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Lemon-Roast Savoy Cabbage

This simple-but-delicious side dish will transform the way you view cabbage! Serves 4-6 as a side dish.

We urge anybody who doesn’t like cabbage to try cooking it this way – roasting brassicas at high temperature brings out wonderful sweetness and a flavour that’s worlds away from soggy boiled greens. This recipe will work for any green cabbage (Savoy, Sweetheart or January King, for example), as well as brussels sprouts, cauliflower and broccoli – just lower the cooking times for smaller veg. Serves 4 as a side vegetable.

Asparagus with Poached Egg and Parmesan

An indulgent breakfast, a tasty brunch or a light midday meal, this simple recipe makes the most of delicious fresh asparagus. For a vegetarian version, choose a veggie-friendly parmesan (or other aged hard cheese), or just omit this ingredient – it’ll still taste wonderful. Serves 2.

Red Cabbage Recipe

Softly spiced with fragrant nutmeg and cinnamon, this delicious side dish is perfect served alongside roasts or cold meats. Handily, it can be prepared in advance and reheated; the cooked cabbage can also be frozen until needed. Serves 8 as a side dish.

Carrot and Butterbean Burgers Recipe

Miles away from shop-bought ‘meat-free’ options, these chunky burgers are as satisfying to eat as they are simple to make. You can prepare them ahead if you like, and they can also be frozen - just make the mixture into burgers, then freeze instead of baking. Makes 6 burgers.

Wild Garlic & Pea Risotto Recipe

We know spring has arrived here in Devon, because the green lanes and woodland are currently bursting with wild garlic leaves – you can smell it from quite a distance! Handily, this unique smell makes Wild Garlic (also known as Ramsons) one of the easiest and safest wild foods to forage, as it’s pretty unmistakeable. Seek out a Wild Garlic colony that’s growing above dog-level and away from busy roads or footpaths, and pick only one or two leaves from each plant to minimise damage. The beautiful starry white flowers and buds make a pretty garnish, though again, be sparing if you pick them. Recipe serves 4, generously.

Roast Pumpkin Soup

The UK has a fairly short pumpkin season, but there are lots of beautiful, delicious-tasting varieties out there. Leave the giant orange jack-o’-lanterns at the supermarket, and seek out the smaller, sweeter pumpkins and squashes for this richly coloured autumnal soup. Serves 4.

In-Between Soup Recipe

So called because it’s perfect for those in-between meals when you’ve had enough rich, festive food but still need something hearty and sustaining. Best of all, it’s made with fridge staples and store cupboard standbys, for minimal faff. Serves 4.

Roast Root Veg with Honey & Garlic

This great-tasting side dish is pretty flexible and can be tweaked according to the veg you have available – we’ve used parsnips and carrots here, but you could also use sweet potatoes, beetroots or even slices of butternut squash (cooking times may vary slightly). Serves 4 as a side dish.

Roasted Peppers

Ready-made jars of roasted red peppers are a quick-cooking ingredient when time is tight, but it really doesn’t take long to make your own (it’s also a lot easier on your wallet). Any unused oil-dressed peppers can be placed in a bowl, covered with clingfilm and kept in the fridge for up to a week.

Purple Sprouting Broccoli Pasta Recipe

A great pasta dish for early spring, this easy recipe is packed with vitamins and minerals from the broccoli, and can be on the table in a jiffy. Omit the anchovies if you’d prefer a vegetarian option (and check your parmesan cheese is vegetarian, too – many are not). Serves 4-6.

Purple Sprouting Broccoli & Spring Greens Gratin

Full of fabulous greens, this hearty recipe will leave even the most veg-averse feeling satisfied, thanks to its rich, creamy sauce and golden double-cheese topping. Serves 4.

Wild Rice, Peanut and Beetroot Salad Recipe

This colourful salad proves that healthy food doesn’t need to be dull! You can enjoy it as it is, or make it a larger meal by adding some grilled halloumi, goats’ cheese or grilled chicken. The peanuts can be substituted for different nuts if preferred (toasted and sliced almonds are great) or omitted altogether. Serves 4-6. *Please note - you may need to allow time to pre-soak the rice, according to cooking instructions.*

Whole Roast Cauliflower Recipe

Put veg centre-stage with this impressive looking (but very easy) vegetarian recipe. The cauliflower is briefly pre-cooked before it goes into the hot oven, so it soaks up loads of garlicky, buttery flavour as it roasts. The topping is quick and easy to make, so this is a relatively stress-free meal – you can roast some parboiled potatoes or parsnips alongside the cauliflower to accompany it, or steam carrots, peas or beans on the hob during the last few minutes of its cooking time. Serves 4.

