RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Roast lamb with mint sauce

  Buy your lamb from a quality butcher for a really succulent and tender result - try your hand at Roopa Gulati's roast - too good to save just for Sunday lunches

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  Bon paa with sticky rice

  A traditional Laotian dish with the distinctive tastes of fermented fish and smoky chillies from Natacha Du Pont de Bie

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  Spaghetti with tomato, anchovy and cream sauce

  Everyone has a tin of tomatoes in their pantry – and Theo Randall uses them in this mid-week store cupboard dish

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  Rare roast duck, chicory and orange tart

  Matt Tebbutt’s sophisticated savoury tart, made like a tarte tartin, makes an elegant supper dish for two

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  Risotto alle fragile con scaglie di grana

  Gennaro Contaldo cooks a ‘70s Italian risotto dish with an unusual twist of summer strawberries

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  Spatzle with chicken, trevisse and garlic butter

  Oliver Rowe shares an easy recipe for a traditional egg pasta dish from southern Germany. The richness is off-set by trevisse, a bitter vegetable similar to chicory

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  Classic smoothie

  Start your day in gloriously healthy mode with Simon Brown's simple and ever-so-drinkable smoothie

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  Warm beetroot, pomegranate and feta salad

  Sophie Grigson whips up a flavoursome salad that’s as much a treat for the eyes as the stomach

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  Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire cheese soufflés

  Serve these soufflés straight away for a soft, delicate texture, or chill them for a couple of days, then reheat for a still delicious soufflé experience!

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  Creamy watercress and blue cheese pasta with grilled fennel

  Fennel seeds in the sauce complement the aniseedy flavour of the grilled fennel in this recipe from The Vegetarian Society