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Chickpeas and Swiss chard with yoghurt
This is comfort food at its best, served with some steamed rice. Don’t worry if you don’t have coriander at home already:…
Slow-cooked runner beans in tomato sauce
Serve this with some brown rice, for a dish that manages to be both summery and light, and comforting and hearty. It’s…
Butterbean mash with muhammara
Muhammara is a spicy Levantine dip made from red peppers and walnuts. It keeps in the fridge for 3 days so double…
Fried broccoli and kale with garlic, cumin and lime
You can blanch the broccoli and kale well ahead of time here: a good few hours. Once half-cooked, refreshed and dried, it’s…
Tenderstem broccoli with soy sauce, garlic and peanuts
This is also lovely with (an equal quantity of) choy sum, if you prefer, instead of the broccoli. If you use choy…
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…