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best traybakE DINNER RECIPES
Feed the family and save on the washing up this winter with our top recipes for sweet and savoury traybakes
BEST SLOW-COOK RECIPES
Now’s the time to embrace a slower, gentler style of cooking with these recipes that are worth waiting for
INHERITANCE RECIPES
Food writers and cooks share the recipes that mean home to them
Plant-based comfort food
If you’re trying to eat less meat but want something hearty and filling for dinner, try these satisfying vegan recipes
Cook with apples
Delicious ways to use apples in bakes, meals and drinks
best vegan bakes
Our favourite recipes for cakes, bakes and sweet treats made without eggs or dairy
comforting currY RECIPES
Our best recipes for curries to scoop up in pillowy naans. Find your new favourite homemade curry in our meat, fish and vegetable curry collections
Lunch and learn
Dial up the nostalgia with our retro school dinner recipes. Shepherd’s pie and Angel Delight, anyone?
best holiday dishes
Staying at home this summer? Recreate sun-dappled meals with our selection of favourite international recipes
WAITROSE Foundation RECIPES
The Waitrose Foundation has been helping those who grow our fresh produce for 15 years – so we're celebrating with these relaxed weekend lunches
Easy ice cream recipes
Take a trip back to your childhood with our recipes for deliciously simple scoops
10 best watercress recipes
Make the most of the British summer crop. Add a kick to salads, blitz into sauces or use as a filling for quiches
Your guide to rosé wine
The Côtes de Provence may be home to popular pinks, but rosé is made all over the world, from South Africa to Suffolk. Explore the many flavours and food matches of these beautiful bottles
Dreamy summer sweets
Discover our most popular dessert recipes for warmer weather, plus the top summer puds and wine to add to your trolley
Japanese food and drink
Recipes from food writer Aya Nishimura, plus sushi facts and Japanese drinks to try
The big pizza guide
Find out how to make, shape and bake your own dough, explore tasty topping suggestions, discover brilliant timesaving hacks and more
How to optimise your immune system
Keep your immune system fighting fit with this five-point plan from Professor Greg Whyte
20 best asparagus recipes
Make the most of the brief and blissful season of British asparagus with our pick of tarts, salads and stir fries
Eat well for less
Eating well needn't cost the earth with these recipes using around our Essential range of ingredients
FRIDAY NIGHT 'FAKEAWAY'
Our top recipes for a quick, delicious and takeway-style dinner ready in less than an hour
easy OUTDOOR MEALS
When the weather is good, enjoy eating with friends and family in the garden. Here are our top recipes for easy outdoor entertaining
Heston's hacks
Add some alchemy to your cooking with these tips from the master
The perfect jacket potato
How to get them right every time, plus 30 instant topping ideas
Home cooking
Waitrose Partners create recipes based on their family favourites to celebrate Black History Month
Britain's favourite roast
Most of us have strong opinions about what constitutes the ideal Sunday roast. Our exclusive poll reveals the nation’s tastes
Freezer essentials
See what must-have ingredients our food experts keep in the freezer for low-waste, flavour-packed dishes
Student cooking tips
Waitrose executive chef Martyn Lee shares his key ingredients and hints for creating tasty, easy dishes at university
Your baking COOKBOOK
From showstopper cakes to blondies, and traybakes to patisserie, bookmark our collection for all the baking inspiration you could need
How to cook and use rice
Find out more about the varieties and how to use them in this guide to the go-to grain, including recipes for paella, stir-fry and a no-roll sushi bowl
duchy organic milk
The cows on Stephen Raymond's Dorset farm enjoy an organic diet and high welfare standards which is why their milk tastes so good
pasta pronto
Get perfect results every time with our expert advice and speedy failsafe recipes
HIGH PROTEIN RECIPES
Keeping fit with home workouts? Fuelling your body with the right food is key
solo cooking
Chefs and food writers tell us what's on the menu when they're looking after number one
Photography: Patricia Niven
Dinner today, lunch tomorrow
Easy-to-prepare dinners that can be transformed into tomorrow’s lunch
breakfast & brunch sorted
Our recipe hub is chock-full of ideas for long, leisurely brunches to get the day off to a great start
Vegan shopping list
Our guide to vegan ingredients – and how to use them – is the perfect place to start if you're interested in following a plant-based diet
Japanese made easy
Food stylist and author Aya Nishimura proves that Japanese cooking doesn't have to be complicated or time-consuming
Best plum recipes
With their sweet flesh and slightly bitter skin, plums are ideal in all manner of recipes. Here's a selection of our favourite ways to use them
Stay cool with ice cream
Make your own irresistible ice creams, lollies and frozen desserts with our collection of failsafe recipes for simple summer indulgence
Staycation food shopping
Take the stress out of meal planning for your self-catering break with this list of must-haves from our panel of editors, chefs and cookery tutors
Prawn, lentil & radish salad
Inspired by Mediterranean holidays, Silvana whips up a sunshine salad for a flavour-packed lunch alfresco
OUR ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS
Find out how we're working closely with UK farmers to ensure the livestock for our meat products is reared to the very highest welfare standards
