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Recipes for people who also have jobs

No cleanses, no supplements in the ingredient list, nothing that needs a dehydrator. Just food we cook on ordinary weeks, written down properly.

Dark miso mushroom broth with soba noodles, shiitake and spring onion in a ceramic bowl
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Miso mushroom broth with soba

A ten-minute broth with the depth of something that simmered all afternoon.

30 min · Serves 2 · Easy

Breakfast

Overnight oats in a glass jar topped with roasted plums, yoghurt and seeds

Overnight oats with roasted plums

Breakfast decided the night before, which is most of the battle.

35 min · Serves 2

Bowls & grains

Grain bowl with green tahini sauce, cucumber, crisp chickpeas, pistachio and herbs

Green tahini grain bowl

The sauce does the work. Everything under it is negotiable.

40 min · Serves 2

Soups & stews

White beans and blistered tomatoes in a cast iron pan with basil and olive oil

Slow-roast tomato and white bean stew

Two tins, one oven, almost no attention.

60 min · Serves 4

Golden turmeric red lentil soup with a coconut swirl and coriander

Turmeric red lentil soup

The soup we make when the week has already gone wrong.

40 min · Serves 4

Vegetables

Chopped salad with herbs, feta, radish, chickpeas and tomatoes on a vintage platter

Chopped salad with herbs and feta

Herbs treated as a vegetable, not a garnish.

20 min · Serves 4

Charred broccoli with golden breadcrumbs and lemon on a dark platter

Charred broccoli with anchovy crumbs

The side dish that quietly becomes dinner.

30 min · Serves 4

Mains

Roast salmon fillet on shaved fennel with blood orange slices and dill

Salmon with fennel and blood orange

Fifteen minutes, one pan, dinner-party respectable.

25 min · Serves 2

Whole roasted cauliflower with green herb sauce and pomegranate on a rustic platter

Whole roast cauliflower with green sauce

A centrepiece that costs less than a round of drinks.

85 min · Serves 4

Drinks

Ginger and citrus tonic in a glass carafe with lemon slices and fresh ginger

Ginger and citrus tonic

Not a cure for anything. Very good in a glass with ice.

25 min · Serves 6

Matcha and banana smoothie in a tall glass with banana slices and matcha powder

Matcha and banana smoothie

A green drink that tastes like breakfast rather than a penalty.

5 min · Serves 1

Snacks & sweets

Cacao and tahini bites dusted with cocoa and sea salt on a vintage plate

Cacao and tahini bites

Four ingredients, no baking, a solution to the four o'clock problem.

15 min · Serves 16