Melanie Johnson
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Basil and flower-pressed pasta with peas and salmon
Pair peas and salmon with flower-pressed pasta for a seasonally inspired dish.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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Chicken and wild garlic spanakopita
Fragrant wild garlic is easy and tasty to use, reveals our kitchen garden cook.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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Rhubarb, blood-orange and ginger heart pie
Now's the time to make the most of rhubarb.
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Gorgeous recipes with garden peas
Served with garlic-roasted chicken or fried into fritters: just two of our favourite recipes with garden peas this spring.
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Grilled steak, buttery radishes and bacon with peppered sauce
Crisp, peppery radishes add instant zing to any dish.
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Recipes with new potatoes
Served with salsa verde tuna or simmered into a simple tamarind curry: just two of our favourite recipes with new potatoes this spring.
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Scallops on shaved asparagus and samphire
Shaved and served with sweet scallops and samphire or blended into soup, why not try one of these delicious asparagus recipes this spring.
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Spinach, ricotta and pine-nut stuffed chicken
Creamed with ricotta and stuffed into chicken breasts or fried with eggs and served up for breakfast, just two of our favourite spinach recipes to try.
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Crusted rack of lamb with nettle-swirled hummus
Swirled into hummus and served with roasted rack of lamb or blended into soup, just two of our favourite nettle recipes to try.
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Buckwheat tart with spring onions
As small green shoots arrive in the garden, Melanie cooks up a delicious buckwheat tart with spring onions, fresh anchovies and chilli.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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The full English breakfast with savoury parsnip-topped muffins
Baked into muffins and served with the classic English breakfast or wrapped in bacon and roasted, just two of our favourite parsnip recipes to try.
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Fragrant lamb tagine with cauliflower couscous
Pulsed into couscous and served with succulent lamb or mashed with Pecorino, just two of our favourite cauliflower recipes to try.
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Roasted pheasant with Jerusalem artichoke gnocchi
Served with roasted pheasant or baked into pesto pastry roses, these are excellent Jerusalem artichoke recipes
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Spiced-lamb pizza with roasted purple-sprouting broccoli
Roasted and scattered over spiced-lamb pizza or stirred through monkfish pizza, just two of our favourite purple-sprouting broccoli recipes to try.
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Beef with wild mushrooms and spicy cavolo nero
Served with beef and wild mushrooms or creamed and served with fish, just two of our favourite cavolo nero recipes to try.
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Brilliant recipes with walnuts
Use up leftover walnuts after Christmas by making cookies, pesto or a tasty salad
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Pomegranate-molasses-glazed roasted duck breast with homemade sauerkraut
Pickled into sauerkraut and served with duck or stirred into Asian noodle soup, just two of our favourite white cabbage recipes to try.
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Warming recipes with butternut squash
Branch out with your butternut squash recipe ideas this autumn: make a laksa or even butternut ravioli
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Turkey and sprout meatballs with sesame soba noodles and sticky cranberry sauce
Brussels sprouts are enormously versatile, finds our kitchen garden cook.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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Port-roasted spatchcock chicken with kale and green lentils
Kale has come in for some good press over the past decade, and quite rightly so, given the incredible health benefits and fabulous flavour.
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Recipes with leeks
Our kitchen garden cook makes salmon and leek gratin and yummy cheesy bacon and leek risotto
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Gluten-free carrot cake with cinnamon-and-maple mascarpone frosting
A recipe for gluten free carrot cake, and a couple of other delicious recipes with carrots.
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Pear-and-chocolate doughnuts with fudge pieces
This recipe makes the lightest and fluffiest doughnuts that our kitchen garden cook has ever tasted.
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Apple recipes from Country Life
Our latest apple recipes include baking them whole, cooking with game or making toffee apple pieces
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