon lettuce wraps

Light, simple and three of your five-a-day, these clever lettuce cups are the perfect carrier for flaked sweet chilli salmon and thin slices of radish and carrot