Lamb, chickpea & spinach curry with masala mash

Try this flavourful lamb curry with creamy mash

Chicken & chickpea salad with curry yogurt dressing

A gently-spiced healthy salad, that’s packed with iron and calcium and counts as two of your five-a-day

Chicken, chickpea & lemon casserole

A low fat main meal that’s both delicious and nutritious, and it freezes well

Chunky Mediterranean fish soup

Hoki has a firm white flesh which works well in this warming soup

Jellied rhubarb & vanilla soup

This is a great way to cook rhubarb so that it retains structure and bite – plus it’s a unique fruit jelly to serve up at a dinner party

Chickpea & roasted veg tagine

This veggie Moroccan-style stew tastes even better if made a few hours before, or even a day in advance

Moroccan tomato & chickpea soup with couscous

This filling soup is healthy and packed with the flavours of North Africa: harissa, ginger, lemon and coriander

Salsa soup

Superhealthy – counts as 2 of your 5-a-day

Frothy cannellini soup

Lesley Waters’ impressive soup makes a stylish, frothy and easy starter – try serving in a cappucino cup

Real tomato soup

Creamy tomato soup is the stuff of childhood, and it’s easy to make yourself. Emma Lewis shows you how

Silky celeriac soup with smoked haddock

A twist on celery soup. Leave out the haddock if you like (it’s just flaked over the top)

Squid, chickpea & chorizo salad

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Found in every ocean, squid is the most widely available seafood in the world and one of the cheapest. This works well on the barbecue, too