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Chestnut vs white mushrooms: is there a real difference?
Chestnut mushrooms have a deeper colour and a slightly firmer feel, but both are useful Agaricus mushrooms. The pan, cut and freshness matter more than the name.
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Comparisons, buying guides and the answers to "which one is actually better".
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Globe vs long aubergines: which is better for roasting?
Long aubergines roast with more browned surface and fewer large seeds, while globe aubergines give thick soft flesh for halves and stuffing.
Dinner ideas
5 fresh dinners for a hot day
Five dinners that need little or no oven heat: crisp cucumber bowls, tomato beans, yogurt flatbread, cold noodles and chickpea lettuce cups.
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Red vs yellow peppers: which is sweeter and which cooks better?
Red bell peppers are usually sweeter and softer, while yellow peppers keep a brighter colour and a fresher bite. Choose by the finish you want.
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Courgettes vs zucchini: does the variety change how you cook it?
Courgette is the British name for zucchini. The useful difference is not the label but the variety, size and moisture inside the skin.
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Tenderstem vs regular broccoli: which is better value?
Tenderstem broccoli is not automatically better value. The useful comparison is edible weight, trimming and the kind of dinner you want to put on the table.
Dinner ideas
5 summer dinners for green beans
Use green beans as the vegetable that carries dinner: blister them with tomatoes, fold them through noodles, pair them with eggs or build a warm white-bean skillet.
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5 dinners that make frozen peas useful
Frozen peas are a small freezer ingredient with five strong jobs: brighten pasta, thicken soup, finish curry, lift rice and fill a warm grain bowl.
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Fresh tomatoes vs tinned: which is better for dinner?
Fresh tomatoes win when you want brightness and a short cook. Tinned tomatoes win when you need a dependable sauce, stew or soup all year.
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5 easy dinners to make with passata
Passata can become a smooth sauce, a poaching base or a quick soup. These five dinners use one carton and ordinary cupboard ingredients.
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5 dinners that make leeks the point
These five dinners use leeks as the vegetable you notice: slowly softened, browned, folded through pasta, layered into a gratin or paired with beans and lemon.
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Frozen peas vs fresh peas: which is sweeter?
Fresh peas win when they are picked and eaten quickly. For an ordinary supermarket shop, frozen peas are usually sweeter, greener and less starchy.