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Kanika Banwait

Uplifting baking recipes from GBBO finalist Sandro Farmhouse

Kanika Banwait

Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during May half-term

Anna Haugh

Lamb kofta with yogurt dressing & herby cucumber salad

A wonderful light lunch or easy dinner. Ideally, you would use eight metal or wooden skewers here to form the meat around, but if you don’t have those, shape the koftas into sausages and fry them instead.

Anna Haugh

Pasta ferrari

When we are up against it in the restaurant kitchen, preparing the staff meal is often pushed down the to-do list until it is nearly too late. It is then that we turn to the kitchen staple we call Pasta Ferrari: it’s fast and red, and it’s always to share with people we love and care about. Because though it is utterly simple in every way, it will still fai battere il cuore: ‘make your heart race’.

Anna Haugh

Chicken satay salad

This is the perfect meal to throw together in 10-20 minutes. If you really are in a hurry, you could slice the chicken more finely and the strips will cook in half the time.

Anna Haugh

Sea bream puttanesca

This is the single most surprising dish I’ve made at home. I can’t quite believe that there is such a good recipe for which you need zero cooking ability! You will wow anyone with it. Ideally, make it in a pan that comes with a lid, but if you don’t have one you can always use a large heatproof plate as a cover instead.

Anna Haugh

Tuesday night quick stir-fry

This recipe is off-the-charts delicious, quick and easy. It can be adjusted to include whatever vegetables you have in your kitchen. Cauliflower or broccoli work instead of carrots, or cabbage instead of kale. The texture from the seeds and the aroma from the sesame oil make such an impact.

Anna Haugh

Coconut cod curry

This recipe works extremely well when you’re in a hurry but really want something bursting with flavour. I like to eat it with plain boiled rice or baby potatoes. You’ll find curry powder mixes in the supermarket for a reasonable price, considering the number of spices that are usually in them. I like to go for a mild version, as I can then add more heat, depending on who I am cooking for.

Anna Haugh

Balsamic prawns with cherry tomatoes & creamy polenta

When Ireland was going through the Great Famine, a large part of the population travelled to other countries to make a new life. Some settled with Native Americans and told them of the strife back home. The Choctaw Nation, though they had very little money, sent a huge donation of yellow cornmeal to Ireland, saving many lives. In making this simple dish, history is remembered.

Anna Haugh

Va-va-voom chocolate biscuit cake

When I was a child, every birthday party had a chocolate biscuit cake, and I loved it. When I became an adult, I realised that it wasn’t compulsory to stick to digestive biscuits! So I bought loads of chocolate bars, experimented with many different combinations - all in the name of science, of course - and came to this version. As well as tasting great, it looks dramatic and beautiful.

‘I always used to travel with tins of tuna’

The long-jump champion, 37, tells TOM PARKER BOWLES why McDonald’s is such a hit at Olympic villages and the reason he takes his own food to international events

Pinto bean, cheese and salsa quesadillas

Fry a little crumbled chorizo with the beans for an extra kick of flavour

Tom Parker Bowles

Eating out: Oma, London SE1

Charlotte Kristensen

Drinks: Charlotte’s Greek Assyrtikos

Jessica Carroll

Why we're swapping our coffee for matcha this National Tea Day