Recipes

8 unusual herbs to spice up your life

Or your cooking and cocktails at the very least! Get your chops around these unusual herbs, perfect for everything from pepping up your barbecue to sweetening your mojito. Arriba!
Recipe inspiration, courtesy of Giffords Circus (yes, really!)

Roll up, roll up! ... Put some razzle-dazzle back into mealtime monotony with a double whammy of scrumptious, summery dishes from Giffords Circus' new cookbook.
Smokin’! The perfect summer burger recipe

The weather's pulling a blinder this week, so fire up the BBQ and rustle up this bad boy with homemade ketchup (fancy!) from Muddy favourite The Pig group.
Quarantini time! Heston’s Gold Rush

Looking to up your cocktail creds during lockdown? We've rifled through Heston Blumenthal’s cocktail bible, so perk yourself up with a Gold Rush.
Provençal fougasse with green and black olives

Lockdown is the perfect time to get to grips with our favourite chewy loaf: sourdough. Ready, set, bake with this savoury share-and-tear number (you can skip the sharing bit if you like).
Speedy supper, anyone? Make THIS tonight

Looking for healthy dinner ideas - take inspiration from Olympic gymnast Max Whitlock for a meal that's quick, tasty and packed with protein.
Cook THIS for dinner tonight

Running out of ideas for midweek meals? Yup, us too. Take inspiration from the hottest new cookbook on the block by pop star Jessie Ware. Yum!
Asparagus tart with quails egg and prosciutto ham

This super-simple tart recipe, from Cotswolds based Gluts & Gluttony, makes the most of seasonal ingredients and takes a mere 30 minutes. Count us in!
Recipe: A salad for sunny days

This peach and lentil salad with warm pork tenderloin by renowned chefs Kate & Giancarlo Caldesi, is easy peasy, looks amazing and tastes delicious.
Melissa Hemsley’s Tahini Choc Chip Cookies

Did someone say chocolate? Here's real food author Melissa Helmsley's take on the trad choc-chip cookie, healthy style.
Speedy supper – cook this tonight!

Sticky soy and honey roasted salmon with asparagus and sugar snap peas? Yours in just 30 minutes, madame!
3 party cocktails – ready, steady, shake!

Step away from the Chablis and try something different! We've got 5 copies of a cool new cocktail book to give away - and here are three autumn liveners from it to whet your whistle.
Waitrose gin tasting? We’re in!

Brand new, this service from Waitrose combines our favourite things - gin, friends and hanging out at home. See how Muddy's Ed-in-Chief, Hero Brown, got on and book up pronto this summer, it's a blast!
Race you to the stove

A speedy supper with excellent health credentials? Bring out this easy-peasy spinach and chickpea curry pronto, garçon.
Speedy Supper: Prawn Laksa

Healthy, hearty and faster than Dina Asher Smith with jet propellers, welcome to 2019's first Speedy Supper. Prawn Laksa, anyone?
Cook This: Tart’s Spaghetti

Make like an Italian lady of the night and whip up Katie & Giancarlo Caldesi's energy-boosting supper.
Cook Slow by Dean Edwards

Back to work and in need of a speedy supper? This Caprese Chicken Melt will do nicely, thank you.
Recipe: Summer in a bowl

Need some salad inspiration? Try this summer tomato bulgar salad bowl from private chef Laura Scott.
Tonight’s Dinner, Sorted

This week's Speedy Supper comes from Muddy fave, Donna Hay. Fast, healthy and such a cinch even a child can make it.
Cook This for Dinner

Would madame care to try our new meat-free Moroccan special? Looks good, doesn't it?
Recipe: BBQ Pork Ribs

Fresh out of the pages of the Devon Cook Book, this staple from Exeter's Harry's Restaurant is perfect weekend comfort food.