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Get more from your herb garden with these summer fruit and herb desserts

From rosemary to lavender, bay leaves to basil, everyday garden herbs can add beautiful fragrance to your bakes and desserts. Here is a selection of our favourites.

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10 authentic recipes in Ken Hom’s Complete Chinese Cookbook

Ken Hom’s Complete Chinese Cookbook is the ultimate resource for the home cook wanting to learn how to make dishes from across China’s culinary regions. Here are 10 dishes to discover.

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Nadiya Hussain’s Home-Cooked Summer

In the fourth instalment of our A Home-Cooked Summer series, we are joined by Nadiya Hussain who shares five easy, resourceful, creative recipes from her latest cookbook, Time to Eat.

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Rick Stein’s Home-Cooked Summer

In the third instalment of our A Home-Cooked Summer series, we are joined by culinary globetrotter, Rick Stein, who shares five recipes from his latest cookbook, Rick Stein’s Secret France, to inspire a home-cooked summer with a decidedly French feel.

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One-pot vegan dinners to save you time and energy

Save yourself time and energy with these one-pot vegan recipes – from vegan spaghetti bolognese to mushroom pie to hearty chillies, you’ll be surprised what you can make in just one pan.

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How to make elderflower cordial

Throughout May and into early June, you’ll be able to find elderflower growing in parks, woods and alongside pavements all over the UK. Pick your own to make into your own elderflower cordial.

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Melissa Hemsley’s Home-Cooked Summer

In the second instalment of our A Home-Cooked Summer series, green eating queen, Melissa Hemsley, shares five planet-friendly recipes you’ll return to again and again this summer.

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6 no-cook oat breakfasts for when it’s too hot for porridge

Whether overnight oats or granola, you can make these breakfasts ahead so they’re ready and waiting when you wake up. 

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Yotam Ottolenghi’s Home-Cooked Summer

As part of our A Home-Cooked Summer campaign, Yotam Ottolenghi shares five recipes from his best-selling cookbook, Ottolenghi SIMPLE, to see you through the new normal ahead, from a comforting classic to a store cupboard superstar.

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Boozy bakes for the Bank Holiday weekend

Staying home isn’t so bad when you’ve got all the ingredients for a perfect bank holiday weekend . . .

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Tips and recipes for a stay-at-home picnic

It’s getting into prime picnic weather but with nowhere to go, we’re putting out our picnic blankets on our lawns, balconies and front living rooms. Here’s what we’re including in our at-home picnic spread.

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Cook the seasons: Early summer

Learn how to make the most of the fruit and veg grown on your doorstep with these early summertime recipes.

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