River Cottage recipes

Gill Mellor, head chef at Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage, is supporting Seeds of Change Dig Your Dinner campaign. Read more here and try Gill's recipes, especially created for the campaign.

Join Seeds of Change on a quest for taste. The Dig Your Dinner campaign aims to encourage people to return to the good old days and grow fruit and vegetables that actually taste like fruit and vegetables. Celebrate good ingredients, as they should be, with all their bumps and bruises.

You don't need much space – if you don't have a garden or an allotment, use a window box or even yogurt pots. Cook up soups and sauces with the fruit, veg or herbs that YOU grew.

Read more about the campaign here, or take some tips from our Grow Your Own section, plus recreate Gill's lovely recipes, which use herbs and vegetables that are easy to grow yourself.

Grow your own

Grow Your Own

Here's our guide to growing your own fruit and vegetables. Save yourself a small fortune by buying what costs a lot in the shops.

River Cottage recipes

Bruschetta with tomatoes, pancetta and confit chilli

The Dig Your Dinner campaign, which encourages people to get growing to experience the rewarding benefits of organically grown produce, is being supported by River Cottage head chef Gill Meller. Gill has devised some delicious recipes championing home-grown vegetables, such as this one.