Dinners
20-min curry — mild, family-friendly, with rice
Fakeaway burger night with smoky baconnaise
Miso-glazed salmon with ramen noodles
Vegetarian — creamy tomato pasta with burrata
Caesar salad meets tacos — fun hands-on dinner
Lunches
20-min creamy pasta with caramelised chicken
Light pork lettuce cups — 20 min
Vegetarian — 30-min baked pasta with three cheeses
Shopping List
Meat & Seafood
- 500 g boneless, skinless chicken thighs (for butter chicken)
- 500 g minced beef, 80/20 (for burgers)
- 4 skin-on salmon fillets (for miso salmon)
- 500 g boneless, skinless chicken thighs (for Caesar tacos)
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 500 g minced pork or chicken (for san choy bow)
Produce
- 1 brown onion (for butter chicken)
- 1 cucumber (for butter chicken)
- 1 red onion (for butter chicken + not vodka pasta)
- Fresh coriander (for butter chicken + miso salmon)
- Fresh ginger (for butter chicken)
- 1 cos lettuce (for Caesar tacos)
- Cherry tomatoes (for Caesar tacos)
- 150 g bacon (for Caesar tacos)
- 1 bunch Chinese broccoli or gai lan (for miso salmon)
- 5 spring onions (for miso salmon + san choy bow)
- Carrots (for san choy bow)
- 1 garlic bulb (8-10 cloves across recipes)
- Bean sprouts (for san choy bow)
- 130 g baby spinach (for pasta bake)
- 1 lemon (for pasta bake)
- 1 lemon (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 1/4 bunch basil leaves (for not vodka pasta)
- 1/4 bunch flat-leaf parsley (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 1 fresh chilli (for butter chicken — optional)
- Limes (for san choy bow)
Pantry
- Basmati rice (for butter chicken)
- 350 g spaghetti or pasta of choice (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 400 g small pasta (for not vodka pasta)
- 400 g small pasta — malfalde, penne or shells (for pasta bake)
- 8 burger buns (for smashed burgers)
- 8 small flour tortillas (for Caesar tacos)
- 4 lettuce cups — gem or oak leaf (for san choy bow)
- 100 g vermicelli rice noodles, optional (for san choy bow)
- Ramen noodles, 360 g (for miso salmon)
- Garam masala (for butter chicken)
- Ground cumin (for butter chicken)
- Turmeric (for butter chicken)
- Yellow mustard seeds (for butter chicken)
- Miso paste (for salmon glaze)
- Tomato paste, 140 g double-concentrated (for not vodka pasta)
- 700 g passata (for not vodka pasta)
- 500 g good-quality tomato pasta sauce (for pasta bake)
- 125 g pesto (for pasta bake)
- Tamari or all-purpose soy sauce (for miso salmon + san choy bow)
- Dark soy sauce (for san choy bow)
- Oyster sauce (for san choy bow)
- Sesame oil (for miso salmon + san choy bow)
- Rice wine vinegar (for miso salmon)
- Red wine vinegar (for not vodka pasta)
- Brown sugar (for miso salmon + san choy bow)
- Dijon mustard (for burgers + Caesar tacos)
- Smoked paprika (for Caesar tacos)
- Sweet paprika (for lemon chicken pasta)
- Italian mixed herbs (for lemon chicken pasta)
- Garlic powder (for burgers + Caesar tacos)
- Onion powder (for Caesar tacos)
- Panko breadcrumbs (for pasta bake)
- Plain flour (for lemon chicken pasta)
- Olive oil
- Olive oil spray (for pasta bake)
- Sea salt flakes
- Black pepper
- Sesame seeds (for miso salmon)
- Crushed peanuts (for san choy bow)
- Worcestershire sauce (for Caesar dressing)
Dairy & Eggs
- 125 g whole-egg mayonnaise (for burgers + Caesar dressing)
- 250 ml thickened cream (for butter chicken)
- 375 ml thickened cream (for not vodka pasta)
- 500 ml thickened cream (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 375 g ricotta (for pasta bake)
- 300 g shredded mozzarella (for pasta bake)
- 75 g parmesan, grated (for not vodka pasta)
- 100 g parmesan, grated (for lemon chicken pasta + pasta bake)
- 100 g parmesan, shaved (for Caesar tacos)
- 2 burrata (for not vodka pasta)
- 2 tbsp plain yoghurt (for butter chicken)
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter (for butter chicken)
- 40 g unsalted butter (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 60 g unsalted butter (for not vodka pasta)
- 4 slices cheddar or American cheese (for burgers)
- 250 ml chicken stock (for lemon chicken pasta)
Frozen
- 75 g frozen peas (for san choy bow)