RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Thai green curry with chicken

  The flavours of Thai cooking are so simple, and because you can use a ready-cooked chicken, this recipe by Delia Smith is actually incredibly easy

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  Chicken escalope with warm beans, cep and tarragon salad

  James Martin adds French flavours to pan-fried chicken with a garlic and herb flecked salad and simple white wine sauce

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  Spiced prawns on fried flat bread

  Speedy, spicy and really special, this easy supper dish from Rose Prince is sure to become a favourite

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  Strawberry and raspberry crumble tartlets

  Served with rich homemade vanilla ice cream, Tony Tobin delicious summer-fruit tartlets are a perfect garden-party dessert

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  Bacon and cabbage with champ and parsley sauce

  Try some traditional Irish cooking with Norah Brown's hearty boiled bacon, perfectly accompanied by cabbage and creamy sauce

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  Creamy seafood tagliatelle

  For a fast family supper, you can prepare Aleasha Williams’s easy seafood sauce while the pasta is cooking

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  The perfect Bloody Mary

  Fragrant basil and a big kick justify Tristan Stephenson's claim about this classic morning after cocktail

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  Custard

  Sophie Grigson shares the secret of making the perfect custard

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  Clean-tasting greens

  In Nigel Slater's simple recipe, the pure, clean, fresh taste of steamed pok choi, choy sum, or mustard greens, is tastefully dressed with a slather of oyster sauce

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  Plaice with samphire

  Nathan Outlaw puts the seaside on a plate with this delicious combination of seafood and sea vegetables