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Roast summer veg with lemony dressing

This is a lovely substantial dish, combining grains and spuds with the first early summer greens.

Charred Veg with Seaweed Gribiche

Dried seaweed is a handy secret ingredient: it’s not just a useful umami flavour booster, it’s also packed full of plant nutrients. I suggest getting mixed seaweed flakes as they are so easy to use, but dried dulse and nori sheets are good all-rounders, and can be blitzed into flakes. Although seaweed is a great addition here, it’s not essential, so omit if you can’t find it.

Kimchi slaw

I love sauerkraut, kimchi and other fermented veg. They are, of course, quite salty, and often pungently flavoured, so not everyone loves the intensity of eating them straight up. But they can also be deployed to give a boost of flavour depth and umami notes to other simply prepared fresh veg. Dressing a slaw is one example, combining fresh and pickled cabbage. A great side with almost anything, it’s a particularly brilliant way to make a meal of a couple of poached eggs on toast.

Hot fish sandwich with satay nut butter

You may already know how much I enjoy a hot fish sandwich. This latest incarnation is combined with a delicious satay nut butter, and I like to add a contrasting layer of crunchy kimchi slaw, too. This sandwich works well with white fish fillets, such as haddock or coley, but it’s also great with meatier fish, say mackerel or bream.

Courgette Meatballs in Barley Broth

When courgettes are in season they come in abundance and I find myself trying to get them into a lot of meals. Here, they work very well grated and added to the meatballs, helping to keep them moist and tender. The meatballs are served in a delicious broth with barley, peas and beans, topped with a dollop of courgette raita.

Cottage garden pie

A cottage or shepherd’s pie has always been a family favourite down the generations. My recipe has evolved to include way more veg than my mum used to put in hers - hence the name. I’m delighted to say this version still meets with everyone’s approval. The meat and lentil sauce is versatile and easily turned into a bolognese (add extra passata and omit the worcestershire sauce) or into a chilli (add chilli powder, to taste, to the browned meat and two 400g tins of kidney beans towards the end of simmering).

Porridge loaf

This is a one-bowl, no-knead, gluten-free, fruity, nutty bread (provided you use gluten-free oats) that is unbelievably easy to make. You can use any mix of dried fruit, nuts and seeds that you happen to have in the kitchen - sultanas, raisins, dried apples, dried apricots, dried figs etc - or just nuts and seeds if you want a more savoury loaf. The result is delicious freshly baked, of course, but excellent toasted the following day, too, and it freezes well; I often double the quantities to make 2 loaves: one for now and one for the freezer.

Very berry ripple fro-yo

This is a lovely, lighter alternative to a fruity ice cream - quick and easy to put together.

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Ricotta-stuffed aubergines

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Broad beans with ricotta on sourdough

What a way to upgrade your toast. I adore this combo of creamy, citrussy ricotta with the mild, nutty, sweetness of broad beans (a ‘hero’ legume).

Warm potato salad with capers, dill, rocket and lemon

I love baby new potatoes with just butter and salt but here, in this tangy, salty, herby dressing, they taste divine. Don’t be fooled by anyone who tells you potatoes are bad for you. Potatoes are actually packed with vitamins and minerals, particularly when the skin is kept on. And remember, the resistant starch content is increased when potatoes are cooked and cooled - yes please, leftover roasties from the fridge.