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Easy roasted zucchini on a blue plate covered in olive oil, lemon and basil

Easy Roasted Zucchini with Lemon, Garlic and Basil

If you’ve ever grown zucchini (or courgettes as they’re known here in the UK), you’ll know that they seem to go mad at this time of year and you end up with more than you can handle. We’ve had zucchini coming out of our ears for the past few weeks, and of all the dishes …

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Italian roasted peppers with anchovies in a metal baking tray with basil in foreground

‘Puttanesca Peppers’ – my go-to Italian roasted peppers recipe

I want to share this simple but delicious Italian roasted peppers recipe, a classic in ‘British’ home-cooking history, because I have turned to it more than any other recipe I know of. Here’s why I find it so useful, and why I think you should memorize this recipe for your own ‘go-to’ collection: It’s delicious …

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Top-down of nduja mayo recipe with lemon and flaked salt in the background

The Best Homemade Nduja Mayo Recipe

If you enjoy flavouring mayonnaise like me, then this nduja mayo recipe might become your new obsession for the next few months. Nduja is a chilli-sausage paste that comes specifically from Calabria, Southern Italy. It is complex, with sweet spicy and sour notes. This simple nduja mayo recipe brings out the incredible flavours of the …

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The completed Mediterannean rice recipe with basmati after coming out of the oven

Buttery Baked Mediterranean Rice Recipe with, garlic dill, lemon and feta

Have you ever thought about baking rice? If not, then this Mediterranean rice recipe will change the way you think about cooking basmati rice forever. Instead of just boiling it in salted water, the rice is roasted in the oven on a bed of incredible ingredients to give beautifully fluffy, separate grains of basmati rice …

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