
Lime tofu and bean-sprout rice noodles
Pan-tossed rice noodles with well-cooked tofu, carrots and mung bean sprouts in a lime-soy sauce. Serves two; 12 minutes prep, around 20 minutes cooking, 32 minutes total. Requires a saucepan and wide skillet.
Korean home cooking first, with dishes from around the world.

Four portions of gently sweet, freshly peeled chestnut rice with short-grain and glutinous rice. Allow about 55 minutes of peeling and soaking before cooking. Plan ahead for 30 minutes to soften chestnut shells, another 20 minutes to soak peeled chestnuts, and 20–25 minutes of soaking in the pot; these waiting periods are separate from active preparation.

Twelve cooked lasagna sheets rolled around spinach-ricotta filling, baked with marinara and mozzarella. Serves six, two rolls each.

An easy two-serving skillet meal of canned black beans, sweetcorn, red pepper and melted cheddar in flour tortillas. Use a pan and spatula.

Four flaky Chinese pan-fried scallion pancakes made with a hot-water dough rolled into spirals and served with garlic-soy dip.

Twelve chewy coconut macaroons baked golden and dipped in melted dark chocolate.

Sixteen small peanut butter cookies scored with a fork and baked until edges set, one cookie per serving.

Serves 2. Prep 8 min, cook about 20 min, total about 28 min. Make a mushroom-and-spinach cream pasta with a pot and wide skillet; pasta cooking time varies by package.