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10 five-ingredient recipes for easy cooking

Here are 10 of our favourite five-ingredient meals to try. 

Sweet potato biscuits

Wash your hands and gather all of your ingredients together. Scrap out the insides of the sweet potato and pop the skins into the compost bin. Mash up the sweet potato with a fork and set aside. Place the flour and lime zest in a large bowl. Add the coconut oil. (If the coconut oil […]

8 types of flour and how they can be used

Baking is one the most scientific parts of the cooking world. Not enough baking powder will result in a flat sponge. Too much flour? Your cookies will be like bricks. It’s important to understand your ingredients when it comes to baking. The baking aisle in the supermarket can be quite daunting, especially with so many […]

Rainbow trout and caviar tartlets with cream cheese and capers

Preheat the oven to 220˚C/200˚C fan/gas mark 7. Coat four 10cm loose-bottomed tart tins with baking spray, then very lightly dust with an even layer of flour. Roll out the pastry and cut four circles that are a little bigger than the prepared tins. Carefully transfer the pastry to the tins, gently pushing it into […]

Curried chicken pie

Preheat the oven to 220 ̊C/200 ̊C fan/gas mark 7. Heat the oil in an ovenproof casserole dish over a medium heat and cook the onion over a medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper. Stir in the garlic, ginger and curry powder and cook for one minute.  Stir in the […]

Pauline’s top tips for the kitchen

Pauline Smyth, one of our food stylists, recipe testers and and amazing artist, shares some of her best tips for cooking at home.

Shannon’s tips for easy baking

Easy Food’s cake queen Shannon Peare has a lot to share when it comes to baking. Here, you can get the inside scoop on some of her best baking tips. 

‘Sausage’ rolls

Preheat the oven to 180˚C/160˚C fan/gas mark 4. Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Put the chickpeas in a food processor and blend until smooth(ish). There will still be some chickpeas visible and it will be a thick, lumpy paste. Spoon into a bowl. Put the pecans and almonds in a high-speed blender […]

Sweetheart skewers

Gather your ingredients. Cut the brownies into hearts using a small heart-shaped pastry cutter. Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Melt it in the microwave, removing it to stir every 20-30 seconds. Dip some of the marshmallows into the chocolate.   Dip some of those into sprinkles. Place all of the dipped marshmallows onto […]

18 of our best recipes for Christmas leftovers

We’ll be the first to admit that food is a massive part of our Christmas celebrations. From the turkey to the ham, from the sprouts to the roasties, the sauces and the stuffings, the puddings and the starters and everything else in between — we love it all! However, the same question always arises each […]