RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Mediterranean vegetables with tahini dressing

  Diana Henry's colourful platter of vegetables with a spicy kick are perfect for an informal dinner party

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  Spinach vichyssoise

  Allegra McEvedy adds puréed spinach to this classic French leek soup and serves it with a lemon and ricotta-topped crostini

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  Canal floddies

  A crispy sun-dried tomato and potato cake served with a poached egg perched on top from The Vegetarian Society

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  Welsh rarebit with stout

  Another great ‘food for a fiver’ dish from Matt Tebbutt – an easy peasy snack that’s full of flavour

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  Choux pastry swans filled with vanilla cream and raspberries

  Impress your dinner party guests with Michel Lemoine's truly decorative dessert, which tastes as good as it looks

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  Contemporary cup cakes

  Bring out your inner child with Paul Young's creative recipe for cup cakes, fun to make and to eat

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  Poached chicken salad with pomegranate molasses

  A pomegranate dressing gives a beautiful sweet-tart flavour to Sophie Grigson’s chicken salad

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  Harissa lamb kebabs

  Manu Feildel marinates lamb in home-made harissa made with pureed roasted red pepper - the lamb is threaded onto rosemary stalks to add extra flavour

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  Berry jelly

  Making your own jelly is just as easy as the packet variety, but much healthier as it's made with fresh fruit.

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  Pork chops with salsa verde

  Serve Theo Randall’s easy pork dish with buttered new potatoes for a tasty, quick supper