One-pot cooking is the unsung hero of the home kitchen. Everything goes in together, flavours build on each other, and at the end of it you have one pan to wash and a meal that tastes like you’ve been at it for hours. Whether that’s technically true or not is entirely your business. I’ve been a devoted one-pot cook for as long as I can remember, partly because I genuinely love the way slow-cooked flavours develop in a single vessel, and partly because my kitchen has never been big enough for unnecessary washing up.

The beauty of one-pot cooking is how much range it covers. A quick weeknight pasta that comes together in twenty minutes. A slow-braised stew that sits on the stove all afternoon and fills the whole house with something wonderful. A tray bake that does all the work in the oven while you get on with your evening. This collection covers all of it. Comforting, practical, and full of flavour, these are the recipes that earn their place in regular rotation and make the whole business of getting dinner on the table feel a lot more manageable.