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mid-week

Lacking quick and easy mid-week meal inspiration? I hope you can find something you like here!

Try one of my one pot crowd pleasers, OR…

Our family favourites include this baked Greek chicken and potatoes (you’ll make it again and again!), lemon butter salmon with potatoes and asparagus, and one pan baked chicken with chorizo and tomatoes (great for entertaining!).

For those days when you don’t have much in the fridge and you need something everyone will enjoy, you can’t go wrong with this yummy crustless ‘Impossible Quiche‘.

A closeup image of a white bowl of chicken and mushroom pappardelle with a knife and fork on a purple checked tea towel and with a bowl of peas and a lemon in the background.

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Closeup of creamy chicken orzo in half of a large blue cast iron pan with a colorful tea towel in front and a glass of water and dark background.

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Closeup of a big serving spoon scooping out some cheesy baked chicken spaghetti from a white baking dish, all on a white background.

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Closeup of someone's hand drizzling thick lemon, butter and herb sauce into a white dish of sauce on a marble background with checked tea towel, fresh thyme and lemons scattered around the sides.

10 Minute Lemon & Butter Sauce (For Chicken, Fish & More!)

Closeup of cooked spinach feta stuffed chicken breasts in a blue cast iron pan with pan juices and on a pale blue background with a red and white checked tea towel in the background.

Easy Spinach And Feta Stuffed Chicken Breasts

A closeup of an overhead view of a dish of pan-fried gnocchi in cherry tomato basil sauce with feta cheese sprinkled on top.

Pan-fried Gnocchi With Cherry Tomato Sauce (30-minute meal)

Closeup of someone squeezing half a lemon into a black cast iron pan of sauteed frozen green beans with a pale green tea towel in the background.

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A closeup of an air fryer crispy chicken burger on a green and white patterned napkin and rectangular white plate with another burger in the background.

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Overhead of a chopped lettuce salad and salad servers in a white dish with blue rim on a grey background with ingredients all around it.

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Closeup of stovetop chicken and rice in a cast iron pan on a blue striped tea towel and with a wooden spoon in it.

30-Minute Stove Top Chicken And Rice (One Pot)

A closeup of a fork in a bowl of pasta carbonara with another bowl in the background

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Overhead view of a piece of Greek baked fish with tomatoes and onions and basil on a patterned blue and white plate with a fork and a piece of bread with red baking dish behind.

Easy Greek Oven Baked Fish (Psari Plaki)

View from above of an easy tuna salad with a spoon in it and on a marble background.

Our Favourite Easy Tuna Salad (10-minute Dinner)

closeup of the inside of a Greek chicken gryo wrap with chicken thigh, tzatziki, onion, tomatoes and lettuce on a black plate with a bowl of tzatziki in the background.

Super Easy Greek Gyro Pita (With Chicken, Tzatziki & Fries!)

Part of a big Greek salad in a white bowl with a big slice of feta cheese and oregano on top from above.

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A round spinach and feta filo pie with a big piece cut out of it on baking paper and with a piece of the pie in the background.

Greek Spinach And Feta Filo Pie

A closeup of someone spooning chicken and chorizo with cherry tomatoes out of a blue cast iron pan.

One-pan Chicken And Chorizo With Cherry Tomatoes

A white dish of creamy chorizo pasta with a fork in it with a red and white checked tea towel and on a marble background.

Easy Creamy Chorizo Pasta

A closeup of a portion of Thai basil pork with rice and an egg on a white plate with a blue rim and with a spoon in it.

15-minute Thai Basil Pork Stir-fry (Pad Kra Pao Pork)

Closeup of 2 slices of quiche lorraine cut from the rest of the quiche from above and on a marble background.

Perfect Mary Berry Quiche Lorraine

A square slice of homemade red pepper and feta quiche on a white plate with green salad and with ingredients and water and a red tea towel in the background.

Easy Red Pepper And Feta Quiche (Mediterranean Quiche)

A white dish of Italian pasta alla norma or eggplant pasta with basil and mozzarella on top on a green and blue cloth background with parmesan and a glass of water in the background

Easy Pasta Alla Norma (Tomato And Eggplant Pasta)

2 brown ceramic dishes of baked eggplant with tomato and feta on a blue and white tea towel and marble background.

Our Favourite Greek Baked Eggplant With Tomato & Feta (Gluten-free)

Someone eating a crispy halloumi burger up close

Crispy Halloumi Burgers (15 Minute Meal)

A Spanish omelette on a wooden board with a slice cut out of it

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One pan Greek baked chicken & potatoes with a Greek salad in the background

Amazing Roasted Greek Chicken And Potatoes

Baked cod with panko or posh fish and chips in a white cast iron pan from above on a blue background

Baked Panko Cod With Lemon Butter Sauce (Posh Fish And Chips)

A whole cooked rotisserie style chicken in an air fryer basket on a blue background

1-Hour Air Fryer Rotisserie Chicken (How To Air Fry A Whole Chicken!)

Someone eating Shanghai chicken with rice with chopsticks from a blue grey bowl on a blue background

Shanghai Chicken (15-minute meal)

A red baking dish of Greek giouvetsi with chicken with parsley and feta on it and a spoon in it and with a red checked tea towel in the background

Giouvetsi (Orzo Chicken Greek Style)

A red baking dish of eggplant lasagna with a piece missing on a cooking rack and with a red checked tea towel in the foreground

Vegetarian Eggplant Lasagna

A closeup of 4 halloumi kebabs on a white platter and on a bed of green leaves with bread and lime segments on the side

Halloumi Kebabs With Chorizo, Tomatoes And Honey Lime Dressing

A white dish of Mediterranean roast vegetables on a pale background, with a decorative spoon in it and with a green tea towel and herbs in the background

Mediterranean Roast Vegetables (Oven Or Air Fryer)

A round white baking dish of spicy peanut butter chicken from above with a stripy red and green tea towel and ingredients around the dish

Easy Peanut Butter Chicken Recipe (Thai Style)

An overhead shot of a dish of quick sweet and sour chicken on a brown place mat

Easy Chicken With Pineapple Chinese Stir-fry (Sweet And Sour)

A spoon holding up a chicken thigh in a round baking dish of chicken and sweet potatoes with maple orange sauce

One Pan Baked Chicken And Sweet Potatoes With Maple Orange Sauce

3 halloumi tacos with pineapple mango salsa on a white plate with a bowl of the salsa

Halloumi Tacos With Pineapple Mango Salsa

A glass bowl of quinoa salad with feta, fennel and blueberries on a black background from above and with a red plastic spoon and veggie scraps

Quinoa Salad with feta, fennel and blueberries

A close-up of an individual asparagus tartlet with bacon and an egg on top

Puff Pastry Asparagus Tartlets With Bacon

A closeup of 6-ingredient sausage ragu and pasta

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