Quick After-Work Suppers for Four

Individual recipes that take under 30 minutes to cook are dotted throughout the book (and are listed as such in the Index in the back); after all, in the normal course of cooking we all mix food which can be rustled together quickly with that which takes longer or needs more care or attention. But there are times when anything that can’t be done fast, and without faffing, is out of the culinary question. If you don’t get back from work till 7, and have got people coming over at 8, you need to get moving. And bearing in mind that planning – the sheer effort of exhausted thought required – can sometimes feel just as burdensome as the preparation, I’ve drawn up a list of quick and easy two-course, after-work suppers.