Buy tiny jars of pesto. There's lots of different types - classic basil and pine nut, roasted aubergine/eggplant, roasted red pepper/capsicum and almond, sundried tomato...

You put together a quick, pesto-flavoured bite in one of two ways - coat and cook chicken or fish, or spread onto wholemeal bread or crackers.

• Pesto Mozarella Melts
  Spread pesto onto a wholegrain cracker.
  Top with a slice of mozarella cheese.
  Zap in microwave for about 20 seconds.
  
  
• Pesto Cheese Kebabs
  Spread a slice of slightly stale wholemeal bread with pesto.
  Dice, and put onto a skewer with a cube or two of haloumi cheese.
  Grill or fry.
  Add a squeeze of lemon before serving if desired.
  
  
• Pesto fish/chicken
  Buy small, thin fillets of white fish, salmon, or diced chicken.
  Spread with pesto.
  Grill, fry, bake, microwave.