Lunch and Snacks

Delia's recipes for a quick lunch or a light snack

The Delia Online Cookery School: Scrambled and baked eggs make a perfect healthy snack. Watch how to make them in our video, press the image to play.

Pan-fried Pizza Amalfitan

A pizza makes a perfect snack meal for one and this particular recipe (the basis of which I learned from El...

A pizza makes a perfect snack meal for one and this particular recipe (the basis of which I learned from Elizabeth David in her lovely book, Italian Food), is made ver...

Parma Ham, Fig and Gorgonzola Magic Tarts

These are so named because they are such a breeze: no making pastry, no rolling out, no lining tins – nothi...

These are so named because they are such a breeze: no making pastry, no rolling out, no lining tins – nothing but the thinnest ready-rolled rounds of melt-in-the-mouth...

15 minutes - 20 minutes

Patatas Arequipa

This recipe - one of the best impromptu vegetarian dishes I know MC NOTE: This recipe is from the...

This recipe - one of the best impromptu vegetarian dishes I know MC NOTE: This recipe is from the book Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking, which was published i...

Vegetarian

Piperade

I had this in a delightful restaurant in Paris called Chez Philippe, which specialises in dishes like this ...

I had this in a delightful restaurant in Paris called Chez Philippe, which specialises in dishes like this from the Basque region of France. There they served it wi...

30 minutes

Pissaladiere

Just over the border of Italy, in the south of France, they have their own version of Pizza - Pissaladiere....

Just over the border of Italy, in the south of France, they have their own version of Pizza - Pissaladiere. This too is perfect for eating outdoors, perhaps cut int...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

Pizza-topped Fish Fillets

This is a good family recipe and provides quite an interesting way of offering fish to children. Young-a...

This is a good family recipe and provides quite an interesting way of offering fish to children. Young-at-heart adults have also been known to sing its praises. You...

12 minutes - 15 minutes

Poached Eggs with Souffléd Welsh Rarebit

This may sound like a snack but it is actually very substantial and just the thing for an impromptu supper ...

This may sound like a snack but it is actually very substantial and just the thing for an impromptu supper for two. Vegetarians might like to know that you can buy ...

Vegetarian

Baked Eggs

This is a fairly economical supper dish that tastes especially good with home-made tomato sauce. The Del...

This is a fairly economical supper dish that tastes especially good with home-made tomato sauce. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make Perfect Mashed P...

Vegetarian

Rillettes de Tours

This is famous around the Loire district of France and sold everywhere in charcuteries – sometimes in thick...

This is famous around the Loire district of France and sold everywhere in charcuteries – sometimes in thick chunks from a large terrine or packed into little pots. ...

Rillettes of Duck with Confit of Cranberries

This is one of my favourite starters: a terrine of tiny shreds of tender, succulent duck melded together li...

This is one of my favourite starters: a terrine of tiny shreds of tender, succulent duck melded together like a pâté, then served with the dazzling depth of colour and...

Sauteed Asparagus with Eggs and Parmesan

Asparagus has a wonderful affinity with egg and a hint of cheese, especially Parmesan. In this recipe it...

Asparagus has a wonderful affinity with egg and a hint of cheese, especially Parmesan. In this recipe it is sautéed to a nutty brown at the edges, sprinkled with a ...

Vegetarian

Scrambled Eggs with Bacon and Mushrooms

You could either serve this with a large, thick slice of buttered wholemeal toast, or you could pile it int...

You could either serve this with a large, thick slice of buttered wholemeal toast, or you could pile it into a gratin dish and serve with triangles of crisp fried whol...

a picture of a bagel cut in half with scrambled egg and a garnish of dill on top

Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon

This has to be one of the most sublime combinations: soft, creamy scrambled eggs, together with the subtle,...

This has to be one of the most sublime combinations: soft, creamy scrambled eggs, together with the subtle, smoky flavour of the salmon. Some restaurants serve the ...

Shortcut Omelette Savoyard

This is one of our old favourites, which we’ve speeded up with the help of a few cheats’ ingredients. A ...

This is one of our old favourites, which we’ve speeded up with the help of a few cheats’ ingredients. A truly brilliant fast lunch or late supper dish. If you prefe...

Slimmers' Scrambled Eggs

This recipe is devised for people on a diet or for those who have to cut down on fat. Nevertheless, it's...

This recipe is devised for people on a diet or for those who have to cut down on fat. Nevertheless, it's extremely good, and on diet days I like to spread it on to ...

Vegetarian

Smoked Salmon Pink 'Uns

No, not the FT - Pink 'Uns are local Saturday football papers. Because this recipe is the most beautiful...

No, not the FT - Pink 'Uns are local Saturday football papers. Because this recipe is the most beautiful shade of pink, the name seemed appropriate. What it is is a...

Soba Noodle Salad

Soba noodles are made with buckwheat and are traditionally served either hot in soups or cold in salads. ...

Soba noodles are made with buckwheat and are traditionally served either hot in soups or cold in salads. The salad version is my favourite and you can, of course, u...

Vegetarian

Soupe au Chou

The reason this has a French title is, as well as being French-inspired, Soupe au Chou sounds more promisin...

The reason this has a French title is, as well as being French-inspired, Soupe au Chou sounds more promising than Bacon and Cabbage Soup. The Delia Online Cookery S...

Swiss Baked Eggs

This is a little gem of a supper dish for one, and it's made in moments. Serve it with fingers of wholew...

This is a little gem of a supper dish for one, and it's made in moments. Serve it with fingers of wholewheat toast. Although you can use other cheeses, it's really ...

6 minutes - 7 minutes

Vegetarian

Tomato, Apple and Celery Cream Soup

This is one of John Tovey's famous soups, as served at his hotel, the Miller Howe, in the English Lakes, an...

This is one of John Tovey's famous soups, as served at his hotel, the Miller Howe, in the English Lakes, and it demonstrates his own method of sweating vegetables for ...

1 hour 10 minutes

Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil Salad

Because it doesn't need marinating, this salad makes a very quick, simple first course or light lunch. T...

Because it doesn't need marinating, this salad makes a very quick, simple first course or light lunch. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch Delia's technique...

Vegetarian

picture of a bowl with slices of tortilla and a garnish

Tortilla (Spanish Omelette)

I sometimes marvel how it is that three basic, very inexpensive ingredients - eggs, onions and potatoes - c...

I sometimes marvel how it is that three basic, very inexpensive ingredients - eggs, onions and potatoes - can be transformed into something so utterly sublime. Yet ...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

Vegetarian

A picture of sliced toast on a wooden board with a glass container of turkey dripping and a knife resting on the edge

Turkey Soup and Dripping on Toast

This is the very last bit of Christmas. Warm, comforting bowls of steamy soup as January begins. The ...

This is the very last bit of Christmas. Warm, comforting bowls of steamy soup as January begins. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to chop onions in our...

Warm Poached Egg Salad

This makes a fun starter for four people, or a zappy light lunch or supper dish for two. For poaching yo...

This makes a fun starter for four people, or a zappy light lunch or supper dish for two. For poaching you need very fresh eggs, so watch the date stamp on the box w...