Our favourite Sunday dinner recipes for a laid-back meal with the family

An all-in-one roast that’s full of the flavours of France. You might want some crusty baguette on the side to dip into the ratatouille.

Recipe: Slow roast ratatouille lamb shoulder

Forget adding stock a ladleful at a time and constant stirring – you can still make a delicious (albeit less authentic) risotto with a morehands-off approach. The addition of egg yolks and cheese at the endgives a creamy texture, so no one will know you cheated!

Recipe: Sausage carbonara risotto recipe

A Mexican soup or stew, this is traditionally made with hominy – corn kernels that have been soaked in a mineral lime solution – but we’ve used chickpeas instead. The toppings bring this dish to life.

Recipe: Chicken pozole recipe

This has to be one of the easiest pasta dishesyou’ll ever make. We’vekept the flavouringspretty simple, but feelfree to add in whateveradditional extras you like– chilli flakes for a kickof heat or some olives fora touch of saltiness.

Recipe: Creamy one-tin meatball pasta recipe

This traybake combines the ingredients of the Japanese dish with the method of a toad in the hole. Top with sushi ginger and mayonnaise, if you like.

Recipe: Okonomiyaki-inspired traybake recipe

Nopales are a type of cactus popular in Mexican cuisine and have a distinctly mild limey, pickled flavour which work brilliantly in these tacos.

Recipe: Nopales taco recipe

These burgers pack a fl avour punch. You can also serve them without the buns, more like a fishcake, with the toppings as sides.

Recipe: Korean salmon burgers recipe

This classic Italian dish is a hug in a bowl! We’ve used cannellini beans, but you use any beans you fancy.

Recipe: Pasta e fagioli recipe

A glorious glazed ham makes a super centrepiece at any time of year and this tropical take is perfect for sunny days. You can use a smoked or unsmoked gammon for this, but smoked works particularly well, with an almost barbecued flavour to it.

Recipe: Summer spiced ham with pineapple salsa recipe

Trimmed of visible fat, pork loin is rich in protein, naturally low in sodium and a good source of the essential minerals selenium and phosphorous.

Recipe: Pork, kale and apple fry recipe

Maximum flavour with minimum washing-up, this one-pan lasagne is easy to throw together and is sure to become a family favourite.

Recipe: One-pan sausage lasagne recipe