A British classic, fishcakes are simple, tasty and easy on the wallet, whether you use fresh fillets, leftovers, or a tin of fish from the cupboard.
More like a simple biryani, curried mince is layered with rice and fried onions for a delicious family dish.
Choose a firm, white-fleshed fish for this. If you can find curry leaves, do include them. They are one of my favourite ingredients.
Keep a stash of cheese rinds in the freezer ready to add flavour to this simple Italian soup.
Mex up your midweek meal roster with this easy, cheesy one-pan dish, which is finished with a zingy combination of cucumber, chilli and lime.
A good whack of fresh garlic and ginger dial up the flavour on this rib-sticking (and budget-friendly) vegan meal.
Caramelising the sausage meat and coating it in sun-dried tomato pesto is a shortcut to deep flavour in no time.
Slow-roasted eschalots do ungodly decadent things to anything they lend their flavour to, such as this simple tomato sauce.
This decadent, silky sauce comes together in a blender.
The influx of Italians in Peru in the early 1800s resulted in this twist on the Ligurian pesto pasta, known as tallarines verdes.