Main Dish

A brothy wedding soup built on frozen meatballs, orzo and spinach with ten minutes of prep.

Pork shoulder cooked with ranch seasoning, au jus mix, butter and pepperoncini until it falls apart.

A dump and go coconut curry with chicken, red pepper and courgette, cooked gently for five hours.

Diced chicken cooked slowly in a homemade teriyaki glaze of soy, honey, garlic and ginger.

A brothy vegetable minestrone built on two tins of beans, cooked slowly and finished with pasta and greens.

Sticky honey garlic chicken made in the slow cooker with seven ingredients and ten minutes of prep.

Seasoned mince, sweetcorn and cheddar under a lid of crisp potato nuggets, made in the slow cooker.

Thin sliced beef cooked low in a glossy sauce, with the broccoli added for the final half hour only.

Ten cups of clear golden stock from one leftover carcass, cooked overnight with no watching required.

Cheap stewing beef cooked low all day in a mushroom sauce, with the soured cream added at the very end.