one dinner for every diet

BBC Good Food’s Senior food editor Cassie Best solves your midweek cooking dilemmas with new simple recipe ideas

- Cassie Best

the dilemma

Different dietary requirements mean we’re all eating different meals. How can I avoid cooking multiple dishes every night?

the solution

This dish can be vegan or include meat, and is allergy-friendly so you can all sit down to one dish come dinner time.

Feeding a family with a variety of dietary requirements can be tricky. At home, I have to juggle a fussy toddler with a handful of allergies, and a husband with another set altogether. This is nothing compared to some families I know. Throw in vegan or vegetarian preferences, and ‘he likes rice, she likes potatoes’ scenarios and you’re headed for a four-dish cook-a-thon, which is not ideal after a busy day. If you find yourself in such a situation, this versatile recipe will help you out. It’s naturally gluten-, egg-, dairyand nut-free, and it can also be made vegan by simply swapping the type of protein, meaning you can all eat together as a family and enjoy what is almost the same dish.

As-you-like-it katsu curry

SERVES 4 PREP 25 mins COOK 40 mins EASY