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.
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Cool seared courgettes and couscous travel well when the almonds and lemon dressing stay in separate corners of the box.
The potatoes take the heat first, then the beans go in late so they stay creamy instead of collapsing into mash.
The peppers get a fifteen-minute head start. Put them in at the same time as the fish and one of them will be wrong.
Equal parts oats, milk and yogurt by volume. Everything after that is a topping, and none of it changes whether it works.
The peppers go under the grill until they are properly black in patches. That ten minutes is the whole flavour of the dish.
Warm flatbread gives the crisp-edged rice somewhere to go and makes a small pan feel generous at the table.
The chilli oil stays raw and fragrant while the cabbage takes a long, hot roast under a thin miso glaze.
Chicken thighs roasted on top of chickpeas and red peppers, so the fat renders down into everything underneath. One tray, one wash-up.
Quick-pickled red onions cut through ripe fruit and tomato juice in a panzanella with crisp bread and basil.
Freeze the couscous base in flat portions, then bring back its brightness with fresh lemon, mint and almonds at serving time.
Kale and white beans give leek soup enough substance for dinner, with toast to catch the thick broth.
Grated zucchini holds an astonishing amount of water. Get it out and you have crisp fritters; leave it in and you have green pancakes.