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You’ll Make This Italian Turkey Sausage & White Bean Soup All Winter Long

This Italian soup not only warms you up, but it’s also a good source of protein and fibre, thanks to the turkey sausage, navy beans and nutrient-packed kale.

Healthy Diet Recipe Packed With Flavour: Soupa de Lima (Lime Soup)

This delicious soup has such a citrus kick, it's the perfect lunch-time meal. Just make it quickly when you're at...


Smoked Cod Kedgeree

A subtly spiced rice dish, this is based on a classic kedgeree recipe but with extra vegetables to add vitamins....


Corn and Whole-Wheat Salad

Grains of whole wheat have a distinctive sweet, nutty flavour. Here they are mixed with corn, toasted walnuts and crisp...


Mushroom Salad with Quail Eggs

Full-flavoured shiitake mushrooms are poached with more delicate chanterelles and oyster mushrooms, then tossed with herbs and topped with softly...

Stir-Fried Rice and Chicken

The rice, with its slightly chewy texture and Indian spices, provides the perfect backdrop for tender chicken, crunchy raw vegetables,...


Minted Barley and Bean Salad

This filling salad is a great choice for a satisfying lunch. Both barley and beans are low-glycaemic (GI) 'superfoods', creating...

Boost Your Health With This Easy-to-Make Bone Broth Recipe

Kick your health up a notch by cooking up a batch of bone broth and storing it in the fridge...


Chicken & Vegetable soup

Homemade vegetable stock is a perfect base in soups and sauces. To make it: Throw any vege­tables you like into...


Garden Variety Soup

As its name implies, this incredibly filling soup makes great use of a variety of colourful vegetables.


Round-Steak Chili

This recipe is easy: Throw everything into a pot, turn on a burner, and relax.

Beef in Ale with Horseradish Dumplings

A hearty beef and vegetable casserole that can be left to cook or made ahead and then reheated before serving....


Greek stifado

A tempting beef casserole - with artichoke hearts, fava beans, new potatoes and juicy, purple-skinned kalamata olives - that is...


Lancashire hot-pot

This modern version of the popular favourite, Lancashire hot-pot, is still slow-cooked for maximum flavour, but is lighter, using lean...


Lamb and Vegetable Bake

This hearty dish of lean lamb layered with delicious root vegetables and baked in a covered casserole is perfect for...


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Mexican arrozrojo

Flavoured with a small amount of spicy sausageand chili flakes, this is a traditional taste of Mexico. Guacamole and tortillas...

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Salmon and pea pilaf

Canned salmon is very versatile and super healthy, being rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Combined with rice and peas, and...


Cauliflower and Stilton Soufflé

A soufflé is always bound to impress. Here's a classic combo that adds vegetable value to a light and fluffy...


Fish soup

Mixed seafood combined with white fish, simmered with chunks of potato, tomatoes and some handy frozen vegetables, make a main...


Tomato and lentil soup

This simple soup is flavoured with warm spices, then blended to a velvety smooth texture and topped with yogourt. Serve...


Lentil and Cashew Nut Roast

Not only are low-fat lentils richer in protein than many other legumes, but their slightly smoky flavour makes a great...


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Mustard-roast ham with parsnips

This is an excellent way of cooking all your vegetables with a joint of meat in one pan. Parsnips as...


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Orange roast chicken with vegetables

Here's a roast meal, cooked in one pan, that even makes its own gravy, the pan juices are so full...


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Beef olives

This updated version of a traditional recipe is ideal for entertaining. Slices of beef are wrapped around a mushroom stuffing...


Persian-style lamb shanks with figs

Roasting lamb shanks before slowly braising them removes much of the fat and gives a wonderful flavour, which perfectly complements...

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Chicken Cobbler

A richly flavoured combination of chicken and mixed vegetables, cooked in cider, with a topping of light, herby scones, makes...


Vegetable Stock

Use this light stock as a base for delicate soups and sauces, and in risottos and similar dishes.


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Chicken Stock

This stock, made with the leftovers from a roast chicken, can be used as a great base for soups, casseroles,...


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Beef, Veal or Lamb Stock

You can use fresh, raw or cooked bones for this stock, plus any lean meat scraps. Trim fat or fatty...


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Lamb and vegetable bake

This hearty dish of lean lamb layered with delicious root vegetables and baked in a covered casserole is perfect for...


Hearty Vegetable and Turkey-Bacon Soup

Your holiday leftovers won't go to waist with this hearty soup recipe.