German Frankfurters and Hot Potato Salad with Mustard Dressing

While this is not exactly a cheat recipe, it does embrace thephilosophy of always having store-cupboard ingredients to hand.

If you're working and don't have the time to shop, a well-stocked store-cupboard means you'll always have something sitting on a shelf that will enable you to cook and serve a really good meal without any hassle. Frankfurters preserved in jars in brine are a perfect choice for this, and this extremely good supper dish can be served in roughly 20 minutes. If you are able to plan ahead, a packet of baby new potatoes would be the best option, but failing that diced maincrop potatoes would be fine.

For the frankfurters look out for Meica brand (if using these you'll need two jars, drained weight 180g, each containing six small Frankfurters) or the rather naffly named Ye Olde Oak (you'll need one jar of these, drained weight 250g, containing six large sausages).

The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make a Basic Vinaigrette dressing Vinaigrette with Chopped Herbs for summer salads. Half Sherry Vinegar and Balsamic Vinegar, and a no-vinegar dressing which uses lemon juice instead. Press the recipe image play.