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How the British ever developed a reputation for poor food when we conjured up these flavoursome delights is beyond us here at delicious.!
TV chef Simon's unique no-meat dishes are so great that vegetarians will rejoice and carnivores will forget why they ever needed meat.
Ah, you have to love English eccentricity. Here's our favourite, erm, unusual food festivals taking place in Britain in 2008.
Keep your fingers on the pulses with these delicious. recipes for beans, peas and lentils.
From tiramisu to torta di riso, panna cotta to panettone, you can taste the love in Italian puds. If you know a place that does better desserts then we'd love to hear about it.
No more the limp side dishes of ye olden days. In these modish times, salad recipes are versatile, inventive and tasty. And if you go easy on the dressing, you lose the fat but not the flavour.
Scintillating Spanish dishes
We've picked out some great Spanish-inspired recipes that are as summery as they are luvverly. Delicioso!
Arroz negro recipe
Not everyone likes the look of the famous black paella of Valencia. But
despite having ‘something of the night’ about it, this is a wonderfully
light and complex mix of tastes.
Chicken, broad bean and chorizo rice recipe
This is a very simple but quite intense combination. It is a very basic
paella-type dish made using Spanish short-grain rice, which behaves
like the Italian type used for risotto. You could serve it without rice
as a simple casserole.
Green gazpacho recipe
Gazpacho is a Spanish recipe for chilled soup, using all kinds of
fresh, healthy vegetables. This version uses asparagus and cucumber for
a pretty green colour.
Paella-style dirty rice recipe
In New Orleans, they serve ‘dirty’ rice with just about everything.
What makes it ‘dirty’ is that it’s cooked with chicken livers to give
it both taste and a grimy colour. Well, never ones to be beaten, here’s
a good veggie version with kidney beans to help you get down and dirty.
Paprika and chorizo baked eggs recipe
Try a taste of Spain with these wonderful eggs spiced with chorizo, pakrika, Serrano ham, peppers and chilli.
Potato tortilla recipe
Instead of slicing and deep frying the potatoes in the Spanish way,
this easy recipe microwaves then grates the potatoes. This not only
cuts the amount of fat but also gives a lovely crunchy surface to this
omelette.
Salmorejo recipe
Fans of gazpacho will love salmorejo - a thicker version of the famous Spanish chilled soup.
Spanish chicken and potato stew recipe
Spicy chorizo sausage gives this Spanish recipe its distinctive flavour
and rich colour. Make it in advance and freeze for a night when you
can't find time to cook.