Smoked salmon spaghetti with chilli & lemon

A super simple pasta supper that uses budget offcuts of fish with just a little heat, flavoured with fresh citrus and herbs

Squash, feta & pine nut tart

Ready-made puff pastry makes it easy to go meat free – top with spicy harissa paste, salty cheese, sweet pumpkin and mint

Linguine with watercress & almond pesto

Make your own Italian sauce from nuts, garlic and watercress, add a touch of lemon and serve with pasta

Irish stew

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
The trick with this classic
one-pot is to use a cheaper cut of meat,
which means you’ll skimp on price but
not quality

Chicken quesadillas

Frugal cooking, but packed with flavour – use up leftovers from roast chicken with these easy Mexican-style snacks

Pot-roast beef with French onion gravy

Silverside and topside are cheaper and leaner cuts of meat, well-suited to slow-cooking. The stock and juices make a great sauce when combined with caramelised onions

Best ever macaroni cheese with crunch crumb

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only

Need cheering up? This pasta bake features bacon and parmesan with a cheddar white sauce – a comfort food classic

Spiced roast beef

Matt Tebbutt's roast beef combines spices and meltingly tender meat. It'll be just as good cold, too

Tortellini with pesto & broccoli

A speedy pasta salad with Mediterranean flavours – perfect for packed lunches

Sweet chilli jam

This has a kick, but won’t blow your head off, and goes well with any selection of cold cuts of meat

Fresh tomato & courgette penne

Keep it fresh with this pasta supper of chopped tomatoes and baby courgette in a crème frâiche sauce

Tagliatelle with vegetable ragu

This veggie Bolognese-style sauce is great served with pasta and crams in three of your five-a-day