What's your go to recipe when you don't feel like cooking?

My go to, and actually what I’m planning on having for dinner, take half an avocado. Stuff it with a can of light tuna in water, top with a small diced up tomato add a little salt, pepper and lemon juice. It’s delicious.

When I REALLY don't want to cook, I microwave some popcorn and pour myself a glass of wine.

Avocados in season so I always have them.
I mash up an avocado...salt and pepper.
Toast a good seeded bread. Smear the avocado on toast and sprinkle bacon bits on top and a bit of grated cheese.
Simple meal and sticks with you.

Putanesca sauce is made with store cupboard ingredients and can be made in the time it takes to cook the pasta.

Put some water to boil, salting lightly. Rinse a teaspoon of capers per person and de-seed 4-5 olives per person. When the water boils put in your pasta. In a separate pan gently fry in olive oil a clove of pressed/chopped garlic per person, and two anchovy fillets per person. As the garlic colours toss in a tin of chopped tomatoes. When it is time to drain the pasta, stir in the capers and olives and serve on the pasta with some parmesan grated at the table. You can add some torn basil leaves while serving.

Carbonara is another pasta sauce that can be made from the store cupboard in the time it takes to boil some pasta. Quantities for two people.

Put the water on to boil and add some salt. Grate 50g of cheese in the food processor. A combination of parmesan and pecorino is classic but any hard salty cheese will do. Beat together one egg, one yolk and half the cheese together. Chop up 75g of pancetta or guancale into small cubes, though streaky bacon will do. Throw in your spaghetti or linguine when the water boils. Smash a clove of garlic and peel. In a pan big enough to hold the cooked pasta fry the garlic clove until lightly browned in a tablespoon of olive oil, and then fish out the garlic and discard. Fry the pancetta or bacon in the garlic flavored oil until translucent and just starting to brown. Turn off the heat. When pasta is just about done reserve a mug full of the starchy water and drain. Stir the pasta to coat in the bacon fat. Then vigorously stir in the egg and cheese mixture, loosening with a little pasta water to help distribute the egg mixture.

Serve with the remaining cheese and a good grind of pepper.