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Endangered vegetables  

Before you pile your supermarket trolley high with imported veggies spare a thought for some of homegrown UK varieties now facing extinction

Fresh ways with fish  

If you're looking for some great fast food or simple home-from-work suppers, fish can make a tasty meal. Look for Alaska Seafood labels, for natural and environmentally sustainable fish, then cook up these fantastic recipes

Decadent chocolate desserts  

Nothing can beat a deliciously chocolatey dessert to round-off a nice meal, or even better, just to fill a chocolate-shaped hole in your belly. Get your tastebuds going with these irresistible ideas

7 speedy soups  

Warm up and get cosy in half an hour or less with these recipes for speedy soups

10 filling winter salads  

Salad needn't resemble rabbit food that invariably leaves you snack-hunting mid-afternoon. Try these delicious ideas to satisfy a winter appetite

Sugar and spice  

It's easier than you think to build a magical gingerbread house with Jane Hornby's step-by-step guide

Recipes for the rascals  

Forget AA Gill, kids are the toughest food critics about. If it doesn't look right, it smells funny, or it's not what they ordered you can expect it to be sent back to the kitchen. So if your tots are a little troublesome when it comes to meal times, try these fresh ideas to get their taste buds going

An appetite for apples  

The ancient fruit has become one of our favourite ways to 5 a day. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but there's much more that can be done with the country's favourite fruit. Discover these delicious recipes

Healthy but delicious snacks  

For those moments when all the will in the world won't defeat the munchies, Olive has found the 20 best healthy snacks that don't compromise on flavour

Homage to the hot stuff  

There's a lot to be said for using chillies to turn up the heat in your kitchen: they add an exciting kick and also have some great health properties. Perhaps, most importantly though, chillies release feel-good endorphins which do wonders for your libido. Find out what chillies can do for you, and try our sizzling recipes to add some kick to your mealtimes