Sunshine Salad (3-6)

A colourful salad inspired from ” Ripe Figs” by Yasmin Khan. It will serve three as a main with sopme bread or four to six as a side dish

Seven Spice Quail with Persian Rice (4)

A delicious supper for autumn and winter from Thomasina Miers. As an alternative to quail you could use pheasant, partridge, chicken or guinea fowl depending on their availability. The birds need to be marinaded for at least four hours.

Coriander and Charred Lime Steak (2)

This punchy marinade works very well with steak but also with other meat and fish. The recipe is from Georgina Hayden for Waitrose.

Spiced Spinach Soup (4)

A quick soup which is equally good served chilled in summer. The recipe is from ” Modern British Food” by Sybil Kapoor.

Mowgli Lamb Keema (4-6)

A favourite version of Lamb Keema from the excellent ” Mowgli Street Food” by Nisha Katona. I sometimes double up the quantities and freeze some.

Cheddar and Caramalised Onion Jam on Sourdough Toast (4)

A jazzed up version of cheese on toast from ” Caravan : Dining All Day” by Miles Kirby, Laura Harper-Hinton and Chris Ammermann. The jam can be made up to three weeks in advance and stored in the fridge, making this easy to make on the day. Use a good sourdough bread and flavourful cheddar.

Egg, Turmeric and Coconut Curry (4)

An easy gently spiced and fragrant curry, from ” The Art of the Larder” by Claire Thompson. Serve with brown or white rice and a jarred Indian pickle or chutney. Cook as many eggs as you would like to serve. In the version shown here I used chopped fresh beetroot leaves instead of frozen spinach, adding and cooking them for a few minutes before adding the coconut milk.

Smoked Haddock, Leek and Cheddar Fishcakes (3-6)

A winning combination for fishcakes from Rick Stein’s ” Food Stories”. Serve with some soft lettuce or green salad.

Eggs Scrambled in Bacon Fat (2)

A luxurious way to serve eggs and bacon from Melbourbe based chef Blayne Bertoncello.

Mowgli Chutney ( 1 1/4 cups)

A great tomato chutney that will keep in the refrigerator for a few weeks.

Gujerati- style cabbage with carrots (4-6)

This is from ” Madhur Jaffreys Indian Cookery” which was published in 1982 to accompany her series on BBC 2. This was the first recipe book I bought and i still have my now very stained and dog eared copy. This is an everyday vegetable dish from the state of Gujerat which goes with any Indian meal but is also a good accompaniment to pork chops. The ingredients are readily available in supermarkets now but back then many could only be sourced in specialist Indian groceries.

Tamarind Treacle Sauce ( 1 1/2 cups)

You need this recipe to make the Treacle Tamarind Fries from ” Mowgli Street Food” by Nisha Katona.

Smoked Mackerel Caesar Salad (4)

A riff on Caesar Salad from Thomasina Miers

Mowgli Mango Chicken Curry (4)

A fruity chicken curry from ” 30 Minute Mowgli ” by Nisha Katona.

Cumin Walnut Runner Beans (4)

A simple throw together dish from ” Mowgli Street Food” by Nisha Katona. The crunchy walnuts go very well with the soft and sweet runner beans.,

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