Advice & Inspiration For Your Garden

Lemon Soufflé

An extremely lemony mousse – tart and delicious – at its best when citrus is fresh and plentiful as it is right now in the early months of the year. You can also make this with blood oranges. Note tha

Carrot and sprouted alfalfa/broccoli salad

We make this salad in the school for lunch all the time, simple grated carrot and poppy seeds, with bouncy alfalfa and broccoli sprouts threaded through. These can be found in good health-food stores.

Anita’s Victoria sponge

A classic Victoria sponge uses the same weight of sugar, margarine and flour as the eggs. A large free-range egg usually weighs 56g. Using a plant-based spread rather than butter gives a lighter spong

Tom Yum

A classic south-east Asian soup which, served with a bowl of red or black rice, makes a meal. Whenever you’re buying prawns, look out for tiger, green or white prawns, ideally wild. If you buy farmed,

Blueberry Buckwheat Pancakes

I love the sharp tang of buckwheat flour, more interesting than plain wheat, but you can use that too. Serve for breakfast scattered with blueberries, blackcurrants (now being heralded as even richer

Blood Orange Sorbet with Campari

One of the best drinks on the planet is a Blood Orange and Campari Soda. Here it is in a pudding bowl.  For 68 blood oranges100g caster sugarZest and juice of 1 lemonCampariSqueeze the juice

Asparagus, pea and Broad Bean Salad

This is the perfect late spring, early summer salad, using all the best produce from the garden, good farmer’s market or greengrocer.For 4 as a main course or 6 as a starter160g freshly-podded peas (f

Chard gratin

A fantastic meal-in-one recipe, which is delicious just as it is, served with a few potatoes. It’s also lovely with good olives cut in half and added to the chard. Or you can add mussels cooked in whi

Bay & Rosemary Hasselback Potatoes

You can make these with any waxy salad potato, but I love them best with ‘Pink Fir Apples’. Stuffed with herbs they’re tasty and have a good mix of softness and crunch. I love these at any time throug

citrus fruit salad

Ideally, make this with super-nutritious blood oranges, but if they're not available, use the best standard oranges, such as Navels. It's healthy and delicious.serves 4 4 blood oranges 2 p

classic onion tart

This is the most delicious tart. It has more onions than usual – and lots and lots of nutmeg.serves 6-8 For the pastry: 180g flour Pinch of salt 50g lard 50g butter 1 tablespoon grated Parme

beetroot and mint falafel with super-nutritious tzatziki

Falafels are usually fried, or even deep-fried, but these are baked in the oven for a lighter, less calorific version. Ideal served with our super-nutritious tzatziki, some pitta and plenty of s

chicken and leek pie

The pastry for this is wonderfully flaky and light, almost like a digestive biscuit. You can put it over the top of anything, but it’s particularly good with chicken, tarragon and leeks. In cold

andrew’s fish pie with rosti topping

An old friend Andrew Wallace’s gentle fish pie, with a light breadcrumb topping. Serve with buttered broccoli. serves 6 800ml milk 3 bay leaves 600g fresh haddock fillets 300g u

beetroot, yoghurt and hazelnut salad recipe

In this recipe tutorial, Sarah Raven shows you how she prepares and cooks fresh beetroot and then arranges a simple Greek salad with a tahini yoghurt dressing with toasted hazelnuts and wild oregano.A

wild garlic pesto recipe

I make lots of this in the spring, using it as a pasta sauce and to stuff baked potatoes. It freezes well for use right through the year, but if freezing leave out the cultivated bulb garlic