Vegetable

• 1 Healthy, slimming and bloat-free: The best of soup
  Whereas many comfort foods are indulgent and less than figure friendly, with the right components soup can be a slimmer's best friend.  A piping hot bowl is the ultimate winter warmer, better...

• 2 Go sweet with root vegetable treats
  The carrot cake has become a classic staple recipe for any keen baker, but carrots aren't the only root vegetable that can be used to make delectable sweet treats. This autumn, get one of your...

• 3 Mushroom maestro James Martin on the joys of the versatile veg
  Many a weekend we enjoy watching James Martin on Saturday Kitchen, either rustling up a new recipe or umpiring that record breaking omelette race! Now the celebrity chef has created six new...

• 4 Ingredient of the week: kale
  One of the most striking members of the cruciferous vegetable family (of which familiar broccoli and savoy cabbage also belong), kale is a mighty fine looker. Its leaves are deepest, darkest green –...

• 5 Brussel and potato croquettes
  Ingredients (serves 4) 200g Brussels sprouts trimmed & sliced 500g Chopin potatoes cooked & crushed 1 egg, beaten 50g plain flour 100g finely ground breadcrumbs seasoned...

• 6 British asparagus and pea risotto
  Ingredients (Serves 2) 600ml chicken or vegetable stock 25g butter 4 spring onions, chopped finely 2 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped ½ green chilli, de-seeded and chopped...

• 7 Vegetable pad thai
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 225g (8oz) Thai Taste Rice Noodles 1 bunch spring onions, sliced 2 tbsp Thai Taste Tamarind Paste 1 tbsp Thai Taste Fish Sauce 2 tsp Thai Taste Palm Sugar...

• 8 Roasted Vegetable and Cheddar Plait
  INGREDIENTS 25g/1oz Trex, plus extra for greasing 350g/12oz butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into small chunks 1 red or yellow pepper, deseeded and chopped ...

• 9 Ingredient of the week: Kale
  Kale, or curly kale, is a wintry friend indeed. It’s earthy, robust nature make a great addition to the warming soups we are all tucking into at the moment. Tossed with chestnuts and bacon (and...

• 10 A new tomato that’s always ripe for the picking
  While most of us wouldn't even entertain the idea of adding a green tomato to our salads, all that could be about to change with the arrival of the Kumato to UK shores. The unique tomato has been ten...

• 11 Book review: 'The Seasoned Vegetarian' by Simon Rimmer
  Preparing vegetarian food can be a challenge as meat often takes centre stage in a meal. So Simon Rimmer's The Seasoned Vegetarian is quite an achievement, in being a vegetarian cookbook that doesn't feel...