Caitríona Redmond: A quick and easy fish and chips dinner — with your favourite crisps on top

Hungry kids need food fast, and I don’t mean from the takeaway

There is no need to spend a fortune on expensive cuts of fish if they are going to end up in a pie

As the weather becomes increasingly inclement, the evenings get darker, and I struggle to find the energy to cook a dinner in the evening after work. The kids head off to school before 8am and don’t get back until my workday is over, which leaves me with no excuses; they need a hot meal when they roll in the door.

The last thing I want to do is head into the kitchen to cook for an hour, only to see the meal disappear in seconds before I sit down to enjoy my own. Does anybody else suffer from that malaise? Of dishing up the meal to hungry family members who vacuum the food from the plates before you’ve even put your first forkful in your mouth?