can we have a thread where we recommend recipes that we often re-visit?

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You don't have to go to the trouble of copying and pasting or describing it all, but just recommend the recipe and the book and why it works for you/your family? Everyone else can google the links.

As an example, for me it would be the minestrone from Nigella's How To Eat. I've made it so often now that I don't really need to look at the book, but I love it because it is quirky (no garlic, no tomatoes - both of which I love but this recipe just totally works without either) and one way to get the children to eat dark greens. And also because it is lush and keeps well and can be a lunch for friends, or a proper main course dinner for family.

I want to expand my repertoire of fail-safe day to day stuff like this! Anyone want to contribute?

James Martin's lamb curry, lovely and freezes really well if you make a huge batch of it.

A new one is Jamie's Oliver's spaghetti with tomatoes and ricotta, which I want to lick the plate after, it's absolutely delicious.

One of our biggest favourites is griddled chicken pieces, onions and peppers, all just marinaded quickly in oil, cumin, paprika and a little chilli, with homemade naan or pitta, as we've just discovered quite how quick and easy it is to make your own naans and pittas, especially if you have a kitchenaid-type mixer to help.

this goes down well and is easy peasy www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/07/chicken-plums-soy-recipe-whittingstall

These are the recipes I use over and over again :)

Salade Nicoise
Shrimp Creole
Delia's 'proper' Ragu Bolognese
Spicy Cauliflower Soup
Delia's Hot and Sour Thai Chicken Broth
Spiced Baked Salmon

Rich vernacular- I understand very well what you mean. With mine, it helps if I have a plain carb eg rice they can eat and then I just let them eat the meat or fish or whatever. I don't even put the sauces etc on the plate. It works well with the recipe I posted as the chicken has skin. I peel that off and it is essentially plain chicken and rice. Not amazingly varied for them but I'm fed up of never eating what I want and it won't kill them to eat boring once in a while. Now they actually ask for the 'spicy oil' with it.

Pesto chicken stew with Parmesan dumplings bbc good food! Posted about it before as it is the most delicious dinner ever IMO!

Hairy Dieters Palak Paneer - ohmygosh, so amazingly good, my 13 year old eats the spinach and raves about the curry. Takes less than 30 minutes to go from packets to on your plates. It's stupidly easy too.

www.hairybikers.com/recipes/view/crunchy-palak-paneer#AkCs9RkU23sPYaFj.97

Nigel Slater's Wholemeal Chocolate Hazelnut cake.

It's like giant digestive biscuit.

Also lots from Smitten Kitchen, must have baked her Ricotta Cake dozens of times.

Jo Pratt's Madhouse cook book is fab. If you get a chance to try making her roasted veg lasagne, it is amazing.
Even my dh who raises eyebrows at a meat or fish free meal said it's even better than meat lasagne.
Actually, the whole book is pretty good.

Super easy moist works every time chocolate cake

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/6652/naughty-chocolate-fudge-cake

Rich Vernacular I deconstruct as much as I can and let them help themselves: sauces on the side, spicier things eg chopped chillies to sprinkle, a plain carb, yoghurt to bring down heat etc. Also for example if we are having curry, i serve pappadums (which let's face it, are giant crisps) and chutney etc first - it's fun and will tempt them try new things without committing

Ooh that Fay Ripley pork one reminds me of one of my favourite Ottolenghi. It goes down a storm with everyone (with mash root veg on the side):

www.ottolenghi.co.uk/seared-duck-breast-with-blood-orange-and-star-anise-shop

I have a couple of microwave ones (I think they were from Good Food originally) I am using lots at the moment as I can't open the oven door. Sponge pudding goes down well with DC, instead of syrup you could use jam or chocolate or butterscotch sauce or salted caramel etc etc. The microwave jambalaya is the easiest meal ever.

Microwave sponge pudding

1. Dollop a couple of tablespoons of golden syrup into greased pudding basin (I use 1l one).
2. Beat together 125gm soft butter, 125gm caster sugar and 125gm plain flour with two eggs, a teaspoon of baking powder and zest/juice of a lemon. Put into basin on top of syrup.
3. Put lid or clingfilm on basin and microwave for between 3 - 4 minutes. Let it stand for a minute. Nice with ice cream or custard.

It's really good, but if you have leftovers (hahaha) don't refrigerate it as the sponge goes a bit hard.

Microwave jambalaya

1. Tip a tin of chopped tomatoes into big microwaveable bowl. Fill tin with normal easy cook rice and add to bowl, then fill tin with water, swill around and add to bowl.
2. Add couple of handfuls of sweetcorn (frozen is fine), a chopped red pepper and some chopped chorizo (I normally use half a "loopy" one) You could also add tinned beans, peas, cooked chicken etc etc. Add a couple tablespoons of Cajun seasoning and stir it around.
3. Clingfilm or cover and microwave for 10 mins, give it a stir and cook for further 10 - 15 mins. Leave to stand for 2 mins before serving.

Very very easy!

Rachel Allen spicy sausage pasta with cream. Really quick to make and the sauce freezes beautifully. I've usually got some in the freezer for the nights I can be bothered to cook. Also, the website No.2 pencil has loads of one pot recipes that are great and easily adapted to your own tastes.

Thanks, OP, I love these threads. However, as MrsPear suggested upthread, it needs to be moved! It would be such as shame if it went poof after 90 days.

I'll report and ask HQ...

Brined southern fried chicken from Epicurious website
Gizzie Erskines chicken katsu
Another vote for Jools pregnant pasta
Simon Hopkinsons cheese pie
An old sainsbos recipe card one for tagliatelle with pesto, cream, black olives and bacon.
Delia's carbonara.

Jess, now I know what I'm having for dinner this weekend when I'm left to fend for me and DD (despite posting recipes above, I don't actually do the cooking in our house )

Oh thank God I thought I had killed the thread with my microwave "cooking"

Nigel Slater oldie but goldie

Delia's jambalaya

Rick Stein sausages and fennel

Delia's apple crumble where she whizzes up about 120 grams of whole unblanched almonds in with the crumble topping. Makes it very crunchy and extra delicious.

Nigella's 'orzotto' -- orzo pasta cooked liked risotto ( absorption method) with peas, bacon/lardons/pancetta and parmesan. Really quick and delicious.

Really easy, quick and delicious - my lot love it. Good to have cold next day too.

BBC Good Food Chicken & Chorizo Jambalaya

I've started a Pinterest board just for all these fab recipes - great thread OP!

Oh forgot about this Nigella one, mmmmm yum.

Slow roasted garlic and lemon chicken

Again, everything looks lovely.

And yes, I'd like the thread to stay. Trouble is some Mumsnetters only post in Chat and Aibu, so you don't get their input if you put it in a specialist section like Food/Recipes.

Am definitely going to try your duck breast one this weekend, thanks Zorba. I love duck but don't really know what I'm doing with it at home for some reason.

Greek style lasagne and it freezes beautifully