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Midweek meals

Alfresco eating calls for easy dishes you don't have to slave over before sitting down to enjoy warm summer evenings

• Bacon and potato chowder Delicious chunky soup, perfect
  for chilly days
• Pitta pockets Cooked chicken breast in a
  herby mayo
• Pasta salad With salmon, crème fraiche
  and orange
• Spicy spinach and carrot muffins Can be frozen for up to a month
• Sweet potato and roasted vegetable burgers These are great as children can help shape the dough before you fry them
• Garden vegetable spaghetti with feta and basil This is healthy, delicious and speedy – feel free to vary it with other vegetables that are in season
• Ham-wrapped chicken with bulgur salad and watercress This simple, succulent roasted chicken works so well with the lovely fresh flavours of the salad
• Vegetable curry and aromatic rice Healthy comfort food at its best – if you want to spice it up a bit add some chopped fresh chilli with the garlic
• Asparagus and tuna tart Serve this stylish dish as a main course or in smaller portions as a starter – you could use tinned tuna, but drain it well
• Jersey rainbow salad A colourful, seasonal warm salad packed with vegetables and topped with mixed seeds
• Paper-wrapped quiches Instead of pastry, these tasty morsels are cooked in a twist of baking paper – a great idea for office lunches and picnics
• Spanish eggs with prawns When you need to rustle up a healthy, filling meal quickly, this Mediterranean omelette will fit the bill
• Watercress and flaked salmon soup Light and full of goodness, this soup makes a delicious supper
• Classic French remoulade If you've ever wondered what to do with celeriac, here's the perfect answer - great with smoked mackerel
• Carrot and butter bean soup This tasty but light broth uses up cooked carrots – and the turkey carcass makes wonderful stock.
• Turkey & vegetable wraps These fun, colourful wraps make light work of smuggling leftover turkey past the family.
• Smoked salmon sushi Simple but sumptuous sushi, which use up that Christmas treat, smoked salmon.
• Ham and mustard soufflés This soufflé is incredibly easy
  and a great way to use up
  cooked ham.
• Malaysian turkey curry This curry makes leftover turkey taste new and fresh
• Chicken and parsley meatballs with classic tomato sauce
• Soda bread Wholesome and perfect for a quick lunch with your soup
• Roasted butternut
  squash salad Reader panellist Rachel Edgerley shares an unusual idea.
• Apple, pork and
  ginger stir-fry Apples make a tasty addition to this stir-fry as they go so well with pork and ginger.
• Eggs Florentine Sometimes it's nice to serve a richer dish that you wouldn't eat every day.
• Courgette and cheddar cheese muffins Savoury muffins, warm from the oven, are a great breakfast or brunch treat.
• Aubergine salsa 'I picked this up from a friend. It's great with grilled fish, roast lamb or warmed flatbread'
• Sweetcorn chowder Make the most of this great value seasonal vegetable with our tasty soup packed with fresh sweetcorn kernels