Greek Lamb & Pasta Stew

I absolutely love this recipe- which I have cooked variations of before - the lamb gets really tender, the pasta soaks up the rich sauce and the salty feta sprinkled over is a perfect counterpoint. And, as is always marvellous, it gets chucked in the oven to transform into a delicious one-pot dish.What I actually did here was freeze, at the point where it had cooled overnight, half of the stew...

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Miso Sake Salmon with Bean Thread Noodles

I'm the first to admit that this doesn't look very pretty. At all. And honestly? Bean thread noodles (or glass noodles or Chinese vermicelli) are a pain in the butt to cook with. But this is a good recipe and other than the pain-in-the-buttness of the noodles is easy, quick and full of flavour. If you don't have wasabi paste, you can use English mustard: you want that sinus-clearing heat...

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Spicy Thai Chicken Noodle Soup

Adding to my collection of Asian-inspired soups this is another that is also very adaptable: it can be made vegetarian by upping the veg content even more (and using vegetable stock of course); you can use chicken breast rather than thighs to make it a little healthier (although thighs I don’t think can be beaten on the taste front), or prawns or mixed seafood, fish and so on.… I actually wanted...

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