red pepper and onion relish recipe I like the freshness of this relish - delicious served with burgers or sausages (or sausage burgers).Makes 3 x 450g jars7 red peppers, deseeded and finely chopped3 onions, finely sliced3 sticks of cel
marinated cucumber and dill salad recipe This is a recipe from my friend Lucinda Fraser, and it's fantastic for making in large quantities when you have lots of people to lunch. It's at its most delicious eaten fresh, but it's fine mad
orange and lemon cake with marmalade cream recipe Based on a Claudia Roden recipe, this is an ideal cake for a picnic, moist but easy to transport and slice. The marmalade cream can be spread over the top or served alongside each slice. The
rhubarb and ginger vodka recipe A frozen shot of this is delicious, and it makes a fragrant drink with tonic or served over ice with a little lemonade. Try to make the mixture a month before you want it so that the flavours have ti
provençal squid, new potato, olive and tomato stew There are many versions of squid stew, but this one has a particularly rich flavour. Squid goes brilliantly with tomatoes and together they make excellent heart-healthy food.Serves 4 1 tbsp cold-pres
potato and chard salad with pea pesto recipe This bright green salad looks as good and fresh as it tastes. Serve it plain, or scatter with thinly sliced and crispy chorizo. It's ideal for eating with almost any barbecued meat.Serves 6-82lb 3oz s
quinoa, courgette and lemon salad recipe Quinoa is filling – a little goes a long way. It's a seed from the goosefoot or fat hen family, so it's a good source of protein, gluten-free, easy to digest, as well as being high in magnesium and ir
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. These s
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. You can
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 delicious usi
strawberry and orange granita recipe This is quick, easy and very delicious, topped with a shot of Cointreau or vodka. I also use this recipe in the early spring mixing Campari with blood oranges – when they're at their best.Serves 6-8
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 a little
healthy breakfast crumble recipe A portion of this light and fruity ‘crumble’ will provide two of your five-a-day. It is at its best when plums and apples are peaking in August or September, but whenever you find plums which ar
runner bean flower salad recipe Scatter runner bean flowers over any leaf salad or make this bean tabbouleh, where the flowers take centre stage.Serves 4-62 good handfuls of small tender runner beansSalt and black pepper100g bulgar
samphire sauce recipe Marsh samphire (its proper name is glasswort – Salicornia europaea), is at its absolute best around July, so if you live around the British coast, near mud flats or salt marshes rather than cliffs, go