Tips & Tricks

Two bowls of fresh Dinner Ladies salads with herbs and nuts.

Top tips for our salads

We’ve a few tricks up our apron sleeves in the Dinner Ladies kitchen, for how to make sure our salads reach you in pristine condition – fresh, crunchy and textured,...

Top tips for our salads

We’ve a few tricks up our apron sleeves in the Dinner Ladies kitchen, for how to make sure our salads reach you in pristine condition – fresh, crunchy and textured,...

Festive Christmas table spread with roast, sides, and desserts from The Dinner Ladies.

DL Staff Christmas Top Picks!

Even though we’re cooking the big Christmas dinner, we DO get excited about eating it! It’s a busy time in the Dinner Ladies kitchen, but we found a moment to...

DL Staff Christmas Top Picks!

Even though we’re cooking the big Christmas dinner, we DO get excited about eating it! It’s a busy time in the Dinner Ladies kitchen, but we found a moment to...

Plate of bite-sized Christmas canapés topped with savoury spreads and garnishes, served with dipping sauce and glasses of bubbly.

Christmas Canapé Ideas

  We love inviting people over for drinks and nibbles – what we don’t love is planning the party platters and sides. The more we rack our brains over what...

Christmas Canapé Ideas

  We love inviting people over for drinks and nibbles – what we don’t love is planning the party platters and sides. The more we rack our brains over what...

Plates of canapés, bite-sized party snacks, and champagne glasses on a table ready for festive entertaining.

Let us deliver the party!

Make it easy on yourself... let us deliver the party! It’s party season, and we’re excited for the canapés… bite-sized snackettes that blend elegance with a dash of whimsy. They’re...

Let us deliver the party!

Make it easy on yourself... let us deliver the party! It’s party season, and we’re excited for the canapés… bite-sized snackettes that blend elegance with a dash of whimsy. They’re...

Five bottles of different cooking oils, including olive and vegetable oil, displayed on a neutral surface.

Know your oils!

Once it was a simple (if somewhat dull) choice: vegetable oil for frying, or olive oil for salad dressings. Now there’s a myriad of delicious oils on the supermarket shelves...

Know your oils!

Once it was a simple (if somewhat dull) choice: vegetable oil for frying, or olive oil for salad dressings. Now there’s a myriad of delicious oils on the supermarket shelves...

Bowl of black pasta with rich red sauce, styled for a spooky Halloween dinner.

Deliciously creepy!

Happy Halloween! The scariest dinnertime of the year is upon us! If you don’t have time for baking and creating from scratch, never fear! (Well, do fear a little bit…...

Deliciously creepy!

Happy Halloween! The scariest dinnertime of the year is upon us! If you don’t have time for baking and creating from scratch, never fear! (Well, do fear a little bit…...