Lunch

• 1 Gwyneth Paltrow's many-mushroom soup
  Serves about 6 Preparation time 15 minutes, plus soaking Cooking time 45 minutes Ingredients • 3 dried shiitake mushrooms • 125ml/4 1/2fl oz boiling water • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil...

• 2 Tom Aiken's spelt risotto with cèpes and walnuts
  Ingredients 400g spelt washed 2 carrots, peeled and split in half 2 onions 3 shallots, peeled 6 cloves garlic, split 6g sprigs thyme 20g parsley stalks 3 bay leaves Method Wash the barley under...

• 3 Antony Worrall Thompson's scotch broth
  Dish type: Soup Serves 6 Ingredients 2 onions, peeled and cut into 5mm dice 250g/8oz turnips, peeled and cut into 5mm dice 250g/8oz carrots, peeled and cut into 5mm dice 1 celery stalk, diced 1 leek,...

• 4 Yotam Ottolenghi's artichoke and pearled spelt salad
  Dish type: Salad Serves 4 Ingredients 3 large globe artichokes 4 medium lemons, juiced (150ml) 2 bay leaves 2 sprigs fresh thyme 4 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced 125ml white wine 60ml olive...

• 5 Falafel wraps, grilled veg & salsa
  Dish type: lunch, dinner Ingredients Falafel 1 x 400g tin of mixed beans 1 x 400g tin of chickpeas 1 lemon 1 tbsp harissa 1 heaped tsp allspice 1 heaped tbsp plain flour 1 bunch of fresh coriander olive...

• 6 Perk up lunchtime with these recipes for energising lunches
  We all know the feeling of the midday-slump: come 1pm our eyes are drooping, our attention span is waning and the computer screens are all becoming a blur. But don't just fuel up on sugar-filled...

• 7 A Warm Radish, Halloumi, Potato and Cherry Tomato Salad with a Mustard and Dill Dressing – served with ham
  Serves: 2 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients: 100g new potatoes, sliced 75g mixed radishes, cut in half 50g cherry tomatoes cut in half ½ tbsp olive oil 100g Halloumi...

• 8 Steamed Mackerel, Spring Onion & Crème Baked Jackets
  Serves: 2 Preparation & cooking time: 7 minutes Ingredients: 2 pre-oven-backed Jacket potatoes 110g tin of steamed mackerel fillets 3 spring onions, sliced 100g half fat crème fraiche 1 tsp...

• 9 Potato, Chickpea and Spinach Soup
  Serves 4 Ingredients: 50g (2oz)butter softened 1 onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1.2 litres (2 pints) vegetable stock 400g (14oz) potatoes, peeled and diced 300g (10oz) baby spinach 400g can chickpeas,...

• 10 Pomegranate, Fennel and Asparagus Salad with a Caper Dressing
  Serves: 4 Preparation & cooking time time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 150g pomegrante seeds 1 large bulb fennel, sliced 200g asparagus, trimmed 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp...

• 11 Back-to-school: Time-saving ideas for a healthy lunchbox
  With the start of term around the corner, it's time for new uniforms, new stationary and integrating nutritional choices into packed lunches. An assortment of solitary greens springs to mind...

• 12 Succulent Pulled Pork with Sticky Beetroot and Red Onion
  Dish type: Sandwich Serves 8-12 people Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 6 hours This succulent pork recipe, from Packington Free Range farm, is a versatile party dish.  The pork...

• 13 Homemade turkey gravy with sherry
  Ingredients For the stock giblets from a Totally Traditional Turkey 1 onion, cut into quarters 2 carrots, cut into chunks 1 stick of celery, cut into chunks 1 fresh bay leaf...

• 14 Roasted turkey with fig, apple and shallot stuffing with fresh sage from Totally Traditional Turkeys
  Ingredients 5kg free-range Totally Traditional Turkey 4 tbsp rapeseed oil Sea salt and black pepper 75g butter 2 tbsp rapeseed oil 8 shallots, peeled and finely chopped...