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Lovely warm and just as good for a picnic or packed lunch The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full Make this salad when cherry tomatoes are in season and at their sweetest, then serve it warm for a ...

Simple, tasty and spicy are the keywords here The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full This is one of my favourite dishes. It’s one of the first things you can teach your children to cook – if they ...

Probably the nicest thing you can do with a head of broccoli The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full This is one of those dishes that thrills me every time. In fact, I think it’s probably the nicest ...

Californian food inspired these interesting flavours The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full This dish has been a near permanent fixture on my menus for the past five years. I had the idea after a trip to California ...

The fresh taste of summer in a bowl The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full Lovage leaves are one of my favourite herbs of the summer. Think freshly cut grass with an intense herbal flavour that is often ...

This cheesy peas dish is perfect comfort food The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full A good alternative to gnocchi would be dried pasta, especially linguine – you’d need about 400g. Serves 4 peas 300g, fresh or frozen ...

Go for sustainable prawns in this lunchtime treat The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full A plate of hot, plump prawns with melted butter and dill is a good, if rather expensive, summer lunch. I bring it down ...

Deluxe homemade seedy crispbread and a tangy fennel salad for ever-ready summer meals ‘Serve immediately’ is a suggestion I would rather not read on a summer’s day. “Eat at your leisure” would be far more welcome. The most useful recipes ...

For truly sensational fresh seafood, head for a refurbished yacht club at Coleraine Lir and Native Seafood & Scran, The Marina, Coleraine, Northern Ireland BT52 1EY. Meal for two, starters £7.50-£8.50, mains £16-£29, desserts £7.50, wines from £24 The restaurant ...

A brunch (or barbie) spread from Down Under: prawn toasts, salty-sweet chicken skewers, and hispi cabbage grilled in an umami bechamel Prep 10 minCook 1 hr 10 minChill 1 hr+Serves 4 Milk Beach is an Australian restaurant and bar with ...