Dinners
Mild, kids loved it last time — 20 min
Burger night — fun hands-on dinner
creamy-lemon-chicken-pasta
Creamy lemony pasta with chicken — 20 min
Kid-friendly meatballs with gravy — 24 min
Quick sausage pasta with fresh lasagne strips — 20 min
Lunches
15-min sticky salmon with rice
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)
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 500 g combined minced pork and veal, or all pork (for Swedish meatballs)
- 450 g Italian pork sausages, casings removed (for sausage pasta)
- 4 salmon fillets, skin on (for honey soy salmon)
- 500 g minced pork or chicken (for san choy bow)
- 4 slices bacon (for burgers)
Produce
- 1 large onion (for Swedish meatballs)
- 1 brown onion (for butter chicken)
- 1 cucumber (for butter chicken)
- 2 cucumbers (for Swedish meatball salad)
- 1 red onion (for butter chicken)
- Fresh coriander (for butter chicken)
- Fresh ginger (for butter chicken + honey soy salmon)
- 1 lemon (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 1 lemon, zested (for pasta bake)
- Fresh dill (for Swedish meatball salad)
- Fresh chives (for Swedish meatballs)
- 1/4 bunch flat-leaf parsley (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 130 g baby spinach (for pasta bake)
- 2 Lebanese cucumbers (for honey soy salmon)
- Carrots (for san choy bow)
- Bean sprouts (for san choy bow)
- 1 garlic bulb (10-12 cloves across recipes)
- 1 fresh chilli (optional, for sausage pasta + butter chicken)
- 4 lettuce cups — gem or oak leaf (for san choy bow)
- Limes (for san choy bow)
Pantry
- Basmati rice (for butter chicken)
- Jasmine rice (for honey soy salmon)
- 350 g spaghetti or pasta of choice (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 250 g fresh lasagne sheets (for sausage pasta)
- 400 g small pasta — malfalde, penne or shells (for pasta bake)
- 8 burger buns (for smashed burgers)
- 100 g breadcrumbs (for Swedish meatballs)
- Garam masala (for butter chicken)
- Ground cumin (for butter chicken)
- Turmeric (for butter chicken)
- Yellow mustard seeds (for butter chicken)
- Italian mixed herbs (for sausage pasta + lemon chicken pasta)
- Sweet paprika (for lemon chicken pasta)
- Tomato paste (for sausage pasta + butter chicken)
- 500 g good-quality tomato pasta sauce (for pasta bake)
- 125 g pesto (for pasta bake)
- 20 g panko breadcrumbs (for pasta bake)
- Soy sauce or tamari (for honey soy salmon + san choy bow)
- Dark soy sauce (for san choy bow)
- Oyster sauce (for san choy bow)
- Sesame oil (for san choy bow)
- Honey (for honey soy salmon)
- Apple cider vinegar (for Swedish meatball salad + honey soy salmon)
- Brown sugar (for butter chicken + san choy bow)
- Red wine vinegar (for butter chicken — optional)
- Dijon mustard (for burgers)
- Smoked paprika (for burgers)
- Garlic powder (for burgers)
- Beef stock powder or bouillon (for Swedish meatballs)
- Plain flour (for lemon chicken pasta + Swedish meatball sauce)
- Cranberry sauce (for Swedish meatballs)
- 100 g vermicelli rice noodles, optional (for san choy bow)
- Olive oil
- Olive oil spray (for pasta bake)
- Sea salt flakes
- Black pepper
- Sesame seeds (for honey soy salmon)
- Crushed peanuts (for san choy bow)
- 125 ml dry white wine (for sausage pasta — can sub chicken stock)
Dairy & Eggs
- 1 egg (for Swedish meatballs)
- 1 tbsp milk (for Swedish meatballs)
- 125 g whole-egg mayonnaise (for burgers + honey soy salmon)
- 2 tbsp plain yoghurt (for butter chicken)
- 250 ml thickened cream (for butter chicken)
- 500 ml thickened cream (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 250 ml thickened cream (for sausage pasta)
- 125 ml cooking cream or thickened cream (for Swedish meatball sauce)
- 375 g ricotta (for pasta bake)
- 300 g shredded mozzarella (for pasta bake)
- 50 g parmesan, grated (for sausage pasta)
- 100 g parmesan, grated (for lemon chicken pasta + pasta bake)
- 4 slices cheddar or American cheese (for burgers)
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter (for butter chicken)
- 40 g unsalted butter (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter (for Swedish meatball sauce)
- 250 ml chicken stock (for lemon chicken pasta)
- 250 ml chicken stock (for sausage pasta)
Frozen
- 75 g frozen peas (for san choy bow)
- 200 g frozen edamame (for honey soy salmon)