stuffed courgette flowers with honey recipe You don't often see courgette flowers for sale in the UK, but if you do, buy them. If you grow courgettes, pumpkins or squash, you'll have plenty of these in your garden, though you might be
squash and cumin soup with squash chips recipe This is one of the best autumn soups for pumpkin or squash. The flavour improves if you cook it some time before. It also freezes well.for 4 3 teaspoons cumin seeds 1 teaspoon coriander se
rosemary flatbread recipe You can make this recipe for rosemary flat bread standing on your head. The dough takes under 5 minutes to combine and about an hour to rise. This makes it ideal for whipping up quickly if you’ve got
split pea and mint croquettes recipe Healthy, sustaining and absolutely delicious. I love this sort of imprecise recipe (from Crete) where you can suit yourself, adding mint one time and cumin the next. The sauce is equally delicio
spinach and ricotta cannelloni recipe This classic dish is perfect for a big family Saturday lunch, or a vegetarian feast. The fresh lasagne sheets do not need any pre-cooking, but if using dried, follow the cooking instructions. Yo
spicy cauliflower recipe Lovely spring cauliflower is used in this tasty one-pot dish. It's great with roast lamb or pork, and leftovers can be pureed to make the basis of a delicious soup - just add stock to thin it
green pawpaw, carrot and cashew salad A classic Thai street food salad, based on pawpaw at its unripe, green stage, when it has all its anti-inflammatory and digestion-aiding properties, but none of the big sugar hit. The cashews en
Jane's chanterelles recipe My twin sister, Jane, is a great fungi enthusiast and a fantastic cook. She lives in Scotland, where there are lots of chanterelles. If you're lucky enough to find them, this wine-rich sauce
spiced pickled beans Rather than leaving them on the plant to toughen, pick beans when they're small and bottle them while in preserving jars. Fine French beans are the nicest, but baby runners are also delicious. T
grape jelly recipe Home-grown grapes in this country tend to be small, not all of them ripen and they can be thick with pips. You can eat a few with cheese and make jelly with the rest. This is lovely on bread or
gooseberry tart recipe A tart of sharp, delicious just-cooked gooseberries in a very light pastry.serves 6 450g gooseberries 3 eggs 100g caster sugar 284ml double cream, plus more to serve 1 teaspoon vanil
watercress soup This soup is very simple, with the pepperiness of watercress set against the creaminess of coconut milk. It’s also versatile; you can add a bunch of parsley, sorrel, mustard leaves, chard or spi
globe artichokes with angelica's sauce recipe This recipe reminds me of Angelica, the cook in the house my parents used to rent in the Dolomites. I love the whole palaver of artichokes: pulling the leaves off and dipping them into the r
spiced aubergine salad recipe This salad is lovely served warm as a first course with cucumber raita and flatbread.Serves 6-8 3 large-to-medium-sized aubergines (about 1kg) 3 tablespoons good extra virgin olive oil 1
rosemary, olive and lemon chicken recipe A delicious take on the classic Sunday roast. Try this for your next family meal – it's so simple!Serves 5-6 8 chicken thighsjuice of 3 lemonsleaves of 4 sprigs of rosemary (or 1 heaped tablespoon),
smoked chicken, mango and spring herb salad recipe The perfect salad to eat as we, and the garden, emerge from hibernation in spring.serves 4 1 whole smoked chicken 2 mangoes 'cheeks' chopped and trimmings pureed, or 4 tbsp tinned mango p