Vegetable Stew Recipe

This versatile stew can be adapted to use whatever veg you have to hand. Packed full of vibrant veg, with beans for extra fibre and protein, it’s filling, tasty and a doddle to make – just be sure to cut the vegetables into similarly-sized pieces, so that their cooking times don’t vary too much. This recipe will serve 4, with leftovers that can be frozen for an easy meal another day.

Mushrooms with Spinach & Harbourne Blue

This simple recipe makes the most of just a few special ingredients, including seasonal mushrooms and the delicious Harbourne Blue Goats’ Cheese produced here in Devon by Ticklemore Dairy. Ready in moments, we like to eat this with a green salad and some crusty bread. Serves 2 (quantities can be scaled up easily to make more if needed).

Mushroom Burger Recipe

There’s no meat in these ‘burgers’, so-called because the mushrooms are just the right size to sandwich in a burger bun. It’s well worth letting the mushrooms marinate for the full 30 minutes (longer, if you can manage it) – watch out for the delicious juices when you bite into your ‘burger’! Serves 4.

Michael Caines Cauliflower Puree Recipe

Try Michael Caines simple but tasty Cauliflower puree recipe.

Maple Syrup and Mustard Roast Parsnips

This is a super side-dish for roast Turkey or Gammon, its sweetness complementing the meat perfectly. As an extra bonus, the veg can be prepared the night before they’re needed and then popped in the oven when you’re ready. Serves 4 as a side dish.

Grilled Balsamic Mushroom Skewers

Simple but tasty, this vegetarian recipe will have even meat-eaters asking for more! Serves 4

Cauliflower Wellington Recipe

Don’t be daunted by the list of ingredients and the lengthy method (a lot of the prep-time for this recipe is just roasting the cauliflower); it’s a show-stopping vegetarian centrepiece that’s sure to temp meat-eaters, too! Serves 4-6.

Cauliflower Tacos

Joyfully ‘hands-on’ and properly satisfying, this is great lunch or light supper, and can be tweaked to suit individual preferences; to make it vegan, omit the cheese (or use a vegan cheese) and use sugar instead of the honey in the pickle. Serves 2.

Cauliflower Steaks with Caper Butter Recipe

Cauliflower is quartered into chunky steaks, then oven-roast before being topped with caper butter, crunchy herbed breadcrumbs and slivered almonds. Serve with cooked grains and a dollop of your favourite hummus for a main meal. Serves 2

Cauliflower Rice

Another recipe where cauliflower gets to prove just how versatile, easy to cook with and downright delicious it can be! This tasty ‘rice’ is great served alongside favourite curries, or enjoyed as it is with warm chapatis or pitta bread and a dollop of thick yoghurt alongside. Serves 2 as a main dish, 4 as a side.

Cauliflower Cheese with Hawkridge Cheddar

This classic, comforting dish works beautifully as a vegetarian main course or a side dish to accompany roast meat. Made with mature cheddar from the Hawkridge dairy in nearby Crediton, the rich white sauce envelops the cauliflower in creamy, deeply savoury flavour – it’s the perfect antidote to chilly evenings! Serves 4.

New Potato Skewers

The simplest recipes are often the nicest. Serve with good quality mayo, or make a quick, tasty dip by snipping a handful of fresh chives into some soured cream. You can also use these potatoes in our Sirloin Steak Salad with New Potatoes recipe, for extra BBQ flavour.

Easy Radish Pickle

Home-pickling doesn’t have to mean hours of laborious chopping and simmering, with the resulting jars jostling for space in the store cupboard; this quick, simple recipe is made in moments from fresh radishes, and is designed to make just enough to serve as part of a summer spread.

Bang Bang Cauliflower Recipe

This tasty veggie riff on the popular ‘Bang Bang Chicken’ is super-charged with flavour – it’s super-simple to make, too. If you’d like to make this recipe vegan, just use any plant-based milk and substitute maple or date syrup for the honey. Serves 2 as a main meal, or 4 as a side.

Cheesy Veg Traybake Recipe

Give leftover Christmas-dinner veg a new lease of life in this tasty and flexible recipe. It’s a great way to use up cooked veg, odds and ends from the cheeseboard and even sauces or chutneys – best of all, it really doesn’t taste like ‘leftovers’! Serves 2-4.