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Picky tea recipes

When you just want a few snacky bits for dinner, these are the recipes you need!
Easy hummus
by Justine Pattison

No tahini or food processor? No problem! This quick and simple hummus recipe uses peanut butter and a potato masher instead! Serve with warm pitta bread, veggie sticks or tortilla chips for dipping. See also our easy chickpea stew recipe and easy falafel recipe for more ways to shuzsh up that tin!

Light meals & snacks

Air fryer cauliflower ‘wings’

by Sarah Cook
Starters & nibbles

Bruschetta with avocado and olive tapenade

by Mary Berry
Light meals & snacks

Quick flatbreads

by Jo Ingleby
Cakes and baking

Easy sausage rolls

by Lorraine Pascale
Starters & nibbles

Sriracha chicken wings with sriracha and sour cream dip

by Mary Berry
Main course

Edamame and pea spread with five-spice tofu topper

by Dr Rupy Aujla
Main course

Flexible creamy dip

by Elly Curshen
Light meals & snacks

Air fryer crispy tofu

by Silvana Franco
Light meals & snacks

Chicken teriyaki skewers

by Angela Hartnett
Starters & nibbles

Air fryer gnocchi with pesto dip

by Ella Tarn
Starters & nibbles

Tinned sardines on toast

by Priya Tew
Light meals & snacks

Air fryer chicken strips

by Rachel Phipps
Main course

Scandi nachos

by Elly Curshen
Starters & nibbles

5-ingredient cheddar and red onion tartlets

by Silvana Franco
Light meals & snacks

Pitta chips

Light meals & snacks

Hasselback garlic bread three ways

Light meals & snacks

Pizza pinwheels

by Katy Greenwood
Light meals & snacks
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