Comforting Family Dinners

Delicious, easy and comforting dinner recipes the whole family will enjoy. These family recipes will have everyone coming back for more.
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Chicken Fajita Nachos
Loaded with melty cheese and tender seasoned chicken thighs, these chicken fajita nachos are everything you want in nachos and more. This is easy comfort food at it’s best and just as perfect as a weeknight dinner as it is the weekend. What better comfort food recipe to feed a family than nachos. Flavoursome, easy to make and the perfect crowd pleaser just like these chicken fajita nachos that have been on repeat at our place.
Pumpkin Mac and Cheese
This creamy stovetop pumpkin mac n cheese is rich, delicious, family-friendly and perfect for fall. Pasta bathed in a cheesy pumpkin sauce, ready in under an hour. This pumpkin mac n cheese recipe is a spin on the classic rich, creamy pasta dish. By adding pumpkin puree, the sauce becomes even silkier and has a subtle pumpkin flavour. Even though there is quite a bit of pumpkin puree in this recipe, it doesn’t steal the show, so all the ingredients shine.
Crab and Sweetcorn Soup
Better than takeout Chinese crab and sweetcorn soup is so easy to make. Loaded with flavour from simple ingredients, it's unbeatable! This crab and sweetcorn soup tastes just like your favourite Chinese takeout version - a flavourful corn broth with chunks of crab, whole corn kernels and lovely light tendrils of egg. It’s truly delicious, somehow soothing and incredibly comforting, despite being light. It's also incredibly easy to turn into chicken and sweetcorn soup.
Roasted Mini Potatoes (with Sage Butter Sauce)
The best roasted mini potatoes, soft and tender inside with crispy skin, are so simple to make. Dressed in a 10 minute sage butter sauce, they're simply delicious. Sometimes simple is best, and this recipe for roasted mini potatoes with sage butter sauce is proof! All you need are a handful of simple, easy-to-find ingredients to create a delicious side dish that goes with a variety of mains.
Maple Roasted Carrots
These maple roasted carrots are a simple but oh-so-tasty side dish. Oven roasted baby carrots smothered in a sweet and sticky maple glaze with a kick of wholegrain mustard are easy, delicious and totally addictive. Transform humble carrots into the most addictive side dish, or even snack, with this mustard maple roasted carrots recipe. Perfect for holiday entertaining and quick and easy enough for a weeknight side dish.
One Pan Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Bake
This one pan chicken and broccoli pasta bake has incredible flavour and it’s so easy to make. It’s creamy, cosy and best of all, only one pan to wash up. Cheesy on top with chunks of tender, flavourful chicken thigh throughout, this broccoli chicken pasta bake is geared towards simplicity without skimping on flavour. It’s loaded with broccoli and sun dried tomatoes so, while it’s comfort food, you know there’s good stuff in there.
Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork Recipe
This bbq pulled pork recipe is the ultimate comfort food. Tender, succulent, slow cooked pork wrapped in a delicious bbq sauce. Pulled pork is such a comforting and extremely versatile dish. Like any, this BBQ pulled pork, with it’s combination of tender, juicy meat and big flavours, will feed a crowd with very little effort, making it a great party food. And while you could use your favourite store-bought barbecue sauce, it never quite gets the full flavour of the homemade BBQ sauce.
Homemade Ranch Dip
This easy homemade ranch dip recipe can be prepared in minutes. Just a handful of simple ingredients and it's ready for dipping. It's the perfect party snack dip for everything from crudites to chicken wings. You can even turn this homemade ranch dip into a ranch dressing that you can use over salad or potatoes. It doesn't get any better than this!
Pulled Pork Burgers
These BBQ pulled pork burgers are a comforting dinner perfect for prepping ahead for an easy weeknight dinner or a game day feast. These pulled pork burgers are a delicious combination of succulent BBQ pulled pork, creamy apple coleslaw and pickles in your favourite burger buns. They’re juicy, tangy, savoury and sweet all at once and total comfort food. Using my BBQ pulled pork recipe these burgers are a fantastic way to feed a crowd. Guaranteed satisfaction.
Easy BBQ Pulled Pork Recipe
This bbq pulled pork recipe is the ultimate comfort food. Tender, succulent, slow cooked pork wrapped in a delicious bbq sauce. Pulled pork is such a comforting and extremely versatile dish. Like any, this BBQ pulled pork, with it’s combination of tender, juicy meat and big flavours, will feed a crowd with very little effort, making it a great party food. And while you could use your favourite store-bought barbecue sauce, it never quite gets the full flavour of the homemade BBQ sauce.
Crab and Sweetcorn Soup
Better than takeout Chinese crab and sweetcorn soup is so easy to make. Loaded with flavour from simple ingredients, it's unbeatable! This crab and sweetcorn soup tastes just like your favourite Chinese takeout version - a flavourful corn broth with chunks of crab, whole corn kernels and lovely light tendrils of egg. It’s truly delicious, somehow soothing and incredibly comforting, despite being light. It's also incredibly easy to turn into chicken and sweetcorn soup.
Prawn Katsu (Ebi Fry)
Prawn katsu (aka ebi fry) are Japanese panko coated prawns, fried to crispy, golden perfection. Just 6 ingredients, they're delicious and so easy to make. These Japanese prawns are coated with panko crumbs and fried until deep golden brown. The flavour is amazing and they're just so, so easy to make at home. Often served with katsu sauce or tartare sauce, they're also lovely as part of a meal with cooked rice, shredded cabbage and furikake. I love serving these with tempura sauce too.
Sizzling Garlic Prawns
These sizzling garlic prawns are so quick and easy. With butter, spices and of course garlic, they're super tasty and great as a starter or mixed through pasta! Not just sizzling; these are Spanish garlic prawns loaded with garlic, of course but some paprika (or even better, pimenton), chilli flakes and a good squeeze of lemon make these something really special. They're cooked in just one pan! All done under the overhead grill / broiler. So incredibly easy. Loaded with punchy flavour!
Sticky Harissa Chicken
This harissa chicken is tender, juicy roast chicken packed with exotic flavour. Spicy, savoury, tangy, and sweet, it's so easy to make too. Harissa chicken is a spicy and flavour-packed dish that will tantalize your tastebuds with every bite. The combination of a whole roast chicken, fiery harissa paste, sweet honey and roasted peppers and tangy lemon come together to create a mouthwatering dish that's also simple enough to make during the week!
Flank Steak Tacos
These flank steak tacos are a fuss-free dinner, loaded with flavour. A little spicy, a little tangy and super tasty, it's so easy to make. Next time taco night comes around, you need to try this recipe for flank steak tacos. Rich and flavourful flank steak marinated in chipotle in a adobo and spices then grilled, before being piled into tortillas with all your favourite toppings. They're perfect for a weeknight dinner since you can marinate the steak ahead of time and the steak cooks so quickly.