HARIRA Spicy Moroccan Lentil & Chickpea Soup This is a wonderful, easy, store cupboard favourite for a chilly Monday night that will give you packed lunches all week too. A totally delicious, hearty (vegan) delight packed with warming spices, nourishing veg and healing herbs. Yum. Makes 4 – 5 decent portions Ingredients: 1 medium onion - chopped 1 large carrot – chopped 2 celery stalks – chopped ½ tsp ground cumin a large pinch of cumin seeds ½ tsp dried turmeric – or a thum

Mnazeleh (min- ah-za-lah) In discussion with a client who is half Iranian, I became obsessed with finding the ultimate Middle Eastern aubergine, chickpea and tomato dish, to eat with a warm flat bread and a feta salad. None of my books came up with the thing I craved but I found this recipe by Tori Avey (www.toriavey.com) - an Israeli Mnazeleh so wholesome and delicious you could cry. Sadly, we ate it before I could take a photo, so you’ll just have to imagine it. Vegan and L

Amazing Chick Pea, Chorizo and Cod Stew This is so quick & easy – just tomatoes, chickpeas and fish in fact.. with some clever pimento/garlic/paprika seasoning. So low GL, so nutritious, so flippin delicious…Feeds 2-3 hungry people. **Note to grand/parents: buy extra fish and make fresh kids fish fingers first ;-) You will need: 1 small onion - chopped up 100g of cooking choizo, chopped 200- 300g of fresh white fish – cod, haddock or pollock 1 can or carton of tinned tomatoes

With real depth of flavour, this could become your signature dish...