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Crushed Potatoes with Roast Tomatoes and Balsamic Vinegar (2)

A new way with Potatoes from ” Real Food” by Nigel Slater. It will seve two as a light main course.

Leek and Taleggio Risotto (2)

A soothing and restoring risotto from ” Real Food” by Nigel Slater.

Affogato al Caffe (4)

Affogato is one of my favourite ice cream desserts and I found a recipe ( though you dont really need one) in ” Real Food” by Nigel Slater. The expresso must be very strong and fragrant and use the best vanilla ice cream you can find in the supermarket. The ice cream should be quite hard, but soft enough to scoop without breaking.

French Cafe Salad (4)

A favourite recipe from ” Simple Food” by Jill Dupleix. Really its a posh salad Niciose by another name, but she suggests variations using chicken, beans and tomato or aspagagus, avocado and ham.

Sticky Five Spice Sausages with Cherries (4)

An easy traybake recipe for pork sausages from Ravinder Bhogal. Serve with rice or vegetables, or in hot dog rolls.

Easy Egg Curry (4)

Another quick version of egg curry from ” Veggie Family Cook Book” by Claire Thomson.

Potato, Fennel and Porcini Soup (4)

A delicious soup from ” Veggie Family Cook Book” by Claire Thomson.

Beetroot Tzatziki with Giant Beans and Flatbread (4)

A quick and easy ” Fridge Raid ” supper from ” Veggie Family Cook Book” by Claire Thomson.

Tomato and Chilli Halloumi (2)

A spicy tomato rich stir fry from ” Dominique’s Kitchen” by Dominique Woolf. She also has a new book out called ” The Asian Pantry” which I have added to my wish list. This is good accompanied with her Garlicky Green Beans.

Green Chilli con Carne with Warm Cornbread (6)

A version of chilli con carne using pork from Yotam Ottolenghi. You can reduce the amount of jalapeno chillies to make it child friendly if you need to.

Smoked Mackerel Caesar Salad (4)

A riff on Caesar Salad from Thomasina Miers

Tomatoes with Peas and Feta (2)

A simple salad fpr when tomatoes are at their best from Nigel Slater. If you like you could add a few croutons of torn ciabatta, fried crisp in olive oil, or you could plie the salad on bruschetta.

Smoked Haddock with Horseradish Mash and Poached Egg (6)

An old favourite from ” Big Flavours and Rough Edges” by David Eyre and the Eagle Cooks. Its best to use undyed smoked haddock if you can get this. The Horseradish Mash can be replaced with Saffron Mash. Infuse a gram of saffron in the milk( or half milk and cream) while it is heating through and omit the horseradiash.

Tuna with Sicilian Potato Salad (4)

I found this recipe for Tuna in ” Lobster & Chips” by Trish Hilferty, one of my go to fish cookbooks. She inherited it from Tom Norrington Davis and they both worked at the renowned Eagle in London. You need to use really fesh tuna and waxy potatoes such as Charlotte. The tuna could be replaced with swordfish or other robust meaty fish. The tuna will be medium rare which is the best way to eat it, but if you prefer cook it for a little longer.

Thai Green Curry Chicken Traybake (4)

A flavourful chicken and rice traybake from ” Dominique’s Kitchen” by Dominique Woolf. The jasmine rice can be replaced with basmati rice if you like. You will need 280g of rice, 400 ml of coconut milk and 250 ml of water if you choose to do this.