Baked fish with tomato, basil and mozzarella

Piece of fish (e.g. swordfish, or white fish fillet)

Place fish on baking tray on paper. Top with fresh basil, halved cherry tomatoes and sliced bocconcini. Bake at 160 degrees fan bake for 20 mins, then set oven to 'warm' and leave for further 20 mins, or until needed. Serve with green salad.

Result: 5
Preparation: less than 5 mins into the oven, including the salad!

Tomato, Basil and Tuna Quiche

Make quiche (with puff pastry base, uncooked) following Margaret Fulton's Quiche Lorraine recipe, but with tinned tuna, chopped cherry tomatoes and fresh basil instead of onion and bacon.

Result: 5
Preparation: just mix and cook

Quick Lamb and Eggplant Curry

Eggplant, diced, salted, drained and dried.
Onion, roughly chopped.
Garlic, crushed.
Lamb leg, diced.
Tomatoes (only a few), chopped.

Fry onion in ghee and oil. Add eggplant and garlic and fry for a bit. Add diced lamb and spices - Cam's Sri Lankan curry powder, black mustard seeds and turmeric. Fry for a couple of minutes. Add tomatoes and water to cover about half way. Cook for about 20 mins. Serve with rice and yoghurt and/or honeyed sweet potato.

Result: 4.5. Remarkably nice curry for quick-cooked meat.
Preparation: quick and easy.