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Jacket Potatoes with Chilli Cheese and Pickled Onions (4)

I’m always looking for new ways to eat baked potatoes and love this recipe from Eleanor Steafel.

Peas and Onions (4)

A very simple side from Yotam Ottolenghi.

Peas with Tomatoes and Onions (4)

A simple and delicious combination from Ixta Belfrage in ” Mezcla”. Serve at room temperature with bread to mop up the juices. You could also serve with burrata, soft boiled eggs or shaved pecorino for a light supper.

TV Chips (2)

Loaded chips to enjoy when you are in newed of comfort. Instead of tuna you could load these with Salsa Roja and Pickled Onions or with Mexican Sauce and Spring Onion Salsa. You need a flat baking tray and you want to spread the potatoes out as much as possible to crisp and colour evenly. The recipe is fro ” Mezcla” by Ixta Belfrage.

Carrots and Parsnips with Mustard and Honey (6)

I made this recipe from Waitrose to serve with my Christmas dinner this year. It was very easy and well recieved by all.

Cabbage with Mango and Harissa Salsa (4)

An easy recipe from ” Mezcla” by Ixta Belfrage. You can serve it alongside some tofu, roast chicken or grilled fish or prawns. For a quick midweek dinner serve topped with a fried egg.

Stir Fried Shredded Greens (6)

Another recipe from ” Alice’s Cook Book” by Alice Hart. This goes well with the Claypot Chicken. You can use any leafy greens like chard, water spinach, bok choy, choy sum or Chinese broccoli.

Brussels Sprouts with Browned Butter and Black Garlic (4)

Another recipe to tempt you to eat sprouts from ” Simple” by Yotam Ottolenghi.

Sweet and Sour Sprouts with Chestnuts and Grapes (4)

A festive dish from ” Flavour” by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage. You can prepare the shallots, garlic, chestnuts and grapes the day before and refrigerate overnight, but only cook the sprouts on the day you are serving the dish.

Brussels Sprouts in Miso Butter and Honey Glaze (4)

A recipe from Olia Hercules described as ” sprouts that even the haters might love”. Go on, try it, you know you want to.

Broccoli with Spicy Peanut Sauce (4)

An easy recipe for a vegetarian main or a side dish. Its from ” Dominique’s Kitchen” by Dominique Woolf. I love broccoli, but purple sprouting is my favourite type and you could use this instead.

Beetroot and Blood Oranges (2)

Another recipe for beetroot with blood oranges from Nigel Slater.

Beetroot and Green Mayonnaise (4)

I had lots of home grown beetroot from my allotment this year and cooked this delicious recipe from ” Morito” by Sam and Sam Clark. Sadly this book seems to now be out of print, though it appears occasionally on Amazon at inflated prices second hand. The beetroot can also be served with their recipe for Spiced Labneh.

Sweetcorn with Ginger and Green Chilli (4)

A simple, quick and delicious stir fry from Gujarat which i found in ” Thali” by Maunika Gowardhan. She uses tinned sweetcorn but if you have fresh or frozen sweetcorn kernels you could also used them and adjust the cooking time as needed.

Spicy Cauliflower with Tomato and Chilli (4)

A recipe from the scenic city of Udaipur in Rajasthan which I found in ” Thali” by Maunika Gowardhan. Its good served with dal, rotis and raita.