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Hugh's courgettes, mozzarella, pasta
Hugh's courgettes, mozzarella, pasta, taken from his 3 Good Things on More4. Hugh's recognised a simple pattern that underpins so many...
Prep 20mins Cook 25mins
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Hugh's pasta, tomatoes and blue cheese
Hugh's pasta, tomatoes and blue cheese, taken from Hugh's Three Good Things on More4. Hugh's recognised a simple pattern that underpins so...
Prep 30mins Cook 15mins
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Jammy Dodgers
Jammy Dodgers are a biscuit tin favourite in many households, with their sticky sweet centre and crumbly outside. These homemade homages to...
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Lamb with cauliflower and chickpeas
This lovely lamb dish starts with the sort of ingredients you might expect to find in a slow-cooked stew meat, pulses, carrots but...
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Leek risotto with chestnuts
This creamiest and palest of risottos tastes fantastic with the contrasting chestnuts. Pre-cooked chestnuts are easy to use but if you can...
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Lentils with onion and watercress
This is a soft, soothing little dish of cooked lentils, perked up with peppery watercress and sweetened with fried onions. It's easy-to-eat...
Prep 15mins Cook 30mins
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Lentils, spinach, potato
You can enjoy this easy vegetable curry as part of a spread of spicy dishes or on its own. I like to eat it with thick, plain yoghurt and...
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Merguez spiced lamb & white bean hummus
This makes for a delicious dinner with all of the family or a great starter for a party.
Prep 50mins Cook 15mins
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Mushy Squash
This buttery squash puree is delicious with any kind of fish, including fishcakes or homemade fishfingers, or with sausages (meaty or...
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Noodles, chicken, greens
This is the sort of dish to make whenever you have some good homemade stock to hand. The ‘chicken’ element is really the stock itself but...
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Nut Butters
This recipe comes courtesy of one of our office team members- it's not just our chefs that like to cook! It is very flexible and made to...
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Oaty banana drop scones
We're big fans of drop scones served buttered, with fat slices of banana and a sprinkling of cinnamon on top. Perfect for weekend family...
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Oaty, nutty, fruity cookies
We can't think of a nicer way to refuel mid-morning or teatime than with one (or two) of these. In texture they're somewhere between a...
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Oyster risotto with deep-fried gutweed
This truly spectacular and luxurious starter is the clincher in any argument about whether raw oysters are better than cooked oysters...
Prep 20mins
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PSB Pasta
This recipe is taken from River Cottage Baby &Toddler Cookbook. Purple sprouting broccoli is a seasonal treat, available from late Feb...
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Parsnip rösti
These parsnip rösti are a good alternative to the traditional potato version, as they are softer textured, with a crisp exterior and...
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Pasta and pesto with green beans
Taken from River Cottage Veg Every Day!
Prep 20mins Cook 10mins
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Pasta with greens, garlic and chilli
Wilted greens combined with a hearty portion of pasta and spiked with garlic and chilli make a satisfying supper. The following variations...
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Pearl barley broth
This is a substantial soup – serve it with a salad and some bread and it’s a meal in itself. As the barley simmers with the vegetables, it...
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Perfect pancakes
Thin, crêpe-style pancakes have a bit of a reputation for being tricky, but Hugh thinks that's because a lot of us only make them once a...
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Pigeon, sorrel, lentils
There’s a lovely, sophisticated interplay of flavours and textures here – pigeon is gamey and lean, Puy lentils nutty and earthy, the...
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Pinto bean chilli
You can adapt this easy, fiery chilli to the seasons, swapping summer’s courgettes and peppers for autumn’s mushrooms and squash, for...
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Pork belly with noodles, coriander and tomatoes
This pork belly is slow-roasted, then sliced and served in a tasty broth with noodles, tomatoes and crunchy spring onions. You can use the...
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Porridge
There's no finer start to the day! You can scale this up to serve as many people as you like. Just stick to the ratio of one part oats to...
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Potato, mushrooms, curry
Scooping out the fluffy middle of a just-baked potato and mashing it up with a little butter and a couple of tasty extras before popping it...
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Potato, parsnip, spice
We do love a spicy roast potato and the addition of parsnips offers a little more depth and complexity. This would make a great plateful...
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Puy lentil and spinach soup
Earthy, nutty Puy lentils and a generous quantity of garlic give this simple soup a hearty and satisfying depth of flavour.
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Red lentils, onion, bacon
This soup is easy, cheap, filling and very, very tasty. You'll definitely want a second helping.
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Refried beans foldover
This Mexican-inspired foldover – a kind of burrito, really – is deliciously savoury and satisfying. It’s particularly good with some...
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Rice, milk, sugar
Rice pudding is one of Hugh's all-time favourites and a brilliant example of the three-key-ingredients principle. The vanilla isn’t...
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