Preheat the oven to 180C (fan 160C/gas mark 4). Spray a casserole dish with low-calorie cooking spray and place over a medium heat. Add the onions and cook for 5 minutes until softened, then add the beef and cook for a further 5 minutes until browned all over. If your idea of comfort food is a steaming bowl of rice, you’re in for a treat. Our Dirty Rice is every bit as flavourful as it sounds, and you can have it on the table in half an hour. Remove the sauce from the heat and mix the pasta into the sauce. Serve, scattered with basil leaves, and enjoy!

We’ve mashed up dirty rice with fried rice to create this recipe. It gets deep flavour from the pork mince, bacon and fiery Cajun seasoning, and it comes out of the pan so golden and delicious!It’s another one pan wonder too, so there’s not even much washing up to worry about after. We can’t think of many things more comforting than that… This recipe takes just over half an hour to make and it turns out so luxurious, creamy and just 210 calories per serving! We love ours simply served with some fluffy boiled rice.

Preheat the oven to 220C (fan 200C/gas mark 7). Put the potatoes in a saucepan with enough water to cover, add a pinch of salt and bring to the boil. Cook for 15–20 minutes until soft. They’re so easy to bake when that comfort craving strikes, with a little bit of mincemeat in them to give a subtle festive flavour. If you want to go all out, a good glug of Custard will ramp up the comfort factor.Add the salmon pieces and simmer over a low heat for about 10 minutes, until the salmon is opaque and flakes when tested. Arrange the chips evenly over the top of the steak mix and cook in the oven uncovered for 15–20 minutes until golden Credit: Pinch of Nom Add the garlic and onion granules, beef extract, balsamic vinegar and Worcestershire sauce or Henderson’s relish and stir. Add the remaining stew ingredients, except the cornflour, cover with a lid and cook in the oven for 2 hours. While the pasta is cooking, spray a frying pan with low-calorie cooking spray and place over a medium heat.