Our family table

Eat Well for Good

Daily lunch & dinner for a family that wants to eat well for good: big plates, slow carbs, lower LDL, anti-inflammatory where possible.

6 recipes · newest first

  • Yesterday's second tray of roast carrot, cauliflower and onion blitzed with stock, ginger and turmeric, topped with cold salmon and a spoon of dill sauce. Zero real cooking.

    10 min totalServes 1–2
    • Oily fish
    • Turmeric
    • Ginger
    • EVOO
  • Oven-roasted aubergine, tomato, garlic, olives and capers simmered with white beans, with chunky cod poached right in the sauce. Basil and lemon on top. Double the sauce and you have tomorrow's lunch.

    50 min totalServes 4 + tomorrow's lunch
    • EVOO
    • Legumes
    • Tomato
    • Garlic
    • Olives
    • Basil

  • A big, punchy bowl of ready-cooked lentils, quick-pickled red onion, gherkin, olives and juicy tomatoes, topped with halved hard-boiled eggs and a little crumbled feta. No cooking beyond the eggs.

    15 min totalServes 2 (halve for 1)
    • Lentils
    • EVOO
    • Tomato
    • Olives
    • Red onion
    • Parsley
  • Sweet, caramelised beetroot, carrot and parsnip roasted with crispy chickpeas, salmon baked right on top, and a cool dill–yoghurt–feta sauce. A second tray of plain veg roasts alongside for tomorrow's soup.

    55 min totalServes 4 + tomorrow's lunch
    • Oily fish
    • EVOO
    • Chickpeas
    • Beetroot
    • Dill
    • Lemon

  • All the Riviera flavours, nothing to cook: tuna, creamy white beans, jammy eggs and sweet roasted peppers on peppery rocket, with a sharp lemon–caper dressing.

    10 min totalServes 2 (halve for 1)
    • EVOO
    • White beans
    • Tuna (omega-3)
    • Olives
    • Rocket
    • Tomatoes
    • Lemon
  • A deep, smoky big-pot chili loaded with beans, served with a double tray of golden Parmesan-roasted cauliflower and carrots. Chicken roasts alongside for tomorrow’s lunch.

    1 h totalServes 4 + 4 to freeze
    • EVOO
    • Beans
    • Tomato
    • Cauliflower
    • Smoked paprika
    • Cumin
    • Cocoa