Lemon sole with braised fennel and harissa cous cous

I got the idea for this really brilliant, easy supper recipe from a friend of my MIL's who did it with potatoes and monkfish instead. I loved the idea because you can  make the sauce well in advance and then warm it back up, steaming the fish on top with a lid on. Very very easy, healthy and delicious. Definitely one to do again!

Seared tuna with spelt pasta salad

This is a Jamie Oliver 15min spesh and it really was easy and quite popular with both young and old for a weekend lunch. Spelt pasta is lighter than normal and therefore works well with filling tuna. I had leftovers for lunch the next day and it was excellent still with its salty olives which really zing.

Salt and pepper squid with a vegetable stir fry

Now this was good... The squid I was taught on a brilliant one day fish cookery course at Abinger Cookery School in Surrey. Amazing to eat in the comfort of your own home as I normally think of it as real restaurant cooking, especially with the deep-fried parsley, garlic and chilli garnish (hate that word). As it was a main course I did an easy veggie stir fry with it, consisting of egg noodles, crispy veg and black sesame seeds. 

Skate wing with capers and kale

A classic where you flour the fish then add capers, lemon and parsley at the end of the cooking process, leaving you with a very moreish, piquant sauce. I've always loved skate but watch out as it does go off much quicker than other fish so buy it and eat it fast. 

Lemon sole with quinoa, tomatoes and a lime and ginger sauce

This recipe is a great example of how easy and quick fish is to cook. Probably took 10mins or so from start to finish. The nutribullet whizzed the sauce for me and the quinoa was pre-cooked. Before this year a dish like this wouldn't have excited me, but I think the more you cook and eat fish the more you love it.

Sizzling Moroccan prawns

Jamie Oliver's recipes are always reliable,  delicious and modern. I cooked this fab dish for Harry's birthday supper. Prawns were Sainsbury's frozen Taste the Difference and were excellent. A very pretty looking plate too!

Sesame tuna with swiss chard, rice noodles and a spicy sauce

Harry declared this restaurant-level grub. It was very very good but I did make the spicy sauce MEGA hot 😡. With thanks again to the Itsu cookbook and the magic ingredient that is silken tofu!

Salmon with brown rice, fried courgette and crispy kale with a miso dressing

Using ingredients bought in our local organic farm, this dish was so tasty and wholesome. Oven crisping kale is our best way of eating this super healthy green.

Spiced sweet potato wedges with marinated smoked tofu topped with mixed seeds

Loved this dip into the new world of tofu... Marinating hard, Japanese-style tofu is the way forward for this born again kitchen. We even quite enjoyed it! Eating like this really needn't mean feeling short-changed on the flavour or filling front. A very delicious supper.

Best mackerel salad

Massaged kale, mango, spelt, fried aubergine and smoked mackerel all went into this fruity salad topped with fresh basil. A very pretty and tasty salad for the end of August.

Courgette, mint and lentil salad with beetroot hummus and falafels

Beetroot hummus had toasted fennel seeds, cumin and flax oil added. The salad was so fresh tasting - good old Ella's ideas there. I used sprouted lentils and mixed seeds toasted with soy sauce. Very tasty washed down with some rose on a fri night!

Fresh crab, beetroot, carrot and avocado remoulade with pumpernickel

Fresh crab is such a treat and this lunch was so good - very much my kind of food and pretty filling too. I love rocket with crab. 

Butterbean, kale pesto and tuna salad with toasted pittas

Slightly threw this together but it became such a healthy feast of toasted paprika and cumin pittas, kale and seed salad and this protein-rich, filling main dish. It was a hot day too so nice to eat very fresh and zingy flavours such as these. Served with a cool pimms... 😎

Gilt-head bream with pea purée and a tomato salad

Such a good piece of fish, very succulent and delicious pan-fried. Harry's been getting hungry of late so bulked the pea and garlic purée out with a small handful of breadcrumbs. Good quality tomatoes tasted out-of-this-world-good with oil, balsamic and basil. 

Spaghetti puttanesca

Courgette, kalamata olives, capers, onion, garlic and parsley make a potent accompaniment to linguine. Harry had some leftover tuna steak on top whilst I had parmesan. So easy and yet restaurant-level good.

Smoked salmon and hummous

This hardly warrants a post but doesn't it look pretty and easy to throw together? 

Smoked mackerel fishcakes

Panko breadcrumbs were the secret to the success of these crispy beauts. Think next time I will incorporate some strong Thai flavours to cut through the fishiness of mack. A very satisfying Saturday lunch though.

Green Thai salad with black sesame, pomegranate and toasted cashews

Far too much garlic added to this by mistake but other than that it tasted divine - very fresh flavours and also filling. Such a pretty dish too.

Salmon tartare with toasted rye bread

Such a great substitute for having the steak version. We both thought this was such a treat... Harry had an avocado with his too and I had a few quails eggs otherwise it wasn't filling enough as a main course.

Fresh mackerel salad with lentils and roasted peppers

The added extra flavours were fennel and roasted onions to give it a bit more interest, but this was a very nutritious weekday supper.