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Prawn and Avocado Summer Rolls

Prawn and Avocado Summer Rolls

Matt puts avocado into more or less everything he makes, and I have never really understood the appeal of them. I'll happily admit I was wrong about these

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Filed under: Quick Snacks, Appetizers

Tagged with: avocado, coriander, cucumber, king prawns, lettuce, lime, soy sauce, Under 30 Minutes, under 500 calories

Grilled Sardines with Chermoula

Grilled Sardines with Chermoula

Sardines are at their best in the summer months, and they are still one of the cheapest things on the fish counter. Both of us are big fans of anything with

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Filed under: Main Meals

Tagged with: coriander, cumin, garlic, lemon, olive oil, paprika, parsley, sardines, Under 30 Minutes, under 750 calories

Homemade Tartare Sauce

Homemade Tartare Sauce

In my opinion, you can't have homemade fish cakes or fish sticks without a good tartare sauce. But the jars of tartare sauce at the supermarket are always a

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Filed under: Sauces and dips

Tagged with: dill, lemon juice, mayonnaise, shallot, under 10 minutes, under 250 calories

Anchovy, Tomato and Caper Spaghetti

Anchovy, Tomato and Caper Spaghetti

I do the big food shop on a Monday, which means that by Thursday or Friday the fridge is looking pretty bare and dinner comes out of the cupboard instead.

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Filed under: Main Meals

Tagged with: anchovies, chilli flakes, chopped tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, parsley, spaghetti, Under 30 Minutes, under 750 calories

Baked Rainbow Trout with Lemon and Dill

Baked Rainbow Trout with Lemon and Dill

Cooking a whole fish looks like far more of a project than it actually is. You stuff the cavity with a few slices of lemon and some herbs, dot it with

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Filed under: Main Meals

Tagged with: butter, dill, garlic, lemon, olive oil, trout, under 40 minutes, under 500 calories

Pan-Fried Sea Bass with Crushed New Potatoes and Samphire

Pan-Fried Sea Bass with Crushed New Potatoes and Samphire

Samphire only shows up at the fish counter for a few months of the year, so whenever I spot it I grab a bag without really having a plan for it. It has a

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Filed under: Main Meals

Tagged with: butter, garlic, lemon, olive oil, parsley, potatoes, samphire, sea bass, Under 30 Minutes, under 500 calories

Miso Glazed Cod with Sesame Greens

Miso Glazed Cod with Sesame Greens

Cod is one of those fish I always come back to. It's mild, meaty and you can pick it up at pretty much any supermarket fish counter without spending a

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Filed under: Main Meals

Tagged with: cod, garlic, honey, Rice, scallions, soy sauce, under 250 calories, Under 30 Minutes

Tuna and Pesto Pasta

Tuna and Pesto Pasta

I like to make this recipe when I've had a couple of days of unhealthy eating because the bright, citrus flavours make it feel really healthy. The pesto is

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Filed under: Main Meals

Tagged with: garlic, lemon, olive oil, parmesan, parsley, Pasta, peashoots, rocket, Tuna, Under 30 Minutes, under 750 calories

Thai Vegetable Massaman Curry

Thai Vegetable Massaman Curry

Thai cuisine has to be the top of my list of favourite foods. Both Laura and I have spent a fair amount of time over in Thailand and as a result, it's

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Filed under: Main Meals

Tagged with: bay leaf, cashew nuts, chilli, cilantro, coconut cream, coconut milk, coriander seeds, cumin, fish sauce, galangal, garlic, ginger, nutmeg, potato, shallot, soy sauce, turmeric, under 40 minutes, under 750 calories, vegetable oil