Lara Dunston 
For What to Cook this Week we’re sharing a real mix of recipes for readers in the northern and southern hemispheres. Spring officially starts today in the north, although with winter weather lingering, I don’t think many of you will be swapping soups for salads yet, while in Australia, which has had its hottest March, … Read more
My easy chicken lentil soup recipe with potatoes, carrots, celery and dill makes one of those endearingly old-fashioned chicken soups that will transport you back to simpler times. It’s a quick and easy soup to make, especially if you use leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken and canned lentils. We poach chicken breasts and use the … Read more
Our cheesy pasta and potatoes recipe for the Southern Italian pasta e patate makes a home-cooked comfort food dish you’re unlikely to see on Italian restaurant menus unless you get off the tourist trail or into a local home. While the Neapolitan pasta, patate e provola with provolone cheese is better known, Parmigiano Reggiano or … Read more
For What to Cook this Week we’re sharing recipes for a warming cauliflower potato soup if you’re in the northern hemisphere where winter wants to linger, a tasty tacos al pastor for Taco Tuesday, classic chicken cacciatore with a luscious tomato sauce, Moroccan lamb tagine with prunes and almonds, and a hearty Irish stew for … Read more
Our easy vegetarian Sunday dinner ideas include recipes for dishes so delicious you won’t miss the meat a bit if you’re not a vegetarian. We’ve got vegetarian recipes for everything from mushroom Stroganoff – my vegetarian take on beef Stroganoff – to a chickpea curry and tamarind eggplant dish from Northern India. Some of these … Read more