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Rice noodle salad with cucumber and poppy seeds
For anyone who thinks that this list of ingredients looks suspiciously long for a book of simple recipes, I’m actually feeling quite…

Pasta alla Norma
After a day in the test kitchen, eating all day, there are just a handful of dishes I’m happy to cook and…

Fettuccine with spiced cherry tomato sauce
When they are ripe and sweet, buy a big batch of cherry tomatoes, to make double or triple the quantity of sauce….

Bulgur with mushrooms and feta
This works as both a side and a main, with some wilted greens alongside. Get as large a mix of mushrooms as…

Baked mint rice with pomegranate and olive salsa
Cooking rice perfectly is one of those things that shouldn’t be complicated but can be surprisingly difficult, for some, to get right….

Thai sticky rice with crispy ginger, chilli and peanuts
Sticky rice is brilliant as it is, served alongside all sorts of fish and meat dishes, but the addition of a crispy…

Couscous, cherry tomato and herb salad
This salad is perfect at a summer barbecue, great alongside all sorts of grilled meats and grilled vegetables. Make the couscous, onion…

Puy lentil and aubergine stew
Few things bring me more pleasure in the kitchen than taking a set of familiar ingredients and seeing them in a new…

Bulgur with tomato, aubergine and lemon yoghurt
You can make just the bulgur and tomato, if you like (without the aubergine and preserved lemon yoghurt) and serve it as…