RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Pink champagne cocktails

  Ali Cooke's pink and perky champagne cocktails will start any occasion off with style and sparkle

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  Pork burgers with chilli and coriander

  Clodagh McKenna adds a delicious and distinctly Asian twist to an old favourite

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  Chicken and morning glory stir-fry

  Mark Read’s recipe is quick and simple, thanks to a hot wok that seals in the flavours of the corn-fed chicken and fresh, crunchy morning glory vegetables

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  Baked field mushrooms with tapenade on garlic croûtes

  Full-flavoured and deliciously garlicky, Rick Stein's baked mushrooms are simple to put together and tasty too...

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  Watermelon pickle

  Don't throw away your watermelon skins, but use them to make this unusual home-smoked pickle from Marwari cook Gunjan Goela

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  Easter orange cake with lemon icing

  Instead of an overload of chocolate or crème eggs, try Tana Ramsay’s light cake for afternoon tea this Easter, complete with adorable shredded wheat birds’ nests

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  Spinach and lentil soup (rishta)

  Patricia Kateb has devised this lightly spiced, warming soup with a great combination of flavours, textures and colours

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  Beef Carpaccio

  Aaron Craze serves up this well-loved Italian starter, adding more flavours with beetroot, herbs and pecorino cheese

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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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  Cauliflower and green bean salad with dolcelatte

  Italian cheese, pine nuts and herbs give cauliflower an Italian makeover in Silvana Franco's special lunchtime salad