budget-friendly meals

Peppered Steak with Whisky Sauce

Peppered Steak with Whisky Sauce

Peppered Steak with Whisky Sauce excerpted from Comfort in One: Simple, joyful one pot meals – The Sunday Times Bestseller by Hari Beavis. Photography by Dan Jones.

Comfort in One: Simple, joyful one pot meals - The Sunday Times Bestseller by Hari Beavis

‘Gen Z’s new favourite chef’
The Times

Dive into a world of easy comfort food with the latest cookbook from Sunday Times bestselling author Hari Beavis.

Renowned for her down-to-earth approach and irresistible flavours, Hari brings you a collection of heart-warming meals that require just one pan, pot, tray or tin.

Each dish comes with handy alternative ingredient suggestions, allowing you to adapt to what’s already in your store cupboard and tailor your meals to any craving or dietary preference. From speedy suppers to slow-cooked comfort classics, you’ll find inspiration for every mood and occasion. 

Recipes include:

  • Green Goddess Winter Pie – a nourishing, flaky-crusted delight 
  • Rosé Wine Prawn Pasta – effortless elegance in one pan 
  • Chorizo and Manchego Red Pepper Traybake – bold flavours with zero fuss 
  • Slow Cooker Birria Tacos – tender, melt-in-the-mouth goodness 
  • Garlic Butter, Lemon Chicken Orzo – creamy and comforting in a single pot 
  • Pumpkin Risotto with Bacon and Walnut Crunch – seasonal indulgence at its best 
  • Creamy Salmon Salad with Dill and Chive Dressing – a light yet satisfying bowl 
  • Mozzarella, Peach and Prosciutto Salad – sweet, salty perfection 
  • Lemon, Olive Oil and Thyme Cake – tangy and aromatic, all in one tin 

With 90 soul-soothing recipes that champion simplicity and flavour, this cookbook invites you to relax, dig in, and discover how easy it is to whip up truly comforting meals. Let Hari Beavis guide you to your new favourite dish – one pot at a time.  (more…)

Deli Meat Ramen Sandwich

Deli Meat Ramen Sandwich

Deli Meat Ramen Sandwich excerpted from Insanely Good Ramen Meals: The Ramen King Ivan Cookbook by Ivan McCombs. Photography © 2024 David K. Peng.

Insanely Good Ramen Meals: The Ramen King Ivan Cookbook by Ivan McCombs

Learn from the one and only Ivan McCombs, aka Ramen King Ivan, one of the most beloved food creators on Earth, what the quickest, easiest, and most delectable path is from here to a truly spectacular dinner!

You want to eat fresh food, not canned or frozen food. You want to cook it fast—as in five to ten minutes fast. You want ingredient lists that are short and inexpensive. You want what you make to zing with bold, adventuresome flavors from all over the planet. That’s a tall order! But there’s more: You want to have crazy good fun while you cook!

To get all that, there’s only one kitchen companion you want by your side, and that person is the big-spirited, funny-to-the-bones star of TikTok and YouTube known to his millions of fans as Ramen King Ivan. Ivan does not reveal his recipes online. But now at last he has done so, in the pages of this fun, funny, and eminently useful book. The recipes include:

  • Chicken Honey Ramen
  • Fried Chicken and Waffles the Ivan Way
  • Wagyu Beef Ramen
  • Shrimp and Rice Cake Ramen
  • Ramen Deviled Eggs
  • Ramen Breakfast Burrito
  • Thai Chile Rice Cakes
  • Boba Ramen

Sure, Ivan has fun while he cooks, but he takes the quality and flavor of what he cooks one-hundred-percent seriously. You’ll know it when you cook and enjoy any of the recipes in this, his first book, dishes that will keep you well-fed and delighted, 24/7, for years to come. (more…)