A mix of rice, mince meat, vegetables and lentils with curry flavour.

Feeds lots of people.

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My husband said "Surely you don't just bung everything into a pot and put it in the oven?" Yes, you do! There is no standing and stirring this risotto.

A layer of favourite vegetables covered with marinated chick peas- all roasted

Translated in Tunisia, "Shakshuka" means "shaken up".  This dish consists of poached eggs in a spicy tomato sauce.

Polenta is cornmeal.  A "block" of cooked polenta should last a few days. Slice it, fry it and pour tomato sauce on top. Yum

A baked potato full of veges and cheese is a complete meal.

Don't go past it in a cafe.  It will be one of the healthiest choices on the menu

Chicken is not a balanced meal on its own but these are the best tasting chicken kebabs ever, to have with salad or another main meal. They never fail.

Macaroni cheese with a difference. 

This recipe has added herbs and other veges, making it much tastier and healthier

There is nothing wrong with a packet of frozen vegetables and noodles.  It is much quicker and healthier than Maccas or KFC

Use up a whole cauliflower in one go with a healthy white sauce topped with cheese.

If you don't have cauliflower, use any vegetables.

A very appealing choice for dinner because everybody makes their own spring rolls on the spot.  So, less work for you.

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Have you ever thought "I should eat more tofu but it tastes awful"?  This recipe is for you. 

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A layer of fried gnocchi covered with pasta sauce and melted cheese on top. Too easy!

A pancake made of noodles, bound together with egg and flavoured with herbs and chili sauce

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No more time-consuming flipping patties in a fry pan.  Put all the mixture (halloumi cheese, veges, rice, eggs) in a dish and bake

This is basically a fried cheese and vegetable sandwich.

So quick and healthy

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Get your hands dirty and roll into balls, a mix containing mince meat, uncooked rice, veges and egg. Pour over tomato sauce and cook

Spinach, nuts, Parmesan cheese and olive oil, make this a true Mediterranean delicacy.  Be sure to add some wild edible greens ("weeds") to this one. 

One of my favourite Asian dishes, also called "Mapo tofu".  If you think you don't like tofu then try this recipe

There are good and bad pizzas!

You need a proper doughy base or pita bread base, lots of topping, and NO plastic ham

Have a pile of these in the freezer and cook a few up for dinner.  If Monty can do it so can you!

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An easy tomato and egg dish, probably invented when someone "stuffed up" the omelette. 

Rakhi and her cockatiel reckon this dahl recipe is far easier than you would expect

Tofu marinated in ginger, garlic, miso, soy sauce, olive oil and rice wine vinegar. These morsels taste better than they look! Please believe me!

Shepherd's pie normally has mashed potato on top but this one has a polenta/egg mixture poured on top

This is a vege-laden lasagne.

 Even the white sauce in this lasagne is a mix of white beans and cauliflower

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Everybody's grandmother probably made this. Leave the chicken and veges slowly cooking while you go off and do something else. 

Pasta and sauce is your fall back position.  When tempted to go for the "dirty bird" (KFC) or Maccas think, "No! It is less trouble to cook pasta with a jar of sauce"

The good old-fashioned white sauce, in a mornay, should be more popular.  It makes your meals more "filling" which helps maintain a healthy weight

Eggs are easy.  They are a complete protein.

This recipe is really an omelette, full of veges, with cheese on top

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