Welcome

Our 18-year-old daughter has left for university, and the house is a whole lot quieter and tidier. Oh, how we miss her! It’s quite a milestone, for her and us, and I’ve done the most useful thing I know how to do: equip her with an arsenal of recipes she can cook for herself. Nothing intricate – just quick meals with a few ingredients, like the carbonara on this page, and the fast and fabulous dishes on page 40. And, when she’s ready to share with her new bubble of friends, she can call on the one-pan meals on page 50, which includes everything from chillies and curries, to noodles and pasta. I’m sure she’ll be very popular, very quickly. Unless she burns the communal kitchen down!