If you don’t want to make the vinaigrette then serve this with a really good extra-virgin olive oil on top. It’s also good with ricotta and Parmesan shavings.

Zucchini, or courgette depending on the type of English you speak, are often among foods that children do not like. However, in any garden a plant will continuously provide abundant amounts of the ...

To make the soup, pour the olive oil into a large, heavy pan and in it soften the onion over a medium heat for eight minutes or so, stirring occasionally. Add the courgettes with the garlic, nutmeg, a ...

This wispy Neopolitan favourite features soft spring courgettes, shallots and potato stewed into a thick soup, and all finished off with a pleasing whirl of egg and parmesan It is still early for ...

This is fresh tasting and delicious with a zing of heat and spice from the chilli, garlic and fennel o There has been a trend over the last few years for soup to be served with a very thick ...

Use any green lettuce, but I think this is best when made with those soft, floppy, 'butterhead’ lettuces that you can buy everywhere. Put the water or stock in a pan, and heat to simmering point. Pour ...

Wash dry and thickly slice the courgettes without peeling. Heat butter in a pan, add courgettes and fry until they just begin to change colour. Add the heated stock, salt and pepper and cook over a ...

This soup is perfect with sourdough bread and goat's cheese. Eat it chilled on hot summer days, or if the weather is not so good, just serve it warm. This fresh soup works equally well warm or cold. I ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...