Warm rice & prawn salad

A quick and easy meal, on the table in only 10 minutes

Giant couscous & aubergine salad

A colourful side dish to serve with lamb kofte, and the leftovers make a fab packed lunch

Smoked trout salad with fennel, apple & beetroot

Delicate hot-smoked fish is perfectly complemented with crisp apple and aniseed flavours – a great light bite

Exotic avocado salad

Savour sharp, sweet flavours in this exotic avocado salad

Mexican turkey salad bowl

Try something different with this quick and easy salad for one

Asparagus soup

A super-green and super-tasty vegetable soup with a few simple ingredients, including spinach and shallots

Rosemary roast chicken thighs, new potatoes, asparagus & garlic

An all-in-one lighter roast with Jersey Royals and a whole bulb of garlic – the potatoes catch the lemony cooking juices

One-pan salmon with roast asparagus

For an easy side dish to complement a spring roast, just cook this recipe without the salmon

Deep-filled asparagus & mascarpone tartlets

A fresh starter or canapé. A little skill is require, but once mastered you can easily change the fillings to suit the seasons

Baked asparagus risotto

Cooking your Italian rice in the oven saves you laborious stirring time – plus this one’s low in fat and calories