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This easy dish is a delicious light lunch or starter. You just need a vegetable peeler to cut the courgettes into thin ribbons.
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This chicken and Parma ham recipe is delicious served with roasted tomatoes and crisp green salad and is one of your all-time favourite stuffed chicken breast recipes!
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Curries can contain a lot of fat, but this lighter chicken curry uses just a little sunflower oil (which contains good fats) and yogurt. But it's still just as tasty.
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This classic Italian dish of spaghetti carbonara is quick to make with the eggs and cream combining to make the carbonara sauce for the pasta.
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Your favourite simple main recipes
Sometimes you just don't have the time or energy to spend ages in the kitchen, which is why we've collected more than 780 simple main recipes. From one-pot recipes and curries to frittatas, our recipes are all easy to cook and leave you more time to put your feet up! We recommend one of these simple recipes:
- Chicken carbonara - Mavis says: 'Everyone loved it'
- Microwaveable fish curry
- Cheese and courgette frittata











































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