02/10/2026
One base. Five easy dinners.
Make a big batch of this tomato and garlic seafood base, portion it into the freezer, and you've got the start of five completely different meals.
Pasta. Jacket potato. Fish pie. Risotto. Curry.
Look for the ASC label when you shop š
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1. Close-up of a pan of tomato and garlic seafood stew with mussels, clams, prawns and squid rings, a wooden spoon resting in it. Bold white text reads "5 MEALS 1 RECIPE" with a teal box below reading "TOMATO & GARLIC MIXED SEAFOOD BASE".
2. Overhead shot of spaghetti in tomato sauce with prawns and mussels on a white plate, cutlery either side, on a teal background. Text reads "Seafood Pasta. Toss the reheated seafood base with freshly boiled spaghetti or penne and top with chopped fresh parsley."
3. Overhead shot of a jacket potato topped with tomato seafood mixture, mussels and clams, with a lemon wedge. Text reads "Jacket Potato Topper. Spoon the warm, thick seafood mixture over a hot jacket potato with a side of green salad".
4. Overhead shot of a cast iron dish of fish pie topped with herby mash, with a plated jacket potato below. Text reads "Creamy Fish Pie. Add a splash of cream or white sauce to the base, transfer it to an oven dish, and top with mashed potatoes before baking."
5. Overhead shot of a navy cast iron dish of baked seafood rice topped with browned mash, cutlery alongside. Text reads "Seafood Risotto. Using the seafood base as a cooking broth, slowly stirring it into Arborio rice until creamy."
6. Overhead shot of a bowl of golden curried rice with prawns, mussels and squid rings.
Text reads "Seafood Curry. Simmer the base with coconut milk and curry powder for 3 minutes. Serve over steaming jasmine rice."
7. Teal background with a pan of red seafood curry with mussels, prawns, chilli and coriander below the copy, and the white ASC label logo.
Text reads "A little goes a long way⦠Dinners for the week sorted. Look for the ASC label next time you shop."
8. A white recipe card on teal, styled as a notebook page with a fish-shaped spiral binding.
Headed "INGREDIENTS" with a two-column list, then "DIRECTIONS" with six numbered steps for the seafood base.}