Three ways with yellowfin tuna
Healthy and quick to prepare, fresh tuna is ideal for midweek meals. Get dinner on the table in as little as 15 minutes with our roundup of recipes
summer cocktails
Capture the essence of summer with our selection of easy to make yet impressive cocktail recipes
3 ways with chickpeas
Roast for a snack, bind falafel or burgers and make use of the aquafaba, plus find plenty of recipes for this versatile legume
how to make churros with chocolate dipping sauce
Spain's answer to doughnuts at home…
Swap ingredients with confidence
Key principles to help adapt, improve – and even create – dishes by switching ingredients
Birdsong breakfast
Enjoy the dawn chorus with a beginner's guide to identifying the calls and recipes to make at home
10 best berry recipes
Fresh, ripe berries are a highlight of the season. Take a look at our favourite ways to use them
Picnic loaf
Silvana creates one giant loaf filled with all kind of tasty ingredients – a novel way of creating different flavoured sandwiches for picnics
Elly's lockdown cooking
Food writer and Weekend columnist Elly Curshen shares more recipes to try at home, with a focus on making vegetables the star. You might learn a couple of new cookery skills, too
How to cook steak
Our guide has advice on cooking times, information on each cut, foolproof steps and tips and tasty recipes
Spicy vegan bean burger
Food Editor Silvana shows you how to create hearty vegan burgers, packed with flavour from ingredients you’re likely to have in your store cupboard
Grow your own summer veg
There is plenty you can start growing in June and July, the best time of year for beginners to sow their first seeds, says TV gardener Frances Tophill
Chocolate brownie and raspberry ice cream sandwich
Silvana and her daughter Cassia show us how to make a treat you can keep in the freezer in this video filmed in her kitchen at home
Top 5 lockdown food trends
The recipes everyone wants to make at home, according to internet search rankings, from banana bread to fresh pasta
Sushi bowls with quick pickled veg
Food Editor Silvana Franco adapts this fresh and vibrant dish to suit different diets and offers tips on using ingredients you already have
Steak burger 3 ways
Food Editor Silvana demonstrates three ways to serve our super-tasty No.1 Dry Aged Hereford Steak Burgers
Tips for a brilliant barbecue
Heading outside to cook outside is a highlight of summer. Read our advice for a full-flavour experience
The best burger recipes
Explore a host of recipes for meat eaters, vegans and vegetarians. They can all be cooked indoors too
Whatever the weather
Warming picnic ideas
Our pick of the best flask food and hot wraps for alfresco gatherings whatever the weather
How to make macarons
Crisp meringue and chewy insides, sandwiched together with a creamy raspberry filling: the perfect afternoon treat
best Jersey Royal recipes
These recipes make the most of little Jersey Royal potatoes: but you can swap in any new potatoes through the year
What's the best way...?
Ever wondered the best way to prepare a mango or pomegranate, or prep and cook mussels? Our simple step-by-step instructions will teach you how to chop, carve, peel and poach all kinds of ingredients
Kitchen travels
Bring those holiday feelings home by cooking up a dish from places loved for their cuisines, such as Mexico, Italy and Thailand. Prepare for a taste journey...
Food and wine pairings
Take the time to pair a wine with your meal and it'll bring out the best in both. Discover how to match meats and fish to your bottle of choice, plus see what goes best with salads, barbecue foods and desserts
Essential everyday recipes
Tempting meal ideas for midweek and weekend lunches and dinners using the Essential Waitrose & Partners range of quality ingredients
How to make chocolate-dipped honeycomb
These crunchy toffee treats are simple to create at home, and make great gifts for friends
Cook a café-style brunch
If you’re missing your favourite egg-based brunch, then recreate it at home. Our egg guide is full of gorgeous recipes, including shakshuka and eggs benedict, plus tips that will help you master poaching, scrambling, boiling and more
Grow your own veg
You can't get fresher than digging up home-grown ingredients from your garden. If you've never planted vegetables before, we have all the advice you need
Simple cheesy pasties
Get the kids to help make these yummy pasties filled with cheese, leek and bacon. They're easy to transport so why not share with your neighbours
Top toasties
Warm and gooey toasted sandwiches are comfort food heaven. See our tips and recipes for creating a super sarnie for lunch or supper
Flourless baking
We've plenty of fabulous recipes that don't need any flour at all, from easy cakes to savoury muffins
Davina cooks chicken curry
Watch Davina create an easy curry, and in an interview hear how she's getting through each day
best bakes for kids
Try our favourite recipes for family baking fun at home
Start a kitchen herb garden
A beginner's guide to growing herbs in three steps - and using them in your cooking
Improvise in the kitchen
Flexible recipes and cooking tips with Elly Curshen, the food writer also known as Elly Pear
Family pizza party
Make a Friday night fakeaway with the kids using this pizza recipe. Add a topping of your choice
Simple lunch formulas
Build soups and salads using food you already have by following these flexible guides
Ideas for leftover lamb
Tasty recipes for any surplus meat from the Sunday roast
Dine in like you're dining out
Master of seafood Nathan Outlaw selects recipes to make at home from his award-winning restaurant in Cornwall