“These tacos are a family favourite, and they’re also great for parties, as ‘fakeaways’ or a way to get your kids to eat more veggies. I tell my kids it’s crispy chicken and they’re yet to question me (they’re only three and five).” - Olivia Galletly

“Using store-bought buns and Chinese BBQ duck make these fast to rustle. If you don’t live near a BBQ shop, cook duck breasts instead, which is easier than you might think. You can prep all the recipe components ahead of time — just keep the steamed buns covered with a damp tea towel to stop them drying out. For easy entertaining, set everything up buffet-style and let your guests build their own — it's fun that way!”

A prawn cocktail is always a fun dish to serve and eat, but this Mexi version brings along everything but the mariachi band. How many recipes do you know that give you the option of adding mezcal? (And really. “If you want to add some?” Of course we bloody do!) In Mexico, this is a classic beachside snack…

Many parts of the States cook versions of chilli, which is spelled with one ‘l’ but our autocorrect can’t cope and we’ve let it have its way. Sometimes, ya can’t fight the machine. Chilli con carne is the classic chilli dish you might know the best. Although many chilli dishes are deep red from tomato, chipotle, kidney beans and whatnot…

Grab that big sharp knife; you’re making veggie julienne! In other lives we trained to be chefs and vegetable cuts, along with from-scratch stocks, sauces like béchamel, and proper pastry were the bedrock of our education. Ah… veggie cuts. Brunoise… mirepoix… baton… batonette…

“This is a lovely and easy dish to enjoy pazı (chard), grown mostly in the northwest, Black Sea, Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean regions. Its gently tart flavour is delicious here. These large leaves are also used for making pazı sarması (rolled chard leaves with aromatic rice…

We love the layered flavours you get in an Indian curry, especially when they skew sweet-sour. Which they do here, thanks to jaggery, tomatoes and – yum! – tamarind paste. There are a few steps to making this but none are hard. It’s a perfect Sunday cooking project and you can make extras and freeze them for during the week too…

Here’s a cheese-heavy pasta dish that’s the kind of simple thing to make when you can’t be arsed to properly cook… which, if you’re anything like us, is maybe quite often.  All you do is cook some dried pasta (a tube-y one works great), then heave it into a large pan with some of the pasta cooking water, lemon, herbs, ricotta, a bit…