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Autumn comfort

Warm, slow and generous: the food you want when the clocks go back.

AI-generated photograph: A pot of bean and sweet potato chilli with fresh coriander

Vegetarian chilli

1 hour · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A wide pan of paella with chicken, chorizo, peas and prawns

Chicken & chorizo paella

50 minutes · serves 4

  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A casserole of bean and bread soup topped with melted mozzarella and sage

Bread & borlotti bean soup

20 minutes · serves 6

  • Vegetarian
AI-generated photograph: A pan of ratatouille with aubergine, courgette and basil

Classic ratatouille

1 hour 15 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A roasting tray of Cajun chicken legs, peppers and rice

Cajun chicken traybake

1 hour 7 minutes · serves 4

  • Gluten free
AI-generated photograph: Egusi soup in a wide white bowl, golden curds and deep green spinach in a red palm oil sauce, with a smooth dome of pounded yam on a small matte plate beside it

Egusi soup with spinach and mushrooms

1 hour · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Burnt orange groundnut stew in a wide stoneware bowl with sweet potato, aubergine and spinach, beside two smooth white rice balls on a small slate plate

Ghanaian groundnut stew with rice balls

1 hour 5 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Curry goat in a deep stoneware bowl, glossy golden gravy over tender goat and potato, with a mound of white rice on a small matte plate and a sprig of thyme

Jamaican curry goat with white rice

2 hours 50 minutes · serves 4

  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Golden ital stew in a wide cream bowl with squash, okra rounds, kidney beans and wilted greens in coconut sauce, with a small plate of white rice beside it

Ital stew with squash and coconut

1 hour · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A neat square of sweet potato pudding with a glossy caramel coconut top on a matte cream plate, dusted with a little grated nutmeg

Jamaican sweet potato pudding

1 hour 40 minutes · serves 8

  • Vegetarian
AI-generated photograph: Two golden crisp-skinned chicken thighs on soft roast leeks and potatoes on a warm stoneware plate, a roasted lemon half, glossy pan juices and bright green beans

Roast chicken thighs with leeks and potatoes

1 hour · serves 4

  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A shallow white bowl of soft golden polenta with a dark, glossy mushroom ragu spooned into its centre, a scatter of green parsley and a thread of olive oil

Mushroom ragu with soft polenta

1 hour · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A wide pale stoneware bowl of smooth ivory leek and potato soup, a swirl of green olive oil and a neat line of snipped chives across the top

Leek and potato soup

45 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A generous spoonful of apple and blackberry crumble in a shallow white bowl, a craggy golden oat topping, deep purple fruit juices and a pool of pale yellow custard

Apple and blackberry crumble

1 hour · serves 6

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Golden tarka dal in a wide matte black bowl, a swirl of ghee with cumin seeds, fried garlic and a whole red chilli on top, cumin rice in a small mound beside it

Tarka dal with jeera rice

50 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
AI-generated photograph: Mujaddara on a wide pale stone plate, speckled lentils and rice crowned with a tangle of dark crispy onions and parsley, a white swirl of cucumber yoghurt to one side

Mujaddara with crispy onions and cucumber yoghurt

1 hour 5 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
AI-generated photograph: Vegetable and chickpea tagine in a deep terracotta bowl, amber squash, orange carrots and golden apricots over pale couscous, scattered with bright green coriander and a lemon wedge

Moroccan vegetable and chickpea tagine with couscous

1 hour 5 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Rice payesh in a small cut glass bowl, creamy ivory pudding with a few raisins and bright green chopped pistachios on top, on a pale linen napkin

Bangladeshi rice payesh with cardamom

1 hour 5 minutes · serves 6

  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
AI-generated photograph: Soft white cubes of tofu in a glossy brick red sauce in a deep black bowl beside a neat dome of white rice, green spring onion and dark crushed peppercorns on top

Mild mapo tofu with mushrooms

40 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A deep black bean stew in a rustic terracotta bowl with a neat mound of white rice, glossy dark green shredded greens, golden cassava crumbs and bright orange rounds on a speckled cream plate

