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Family Meals

Home-cooked family meals made simple and healthy, with practical recipes that fit into everyday life.

While most dishes focus on wholesome ingredients, there are occasional indulgent recipes your family will love, too.

Baked Eggs with Avocado

Baked Eggs with Avocado

Here’s an easy to make non spicy version of Huevos Rancheros (Spanish Eggs recipe) with avocado that…

Thai Turkey Curry in Ten Minutes

Thai Turkey Curry Quick One Pan Dinner

Here’s a quick family dinner for Thai turkey curry that you can make inside ten minutes. It uses ready c…

Thai Prawn Curry with Clams

A recipe using items from the freezer for Cool Cookery My freezer is a TARDIS in more ways than one. Not only…

Toad in the Hole with Bramley Apple

Last time I wrote about toad in the hole I told a tale about a manic frog throwing contest and I’m not s…

Ham Vegetable Pasta Bake

An easy pasta dish to feed the family for under twenty pounds whilst also providing two out of their five a da…

Crockpot beef on the bone stew slow cooker recipe served in white bowl with potatoes, carrots, onions and gravy.

Slow Cooker Beef Bone Stew (Rich Beef Bone Soup Option)

Slow cooker beef bone stew is a low effort family dinner; satisfying enough for a Sunday lunch but without the…

pumpkin and goats' cheese mashed potato recipe

Pumpkin Mashed Potato with Goat’s Cheese

Speedy supper mashed potato recipe with pumpkin and goat’s cheese. I’m not sure if this counts as…

One Pot Chicken Casserole with Couscous and Olives

It was the cusp of the millenium when I lived barely half a mile from Nigella Lawson. One of her early book la…

Two individual sized Black Olive Lasagnes baked in individual red and white oven dishes upon a wooden board on a red white gingham table cloth

Black Olive Lasagne – without Cheese

Finding a lasagne recipe with ingredients suited to anyone dairy intolerant can be tricky. Whilst not dairy fr…

basa fillets with bacon and spinach

Basa with Bacon and Spinach

These basa fillets with bacon and spinach are budget friendly dish to feed the family.

Linguine, ham and olives

String style pastas, whether they be linguine, spaghetti or tagliatelle make the ultimate fast kid friendly me…

Conchiglioni with Pesto, Asparagus, Bacon (Giant Pasta)

Making home made pesto is a regular occurrence in my house and today I put making pesto in the Vitamix to the…

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Spicy Chickpea Soup – Quick, Easy

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Golden bread and butter pudding in glass dish and in soft focus background are shown a blue and white striped jug and some stacked pastel pink and blue bowls.

Marmalade Bread and Butter Pudding

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Roast tomato and red pepper soup topped with basil oil and shaved grana padano cheese served in pattern light blue bowls, smaller white dishes of the toppings are to the side.

Roast Tomato and Pepper Soup

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Spicy Pork Pancakes with Rhubarb Recipe

Spicy Pork Pancakes With Rhubarb

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Casserole dish of richly coloured leftover lamb curry with mushrooms.

Leftover Lamb Curry with Mushrooms

Using up cooked meat and vegetables to make leftover lamb curry comes … [Read More...] about Leftover Lamb Curry with Mushrooms

Leftover Chicken Noodle Salad with Sesame Seeds and hoisin sauce dressing

Leftover Chicken Noodle Salad with Sesame Seeds

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I’m Sarah, a recipe writer sharing thrifty everyday dinners with a touch of French inspiration. I founded Maison Cupcake in 2009 and love creating dishes that are affordable, comforting and achievable. Thanks for visiting!

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