Episode 5 - Chilli Night
Sometimes simple is best and, when made properly, few things are simpler or better than this classic from the 1970s.
- Cheese tortillas with chilli and spring onion
- The best chilli con carne with rice, tacos, sour cream, grated cheddar and coriander, made with steak, not mince
- Lemon ice – a refreshing, tangy, cooling desert after all those chillies
Episode 4 – When the boat comes in!
Nutritionists bang on about the benefits of fish, TV chefs call it the ultimate fast food, I just think it tastes great and it’s pretty sexy, too. What’s more sensuous – a bowl of tomato soup and a chicken wing, or a bowl of steaming mussels and some pan-fried fish?
- Mussels steamed in coconut milk with lime and coriander
- Panfried john dory with chilli and parsley oil
- Easy pannacotta with raspberries
Episode 3 – Formula Fun Lunch for the boys
Lucky boys! In these enlightened times, some may baulk at the idea of cooking a special lunch for the boys as they laze in front of the telly, but is this any more out of date than a girly lunch? As someone who loves my girly lunches, I don’t think so. And besides, cooking this means not having to sit through the mind-numbing tedium of Formula One. What a relief!
- Homemade tortilla chips with Guacamole
- Homemade burgers and homemade mayonnaise
- Steak sandwich and homemade chips
- Captain America-style chocolate sundaes (using bought chocolate and vanilla ice-cream, with homemade chocolate and fudge sauces)
Episode 2 – Summer Lunch
This is a perfect summer lunch, making use of the best seasonal ingredients, and it’s also useful for some formal entertaining where you want something that looks impressive, but which can all be prepared in advance :
- Tomato and mozzarella salad
- Tapanade toasts
- Poached salmon and Hollandaise sauce
- New Potatoes and pea and mint puree
- Rhubarb fool with shortbread biscuits
Episode 1 – The Italian Job – easy entertaining
You come home from work, you’re exhausted, you may have children to put to bed, and you have friends coming round to dinner. This is a stylish dinner with an Italian flavour that’s very easy to make, very delicious and uses readily available ingredients:
- Goats cheese, honey and rocket salad
- Pasta with spicy sausage, tomato and rosemary
- Gremolata sauce
- Chocolate puddings with Amaretto and macaroons
Previous Series
All Rachel’s Recipes
- Rachels Favourite Food for Living - Past Series
- South American Beef Steak with Chimichurri Salsa
- Sicilian Pasta
- Summer Tiramisu
- No-pastry pear and almond tart
- Rachel’s Favourite Food For Friends
- Chicken Liver Crostini
- Imam Bayildi
- White Chocolate and Dried Cranberry Cookies
- Beef Bourguignon
- Roast Fillet of Beef with Red-Wine Glazed Shallots and Horseradish Sauce
- Tandoori Chicken
- Rachel’s Favourite Food
- French Onion Soup
- Lemon Tart
- Pangrilled Steak with Bearnaise Sauce
- Bearnaise Sauce
- Chips
- Chicken and Puy Lentil Salad with Coriander
- Hot Buttered Lobster
- Oaty Biscuits
- Italian Baked Pancakes with Cheese and Tomato
- Crunchie Cheesecake
- White Chocolate and Raspberry Brownies
- Broccoli with Garlic, Lemon and Parmesan
- Chocolate Amaretti Cake
- Peperonata
- Slow Roast Shoulder of Lamb with Cumin and Coriander
- Classic Prawns Bretonne
- Squid, Cucumber and Tomato Salad
- Ballymaloe Balloons
- Old-fashioned Lemonade
- Roast Chicken with Stuffing
- White Chocolate Buns
- Zac’s Aztec Soup
- Baked Fish with Tomato, Cucumber and Ginger Salad
- Prawn and Basil Pâte
- Yoghurt, Cardamom and Orange Panna Cotta
- White Chocolate Mousse
- Hazelnut Caramel Bars
- Torta di Cappuccino
- Blueberry Jam
- Afternoon Tea Cake
- Chocolate Melting Moments
- Greek Almond Crescents
- Leek, Potato and Blue Cheese Soup
- Chicken Kiev
- Sticky Toffee and Chocolate Pudding
- Burgers with Guacamole and Crispy Bacon
- Dutch Cheese Croquettes
- Homemade Pizza
- Lucca’s Chicken Wings
- Crab and Prawn Coconut Soup with Noodles
- Korean Beef with Avocado Rice
- Baked Dover Sole with Herb Butter
- Salad with Beetroot, Goat’s cheese
- Pavlova with Mango and Ginger
- Salad of Goats Cheese, Rocket and Honey
- Pasta with Spicy Sausage & Cream
- Gremolata Sauce for Pasta
- Chocolate puddings with Amaretto and macaroons
- Tomato & Mozzarella Salad with Tapenade Crostini
- Poached Salmon with Hollandaise Sause
- New Potatoes and pea and mint puree
- Rhubarb fool with shortbread biscuits
- Tortilla Chips and Guacamole
- Homemade Burgers
- Steak sandwich
- Chocolate Sundaes
- Pan-fried Fish with Chilli and Parsley Oil
- Pan-fried Fish with Salsa Verde
- Panna Cotta with Raspberries
- Mussels Steamed in Coconut Milk with Lime and Coriander
- Roast Garlic Bread
- Quesadillas with Tomato Salsa
- Chilli Con Carne
- Spanish Lemon Ice




