Sugar

Sugar

Sugar Pronounce it: shuh-ga Honey and syrups made from concentrated fruit juice were the earliest known sweeteners. Today, refined sugar is the most popular type of sweetener and it is made from sugar cane or…


Vegan pizza Margherita

Vegan pizza Margherita

Cook this tasty vegan curry for an exotic yet easy family dinner. With spinach and sweet potato, it boasts two of your five-a-day and it’s under 400 calories…

  • Prep: 15 mins Cook: 15 mins
  • Easy
  • Serves 4
  • 688


Angelica

Angelica Pronounce it: an-gell-ik-ah This sweet ‘herb of the angels’ is a member of the parsley family and was once thought to be a remedy against witchcraft, poison and plague. Its pale green, celery-like stalks…


Vegan Thai green curry

Vegan Thai green curry

Cook this tasty vegan curry for an exotic yet easy family dinner. With spinach and sweet potato, it boasts two of your five-a-day and it’s under 400 calories…

  • Prep: 10 mins Cook: 20 mins
  • Easy
  • Serves 4
  • 436


Thai curry paste

Thai curry paste

Thai curry paste Many Thai and Thai-inspired dishes start with a highly flavoured paste. These are made from a mixture of ingredients, which are ground or blended together. The type of dish or curry intended…


Stevia

Stevia

Stevia Stevia is a South American wilderness herb with leaves that contain an ingredient of exceptional sweetness. Weight for weight, the sweetening compound in stevia is about 150 times sweeter than sugar but it has…


Samphire

Samphire

Samphire Pronounce it: sam-fire Though there are two types of samphire – marsh and rock – only marsh samphire is widely available. Marsh samphire has vibrant green stalks, similar to baby asparagus, with a distinctively…


Gamay

Gamay Pronounce it: gam-ay Made for summer The third Thursday in November is Beaujolais Nouveau day, when the young wine from the recent vintage is released, just a matter of weeks old. Every wine producing…


Vegan sponge cake

Vegan sponge cake

Cook this tasty vegan curry for an exotic yet easy family dinner. With spinach and sweet potato, it boasts two of your five-a-day and it’s under 400 calories…

  • Prep: 20 mins Cook: 30 - 35 mins
  • Easy
  • Serves 8 - 10
  • 482


Blackberry

Blackberry Pronounce it: blak-bear-ee A purply black-coloured berry comprising many individual seed-containing fruits surrounding a cone-shaped core. Wonderfully juicy, they’re good raw (straight from the hedge!) or cooked and are bursting with vitamin C. Wild,…