Make delicious filled pasta without making pasta – my shortcut uses Asian dumpling wrappers instead.

A lightning-fast way to get something great on your plate in under 10 minutes.

Give weeknights an easy lift with a fridge-foraged pasta that’s user-friendly for fork, bowl and couch.

Use this recipe as a template to create your own soup and enjoy a bowl of warming Asian flavours anytime.

I always keep the ingredients on hand to make this very fork-friendly, quick and easy pasta sauce anytime.

Give chicken pieces a lightning-fast flavour boost with the magic of aromatic Chinese five-spice powder.

My Spanished-up version of spaghetti carbonara with spicy chorizo and Amontillado sherry is a winner. Olé!

A simple assembly job of fresh, cool ingredients makes this an easy weeknight choice or portable lunch.

A fast, clean way with fish, especially delicately flavoured fish like John Dory, with braised fennel.

My way with this Italian classic of rice and peas is a set-and-forget affair. I call it my not-risotto.

A 70s bistro fixture updated for the 21st century: chicken poached in a creamy tarragon-infused sauce.

This is not quite jambalaya and it’s nothing like an authentic paella, which explains the silly name I’ve given it.

With a couple of simple tweaks, everyday chops and peas can be taken to another level.