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the best pasta salad

main courses | serves Serves 4
Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Throw in the pasta and cloves of garlic, boil until al dente, drain and run under cold water to cool. Put the garlic to one side to use for the dressing....

tomato soup

starter | serves 4
I've made all sorts of different tomato soups over the years, and this is probably one of the simplest and tastiest. Here's the trick... if you go down to your local market at the end of the day you m...

using the whole chicken

main courses | serves 4
I feel that people have lost the art of making multiple meals out of a whole chicken or joint of meat. This is a crying shame because it means a lot of perfectly good meat around the country is going ...

vegetable jalfrezi

main courses | serves 8
The great thing about this curry is the slightly sweet and sour flavour from the peppers. Do experiment with other combinations of vegetables such as courgettes, aubergines or potatoes once you’ve mas...

whole baked cauliflower with tomato and olive sauce

snacks and sides | serves 4
This is a great way to cook cauliflower because it half steams and half boils in the delicious sauce. It’s really nice served at the table in the pan it has cooked in, as it looks so different to any ...