Salads & sides
Courgette, mint and almond couscous for a packed lunch
Cool seared courgettes and couscous travel well when the almonds and lemon dressing stay in separate corners of the box.
The part that is usually an afterthought
Sides with enough going on to be the reason you cook the rest.
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Salads & sides
Charred corn, tomato and peach salad with crispy chickpeas
Sweet late-summer produce with chickpeas roasted until their edges crackle. The salad stays fresh while the chickpeas bring the substance.
Salads & sides
Two-ingredient yogurt flatbread
No yeast, no proving, no oven. Flour and yogurt in a bowl, and hot bread twenty minutes later.
Salads & sides
Miso-roasted cabbage with chilli oil
The chilli oil stays raw and fragrant while the cabbage takes a long, hot roast under a thin miso glaze.
Salads & sides
Smashed cucumber and peanut salad for the freezer
Cucumber can survive the freezer if you drain it hard and treat it as a thawed pickle, not a fresh salad.
Salads & sides
Peach and tomato panzanella with pickled onions
Quick-pickled red onions cut through ripe fruit and tomato juice in a panzanella with crisp bread and basil.
Salads & sides
Zucchini ribbon salad with lemon
Raw zucchini is better than its reputation, but only if you shave it thin and give the salt ten minutes to work.
Salads & sides
Courgette, mint and almond couscous with tahini dressing
A thin lemon tahini dressing settles into the couscous without hiding the seared courgette or toasted almonds.
Salads & sides
Charred corn, tomato and peach salad for a packed lunch
The salad travels well because the dressing, herbs and toasted seeds stay in their own corners until lunch. No soggy leaves, no leaking fruit.
Salads & sides
Miso-roasted cabbage with crispy chickpeas
The chickpeas roast beside the cabbage but finish with a separate blast of heat, so they stay crisp while the cabbage turns tender.
Salads & sides
Miso-roasted cabbage with yogurt
The cabbage roasts under a thin miso glaze while the yogurt stays cold, tangy and ready to catch the hot juices.
Salads & sides
Smashed cucumber and peanut salad with warm flatbread
Warm flatbread turns a crunchy cucumber salad into dinner, with every piece useful for scooping up the lemony dressing.