Brazilian black bean stew with greens and farofa

1 hour 10 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Cream coloured cornmeal porridge in a wide stoneware bowl, a neat pile of golden mango cubes on top, toasted coconut scattered over and a dusting of nutmeg

Jamaican coconut cornmeal porridge

30 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Pale, silky rice congee in a white porcelain bowl, bright green pak choi to one side, a crown of golden crispy shallots and ginger, fine spring onion rings and coriander leaves, a thread of dark tamari

Ginger rice congee with greens and crispy shallots

1 hour 15 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Smooth, tawny millet porridge in a deep hand thrown clay bowl, a scatter of chopped toasted peanuts and a single whole clove on top, a small spoon resting at the side

Hausa koko, spiced millet porridge

40 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A small deep black bowl of clear amber pepper soup with sliced chestnut mushrooms and pale yam cubes, torn green basil leaves floating on top, set on a slate tile

Mushroom and yam pepper soup

35 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A small wide rimmed white bowl of smooth glossy tomato red light soup, a fine scatter of green spring onion in the centre and a single thin ring of red chilli

Ghanaian tomato light soup with garden egg

40 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Golden orange yam pottage in a wide shallow black bowl, soft chunks of yam in a thick glossy sauce, a ribbon of dark green spinach through the middle

Asaro, yam pottage with spinach

50 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A small shallow white bowl of smooth deep orange pumpkin soup, a pale swirl of coconut milk across the surface and toasted green pumpkin seeds and thyme leaves in the centre

Caribbean pumpkin soup with coconut

40 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Pale cream banana porridge in a wide stoneware bowl, a fan of ripe banana slices on top, dusted with nutmeg, a cinnamon stick resting on the rim

Jamaican green banana porridge

30 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Golden, crackled roast potatoes piled in a shallow white enamel dish, crisp rosemary sprigs and soft roasted garlic cloves tucked between them, flakes of sea salt on top

Crisp roast potatoes with rosemary and garlic

1 hour · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A smooth swirl of pale golden mash in a warm white bowl, a small pool of melted butter in the centre and a scatter of finely chopped chives

Creamy mashed potatoes

30 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
AI-generated photograph: Deep red roasted tomato soup in a wide matte black bowl, a glossy ribbon of olive oil and a cluster of tiny basil leaves floating in the centre

Roasted tomato soup with basil

40 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Creamy porridge in a pale blue stoneware bowl, a pool of glossy warm purple berries in the centre and toasted pumpkin and sunflower seeds scattered across one side

Porridge with warm berries and toasted seeds

15 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A split jacket potato with crackling golden skin on a wide white plate, its fluffy middle heaped with glossy brick red smoky beans and scattered with bright green chives

Jacket potatoes with smoky homemade beans

1 hour 25 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A clear, russet tomato rasam in a small white porcelain cup on a saucer, glossy mustard seeds and two crisp curry leaves floating on top, a few coriander leaves

Tomato and black pepper rasam

40 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: Milky spiced chai in two small clear tea glasses on a brass tray, a cinnamon stick and green cardamom pods placed beside them

Masala chai

15 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
AI-generated photograph: Deep red kidney bean curry in a wide shallow bowl with a neat mound of cumin rice to one side, a swirl of gravy, fresh coriander and a thin slice of green chilli on top

Rajma, Punjabi kidney bean curry

55 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
  • Dairy free
AI-generated photograph: A neat round of glossy deep orange carrot halwa on a white porcelain plate, scattered with ruby pomegranate seeds and a few strands of saffron

Gajar halwa, slow cooked carrot pudding

1 hour 15 minutes · serves 6

  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten free
AI-generated photograph: Minestrone in a wide shallow white bowl, a clear red broth with small diced carrot, courgette, white beans and little pasta tubes, ribbons of dark green cavolo nero, a green basil leaf and a bright swirl of olive oil

Minestrone with cannellini beans and cavolo nero

40 minutes · serves 4

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Dairy free