Vegetables

As a side with Sunday lunch, whizzed in a blender for soup, vegetables with their bright colours are an important part of our diet.

Asparagus Soup

This elegant soup is perfect to make when asparagus comes into season in spring. It can be served hot or ve...

This elegant soup is perfect to make when asparagus comes into season in spring. It can be served hot or very well chilled.

20 minutes - 25 minutes

to cook

Barbecued Sweetcorn

I think this is the nicest way to eat sweetcorn. Even if you don't have a barbecue going, you can still ...

I think this is the nicest way to eat sweetcorn. Even if you don't have a barbecue going, you can still cook it under a pre-heated grill.

5 minutes - 10 minutes

to cook

Bashed Neeps and Carrots

The 'neep' in question is what we in the South call swede. The combination of finely chopped swede and c...

The 'neep' in question is what we in the South call swede. The combination of finely chopped swede and carrots with a little butter and coarsely ground pepper is co...

15 minutes

to cook

Brussels Sprouts in Riesling with Bacon

In Alsace cabbage is often braised in Riesling, a wine that also has an affinity with Brussels sprouts. ...

In Alsace cabbage is often braised in Riesling, a wine that also has an affinity with Brussels sprouts. If you can get tiny button sprouts for this so much the bett...

6 minutes - 9 minutes

to cook

Courgettes à la Grecque

If you decide to grow courgettes, they’ll come at you as such a rate that you’ll be wondering what on earth...

If you decide to grow courgettes, they’ll come at you as such a rate that you’ll be wondering what on earth to do with them next. So here’s an idea.

20 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Glazed Baby Turnips

Baby turnips about the size of golf balls are creamy white with leafy green tops, and usually sold in bunch...

Baby turnips about the size of golf balls are creamy white with leafy green tops, and usually sold in bunches in the summer when they are in season.

6 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Marinated Courgettes with a Herb Vinaigrette

If you grow courgettes then this recipe is superb for serving the ones that – if you don't keep a sharp eye...

If you grow courgettes then this recipe is superb for serving the ones that – if you don't keep a sharp eye on them – become baby marrows overnight. If you don't, t...

10 minutes - 14 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

A picture of Delia's Oriental Green Beans with Red Chillies and Toasted Sesame Seeds recipe

Oriental Green Beans with Chillies

This is a vegetable dish that will accompany any oriental recipe. Or, it can be served with a bowl of ri...

This is a vegetable dish that will accompany any oriental recipe. Or, it can be served with a bowl of rice noodles all on its own, in which case it will serve two.

6 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Roasted Carrots with Garlic

This is a recipe for the large, chunky carrots of winter, which lack the sweet, delicate flavour of new car...

This is a recipe for the large, chunky carrots of winter, which lack the sweet, delicate flavour of new carrots in summer. In the oven they turn slightly blackened ...

30 minutes - 40 minutes

to cook

Oven-sauteed Potatoes with Red Onion, Garlic and Rosemary

A pack of frozen spuds becomes really classy with this treatment; the finishing flourish is a sprinkling of...

A pack of frozen spuds becomes really classy with this treatment; the finishing flourish is a sprinkling of rosemary flaked sea salt. NOTE: This recipe is from the ...

30 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Parmesan-baked Parsnips

This is one of the nicest ways to serve parsnips, baked crisp and golden brown in the oven with a Parmesan ...

This is one of the nicest ways to serve parsnips, baked crisp and golden brown in the oven with a Parmesan coating. They can be prepared well in advance, up to 24 h...

35 minutes - 40 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Potatoes Boulangeres

These potatoes are so named because in France they were given to the local baker to place in a bread oven t...

These potatoes are so named because in France they were given to the local baker to place in a bread oven to cook slowly. The nice thing is that you can pop them in...

50 minutes - 1 hour

to cook

Vegetarian

Purée of Broad Beans

This light, fluffy green purée would be an excellent accompaniment to any pork or bacon dish, and is a love...

This light, fluffy green purée would be an excellent accompaniment to any pork or bacon dish, and is a lovely partner to some good pork sausages.

4 minutes - 6 minutes

to cook

Quick-Braised Celery

Celery has such a lot going for it as a raw ingredient in salads, and because of that we rather forget how ...

Celery has such a lot going for it as a raw ingredient in salads, and because of that we rather forget how good it is cooked and served as a vegetable. This method ...

30 minutes

to cook

Spiced Sauteed Red Cabbage with Cranberries

I have always adored red cabbage cooked long and slow, but it's also extremely good cooked fast so that it ...

I have always adored red cabbage cooked long and slow, but it's also extremely good cooked fast so that it retains some bite and crunchiness. Using cranberries rath...

12 minutes - 20 minutes

to cook