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Lunch

Whether you're lunching at home or at your desk, there's no need to be bored with the same old sarnies. Here are some ideas to keep lunchtime fresh and flavoursome.
Warming soup recipes

There's nothing quite like a comforting bowl of hot soup on a cold day.

Recipes include

  • Spicy parsnip, carrot, red lentil and harissa soup
  • Soothing chicken and pearl barley soup
  • Chestnut mushroom soup
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Showing 49 - 72 of 82recipes

Ciabatta tricolore

by Mary Berry
Light meals & snacks

Citrus spiced salmon

by Sabrina Ghayour
Main course

Classic Cornish pasty

by Paul Hollywood
Light meals & snacks

Classic quiche Lorraine

by Rachel Allen
Main course

Cloud bread

by Annie Rigg
Cakes and baking

Club sandwich

Light meals & snacks

Coconut, turmeric and yellow split pea soup

by Izy Hossack
Main course

Cold kimchi noodles

by Zena Kamgaing
Light meals & snacks

Corned beef hash

by Justine Pattison
Brunch

Cornish steak pasty

by Rick Stein
Main course

Coronation chickpea sandwich filler

by Elly Curshen
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Country vegetable soup with basil pistou

by Mike Robinson
Light meals & snacks

Courgette fritters

by Rachel Phipps
Light meals & snacks

Courgette, pea and feta on toast

by Elly Curshen
Light meals & snacks

Crab cakes with Courchamps sauce

by Jane Baxter
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Crab omelette

by Rick Stein
Light meals & snacks

Cracking egg tortilla wrap

by Buddy Oliver
Light meals & snacks

Creamy butternut squash soup

by Paul Rankin
Light meals & snacks

Creamy celeriac soup

by James Martin
Light meals & snacks

Creamy lemon veg pasta

by Tally Rye
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Creamy sweetcorn soup

by Nick Nairn
Light meals & snacks

Crispy air fryer pasta bow snacks

by Elly Curshen
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Crispy chickpeas on green toast

by Dr Rupy Aujla
Light meals & snacks

Crispy gnocchi Caprese salad

by Madeleine Dampier
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