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    If you are looking for dinner inspiration, this is the place to find it! Plenty of easy, tasty recipes to feed the ones you love. You will find beef, pork, chicken and seafood - something for everyone! Some of my most popular recipes are Easy Creamy Chicken Pasta Bake or my One Pot Creamy Chicken Gnocchi. My most popular seafood recipes are Crab Pasta with Chilli and Basil or Salmon with Avocado Salsa. From fast and simple weeknight dinners to entertaining in style, dinner is sorted!

    Garlic and herb pasta - super quick simple pasta

    Garlic and Herb Pasta - super quick & simple

    slow roasted lamb shoulder - super moist & tender

    Amazing Slow Cooked Pulled Lamb Shoulder

    bacon wrapped sausages with apples & potatoes - one pot, one pan, tray bake, winter veg, fall

    Bacon Wrapped Sausages with Apples & Potatoes

    lamb meatball sandwich meatball sub mediterranean lamb

    Lamb Meatball Sandwich

    penne pasta with pesto sauce and cherry tomatoes in a white bowl with basil leaves

    Pesto Pasta With Tomatoes (4 Ingredients!)

    chicken mini roast with stuffing - traditional roast chicken stuffing chicken thighs easy weeknight meal roast dinner

    Chicken Mini Roast with Stuffing

    Fresh chorizo tomato pasta with bocconcini | fresh chorizo | chorizo pasta | fresh chorizo recipe | chorizo tomato pasta

    Fresh Chorizo Tomato Pasta with Bocconcini

    Sausage & mushroom ragu - only 6 ingredients & served with oven baked soft polenta

    Sausage and Mushroom Ragu with Oven Baked Polenta

    Chicken with whole grain mustard cream sauce - your new favorite cream sauce

    Chicken Tenders with Whole Grain Mustard Cream Sauce

    Sausage tray bake with spiced vegetables - one pan cooking at it's best!

    Sausage Tray Bake with Spiced Vegetables

    Sausage bake with Tomato & Apple - one pot & on the table in 45 minutes

    Sausage Bake with Tomato & Apple

    pasta with salmon and cream on a white plate with parsley and a slice of lemon

    Pasta Alla Salmone - Salmon Pasta

    Mushroom gnocchi with meatballs - quick & simple ricotta gnocchi with a meatball & mushroom sauce

    Mushroom Gnocchi with Meatballs

    Easy ricotta gnocchi - home made in 30 mins & tastes much better than store bought

    Easy Ricotta Gnocchi

    Braised lamb shanks with fennel & giant couscous - one pot, fall off the bone tender lamb

    Braised Lamb Shanks with Fennel & Giant Couscous

    One pan swiss chicken with creamy potato - chicken thighs stufffed with ham & cheese on a bed of sliced potato & creamy sauce

    One Pan Swiss Chicken with Creamy Potato

    macaroni and cheese with leftover lamb in a cast iron pan

    Mac Lamb - Lamb Mac and Cheese

    Homemade chicken sausages - make you own easy chicken sausages

    Homemade Chicken Sausages

    Peanut beef with flatbread - a new way to pan fry steak

    Peanut Beef on Quick 20 Minute Flatbread

    Spanish chicken & chorizo with giant couscous - easy tasty spanish flavours

    Spanish Chicken & Chorizo with Giant Couscous

    creamy lamb sausage pasta on a white plate

    Lamb Sausage Pasta with Basil & Tomato

    One Pot Sausage with Pears Potatoes & Croutons - complete meal all in one pan

    One Pot Sausage with Pears Potatoes & Croutons

    pile of creamy crab pasta in a white plate

    Creamy Crab Pasta with Chilli and Basil

    Oven baked lamb ribs - A few simple ingredients, roasted in the oven, simple easy lick you fingers lamb

    Oven Roasted Lamb Ribs with Yoghurt Mint & Garlic Sauce

    shredded lamb and mashed potato in a white bowl

    Lamb Goulash

    ground lamb skewers with salad and sauce on flatbread

    Lamb Adana Kebabs

    Slow Cooked Mushroom Osso Buco - Melt in your mouth veal osso buco with a rich thyme infused gravy

    Mushroom Osso Buco & Cartouche Instructions

    caramelised ragu with hidden veg pasta sauce - rich meaty slow cooked spaghetti bolognese with veggies the kids won't see

    Caramelised Ragu With Hidden Veg pasta Sauce

    Lamb burgers with bacon & yoghurt dressing - lightly spiced lamb patties wrapped in bacon dripping in a zingy yoghurt sauce

    Lamb Burgers with Bacon & Yoghurt Dressing

    Basil Pesto Crusted Lamb Racks - moist juicy lamb with a a crunchy breadcrumb crust with basil pesto and parmesan

    Basil Pesto Crusted Lamb Racks

    Slow cooked duck pasta - a deliciously easy combination of oven roasted duck simmered on the stove to create a rich flavourful sauce.

    Slow Cooked Duck Pasta with Crunchy Sprinkle

    Chicken, Bacon & Potato Pots

    Chicken, Bacon & Potato Pots

    "Creamy" Mustard Chicken - 2 Way Dinner - a super easy and delicious chicken hotpot flavoured with mustard made all in one pot to serve 8 on the night, or 4 with a second meal of Chicken, Bacon & Potato Pots...totally tasty and totally time saving!

    "Creamy" Mustard Chicken - 2 Way Dinner

    Pork Chops with Pears and Lemon - all in one pan! A really simple but out-of-this-world tasting tray bake. Pork, lemon, pears, rosemary and garlic.

    Pork Chops with Pears and Lemon

    Tender fall apart lamb and a red wine sauce to die for - my idea of food heaven!

    Red Wine and Garlic Lamb Shanks

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