Large cooked chickpeas 390g tins

This is a very filling salad with plenty to chew on.

I must confess that I haven’t been very impressed with the vegetarian burgers I have tried in the last few years so I’ve put myself the challenge to create one that tastes just as good as some of my favorite beef burgers

Slow roasting lamb milk-fed lamb and suckling pig is a very traditional thing to do. It’s a dish for special occasions, when we get together as a family for Christmas, it’s a celebratory dish.

At home we sometimes make large bowls of salads so filling that are the only dish in a meal. This is an intense tasting salad, full of strong flavours combining meat, pulses, fish and veg. A made the most of the last warm day of the year and brave to use the barbecue but of course you can always use your pan to make it.

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to a dish to die for – Madrid-style beef tripe stew. I’m not joking: I’ve seen people fighting for the last plate of this incredible stew. Be aware – you need to have a taste for gelatinous types of food, as this dish is all about that. As you will have gathered by now, in Spain turning the ugly parts of the animal into something beautiful. The hardest part will be shopping for the ingredients; the preparation itself is very simple.

This is another example of what we know as “comfort food”. It is commonly eaten in winter but I can’t think of anybody who would say no to this warm stock full of flavours and nutrients at any season. Any Spaniard would be very proud of this dish, but has never been exported yet, no one I know recalls ever seen it abroad.

If you want to bring any seafood paella or dish to the next level, there isn’t a shortcut for it, you need to master this technique.

Made with the leftovers from the “cocido” stew, it contains a lot of different meats and chickpeas, but really it is the broth that results from the simmer of all those ingredients what gives this dish it’s distinctive flavour which is finished in the oven.

This really simple vegan dish is a firm favourite across southern Spain, especially within the province of Seville. Packed full of smokey Spanish flavours, this versatile classic is quick to prepare and will be gone in a flash as well!