Type: Simple 10 ingredients or less
Roast cabbage with tarragon and pecorino
This is served at room temperature so that the pecorino keeps its texture and flavour. It’s perfect alongside a roast chicken or…
Mustard-marinated kale with asparagus
There’s a little bit of massaging and marinating here, but you can do this up to 4 hours in advance of serving,…

Roasted asparagus with almonds, capers and dill
This is a dish which my husband Karl cooks at home a lot, on the weekend. He tends to be a bit…

Cavolo nero with chorizo and preserved lemon
This delivers in so many ways: all the goodness of hearty dark green cavolo nero, all the pops of surprise from the…

Quick okra with sweet and sour dressing
Anyone who loves okra will never stop trying to convert those who think they don’t love okra to the vegetable. Anyone put…

Garry’s stir-fried cabbage with garlic and chilli
This is, as my friend Garry Bar-Chang showed me when he was cooking up a Taiwanese feast, a very easy way to…

Cauliflower, pomegranate and pistachio salad
It was a little moment of revelation, I remember, when I first combined roasted cauliflower and raw grated cauliflower in the same…

Steamed courgettes with garlic and oregano
Try to get small and young courgettes for this if you can: their tenderness is heaven when steamed. I love the thin…
Crushed courgettes
This is lovely either as it is (or with a spoonful of yoghurt), as part of a mezze spread, or served alongside…