18 h. ago Meera Sodha’s recipe for jacket sweet potato with smoked tofu, slaw and crispy chilli mayo | Meera Sodha recipes

Swap in, swap out and, above all, enjoy this punchy, filling and thrifty dishNo-waste cooking comes in many forms. It doesn’t have to mean cooking banana peel. To me, it means finishing a bag of potatoes before they grow eyes, and making the most of that last awkward bit of cabbage. Even finding a cheeky new way with the sauces and condiments already in the fridge. Using ingredients you’ve already got to make a new recipe is, in my opinion, the most “no waste” of them all. So here’s permission from me to make substitutes – herb for herb, veg for veg, or anything you’ve already got – to make this recipe work for you.Join Meera Sodha at a special event celebrating the best of Guardian culture on Wednesday 26 November, hosted by Nish Kumar and alongside writers Stuart Heritage and Tim Dowling, with Georgina Lawton hosting You Be The Judge live. Live in London or via livestream – book tickets here. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago 'Perfect' air fryer jacket potato recipe with 'crispy skin' has just 2 ingredients

Jacket potatoes are a British classic, but getting that perfect crispy skin can be a challenge. One home cook has shared her simple air fryer method for the ultimate spud

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61 h. ago 'Best' potato salad recipe that doesn't use mayonnaise and is 'creamy' thanks to 1 item

A woman has shared her 'best' potato salad recipe that doesn't use mayonnaise and is 'creamy'. She says the secret is to use the water the potatoes were boiled in

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67 h. ago James Martin's 'delicious' recipe turns a baked potato into a gourmet meal

It's an easy dish that takes just 30 minutes to make and reheats beautifully, making it ideal for cooking ahead, the ultimate comfort meal jacket potato with a twist

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5 d. ago 'Best place to retire' in whole of UK named beating Edinburgh and Ilfracombe

A recent study has pinpointed the perfect spot to enjoy some sea air and unwind after decades of work

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6 d. ago Potato salad with humble ingredients eaten by world's longest living people

The Greek island of Ikaria is one of the world's Blue Zones destinations, where people live longer and healthier lives. This potato salad recipe is eaten in the region

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6 d. ago Potato salad eaten by some of the world's oldest people is full of simple ingredients

The Greek island of Ikaria is one of the world's original Blue Zones, where people live longer and healthier lives. Here's how to make a potato salad recipe from the island

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6 d. ago National Galleries Scotland: Daredevil photographer Alfred Buckham who defied death to capture perfect shot

They don’t make them like photographer Alfred Buckham anymore

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1 week ago Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy gunpowder paneer and potato skewers with lime

These Indian-spice-coated skewers are a vegetarian treat that’ll go down a storm whenever shish kebab is called for, with a superb tangy dip alongsideI was delighted to discover that the south Indian spice mix podi – a rubble of searingly hot, roughly ground spices, which you mix with a little oil and use as a dip for dosa or idli – is also known as “gunpowder” spice mix. That’s not a misnomer if you were using my grandmother’s home-dried chillies, but it would be charitable to say that I’m far less adventurous with chilli, so here I suggest chilli flakes instead. It’s an extraordinarily good marinade for these paneer and potato skewers. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The Arula Chalets: a blissful mountain break in the Austrian Alps

Fresh mountain air, 24/7 hospitality and a private chef — is this the perfect place for a total reset? Rebecca Thornton finds out

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2 w. ago SpudMan’s baked potato cookbook crashes to £5.19 in Amazon deal

SpudMan has turned the jacket potato into a phenomenon – and now his award-nominated cookbook has dropped to just £5.19

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3 w. ago Baked potatoes are 'perfect' with easy air fryer method that's faster than the oven

Jacket potatoes can be on the plate way quicker if you utilise your air fryer to cook them

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last month Mary Berry's unexpected 'secret' ingredient for perfect jacket potatoes

Mary Berry shares the best ingredient for making the perfect jacket potato at home – and it's not butter, beans or cheese.

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last month The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?

On a tiny Italian island, scientists conducted a radical experiment to see if the bees were causing their wild cousins to declineOff the coast of Tuscany is a tiny island in the shape of a crescent moon. An hour from mainland Italy, Giannutri has just two beaches for boats to dock. In summer, hundreds of tourists flock there, hiking to the red and white lighthouse on its southern tip before diving into the clear waters. In winter, its population dwindles to 10. The island’s rocky ridges are coated with thickets of rosemary and juniper, and in warmer months the air is sweetened by flowers and the gentle hum of bees.“Residents are people who like fishing, or being alone, or who have retired. Everyone has their story,” says Leonardo Dapporto, associate professor at the University of Florence.Giannutri island’s remote location made it a perfect open-air laboratory for the bee experiments. Photographs: Giuseppe Nucci Continue reading...

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