Recipes

• Basil Pesto (no garlic)

  A garlic-free basil pesto — basil, toasted pine nuts, fresh parmesan and lemon, blended cold. Unsalted base first so the baby and kids eat before any salt goes in. No pot beyond toasting the nuts and boiling the pasta.

• Chicken Legs & Herbed Rice

  Bone-in legs roast on top of the rice so it cooks in the juices and the skin crisps. One dish plus the steam oven, about 50 minutes, mostly passive, for 5 adults.

• Chicken Risotto in the Steam Oven

  Risotto baked in the steam oven — no stirring. Chicken toasts with the rice for colour, then everything steams together; parmesan and butter beaten in at the end for creaminess. One dish, about 40 minutes mostly hands-off, for 5 adults.

• Cod & Buttered Potatoes

  The cod twin of the salmon & buttered potatoes — cod, waxy potatoes and veg steamed in one oven run, dressed at the end with a lemon-leek butter made on the hob. Fish stays in clean pieces. One oven run plus a small pan, about 35 minutes, mostly passive.

• Cod & Leek Potatoes (Cabillaud)

  Roasted potatoes and leek, gently steamed cod, and a glossy lemon-leek butter. The fish stays in clean pieces. One dish plus the hob, about 40 minutes, mostly passive.

• Creamy Chicken & Egg Noodles

  The weekly chicken dish — leek carries the base, zucchini hides in the sauce. One pot plus the steam oven, about 30 minutes.

• Mac & Cheese with Hidden Veg

  The reliable kid winner — a scratch cheese sauce with carrot and a little zucchini melted invisibly into it. One pot plus the steam oven, about 25 minutes.

• Monkfish Risotto in the Steam Oven

  Risotto baked in the steam oven — no stirring. Firm monkfish laid on top to finish so it stays tender; parmesan and butter beaten in at the end for creaminess, lemon and herbs stirred through. One dish, about 40 minutes mostly hands-off, for 5 adults.

• Pasta Gratin with Béchamel & Ham

  Scratch béchamel with hidden carrot and zucchini, ham folded through, cheese browned on top. One pot plus the steam oven, about 35 minutes, for 5 adults.

• Pasta Gratin with Egg & Milk

  A German Nudelauflauf bound with an egg-milk custard — no béchamel, no ham. Celery flavours the base in big chunks you lift back out, hidden zucchini and carrot stay in. One pot plus the steam oven, about 45 minutes, for 5 adults.

• Potato & Vegetable Tortilla

  Firm, sliceable potato tortilla softened on the hob and set in the steam oven, with hidden grated carrot. One pan plus the steam oven, about 40 minutes (mostly passive), for 5 adults. Superb cold — your best work lunch.

• Roast Chicken Drumsticks & Potatoes

  The hearty chicken option — drumsticks and potatoes roast on one steam-oven tray while the veg steam on the hob. About 50 minutes, mostly passive, for 5 adults.

• Salmon & Buttered Potatoes

  Salmon, waxy potatoes and veg all steamed in one oven run, dressed at the end with a lemon-leek butter made on the hob. Fish stays in clean pieces. One oven run plus a small pan, about 35 minutes, mostly passive.

• Salmon & Herbed Rice

  Salmon cooked whole in the steam oven so it stays in clean pieces, with rice in distinct grains from the one pot. One pot plus the steam oven, about 30 minutes, for 5 adults.

• Salmon & Lemon Couscous

  Fish cooked whole so it stays in clean pieces, with a quick lemony couscous. One pot plus the steam oven, about 25 minutes.

• Tomato Pasta with Hidden Veg

  Scratch tomato sauce with leek as the base instead of onion/garlic — zucchini and red pepper blend in invisibly with the stick blender. One pot plus the steam oven, about 35 minutes.