RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Courgette salad with sultanas and pine nuts

  This tasty vegetable salad from Tamasin Day Lewis couldn't be simpler to make

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  Gazpacho with herb croutons

  Try Jo Pratt’s cooling recipe for this iced Spanish soup of tomatoes, peppers and onions for a summer treat

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  Peanut butter and white chocolate blondies

  If you’re tired of ordinary brownies, try Rachel Allen’s rich peanut butter-based treats – great on their own or eaten with ice cream

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  Seared escalopes of wild salmon

  It is very much a last-minute dish from Rick Stein so make sure everything is ready before you start. If using farmed salmon, pay a little extra and go for the best

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  Chorizo and black pudding stew

  A meat and lentil stew packed with robust Spanish flavours from Simon Rimmer

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  Beef and pork satay sticks

  Skewers of succulent marinated pork or beef with lashings of peanut sauce make tempting Thai style finger food from James Martin

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  Trifle

  Two flavours of jelly give Flossie Squires' trifle an interesting twist to create this extra-fruity dessert

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  Porridge

  Nell Nelson makes traditional porridge, using the recipe by World Champion Porridge Maker, Lynn Benge. A fabulously tasty and healthy way to start the day

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  Wild asparagus and broccoli salad

  This speedy start-of-summer salad combines crisp spears of wild asparagus and broccoli with olives, fontina cheese and a sprinkling of Japanese breadcrumbs

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  Mousse of petits pois with crisp bacon

  This fresh-tasting pea mousse served with savoury bacon, onion rings and garlic croutons is an impressive starter from Galton Blackiston