10 healthy dinners you can make in 15 minutes

When you're tired and hungry, the delivery app is always one tap away. Having a handful of genuinely quick dinners up your sleeve makes it much easier to cook instead. Each of these takes about 15 minutes from fridge to plate.

The shortcuts that make it possible

• Pre-cooked grains: microwave rice pouches, quick-cook noodles, couscous
• Fast-cooking proteins: eggs, prawns, tofu, tinned fish and beans, thin cuts of chicken
• Ready-to-use vegetables: bagged salad, frozen peas and stir-fry mixes, cherry tomatoes
• Big-flavour sauces: pesto, curry paste, soy sauce, harissa, salsa

Ten quick dinners

1. Prawn and vegetable stir-fry with quick noodles and soy-ginger sauce
2. Shakshuka: eggs poached in spiced tinned tomatoes with peppers, served with bread
3. Chickpea and spinach curry with curry paste and coconut milk over microwave rice
4. Black bean quesadillas with cheese, salsa and a side salad
5. Pesto pasta with frozen peas, cherry tomatoes and white beans
6. Teriyaki tofu bowls with rice, edamame and cucumber
7. Salmon fillets pan-fried for eight minutes with garlicky green beans
8. Egg fried rice with leftover rice, frozen veg and spring onions
9. Couscous with harissa chicken strips, chickpeas and yoghurt
10. Tuna, white bean and rocket salad with lemon and olive oil

Keep the ingredients on hand

The key to quick dinners is having the building blocks in the house. Keep a shelf of tins, a few sauces and some frozen vegetables, and you'll always be 15 minutes away from a decent meal, even when the fridge looks empty.

Find quick recipes faster

In Mealful, you can sort recipes by quickest and filter by mealtime, so your busiest nights get the fastest dishes. Drop them into your plan and the ingredients land straight on your grocery list.