Crispy pastry baskets, jammy stone fruit, whipped cheesecake cream. A make-ahead Easter treat that looks far more impressive than it is.

One eggplant, fanned out and loaded with mozzarella over a garlicky tomato sauce. Impressive-looking, low-effort, and completely worth it.

Slow-cooked lamb belly with butter beans, garlic, herbs and lemon - a rich, one-pot meal with minimal prep and big flavour.

Kale pesto using the whole bunch, stalks included. Quick to blitz, hard to stop putting on everything.
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Crispy-bottomed pork dumplings cooked upside-down — fridge odds and ends turned into something properly good. 18 dumplings, 20 minutes.

One pan, no fuss. Chicken (or chickpeas), rice, and a coconut-curry sauce baked together for a weeknight win that doubles as meal prep.

Salty, sticky, sweet — hot honey halloumi over juicy melon and cherry tomatoes is the salad that actually earns its place at the table.

Char cabbage wedges until sweet and tender, then drown them in basil garlic butter. Simple winter cooking that tastes expensive.