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160 recipes

South Asian · 30 min · Easy

Aam Panna

Green mango simmered soft, pulped, and spiced with cumin and black salt into a pale, tart-savoury cooler. Drunk across North India specifically to survive the summer.

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Latin American · 15 min · Easy

Agua de Jamaica

Dried hibiscus steeped briefly, sweetened while hot and chilled hard — tart, cranberry-deep and an almost unreasonable red. The most common agua fresca in Mexico.

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Latin American · 15 min · Easy

Agua de Tamarindo

Tamarind loosened in hot water and sweetened into a sour-brown cooler with a long, mouth-watering finish. Sharper and more savoury than it looks.

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Latin American · 45 min · Easy

Alfajores

Two crumbling cornstarch cookies with caramel between them, edges rolled in coconut. They dissolve rather than crumble.

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South Asian · 35 min · Easy

Aloo Gobi

The classic dry curry of potato and cauliflower — steamed gently under a lid with turmeric and coriander, then finished uncovered so the edges catch and crisp. The side dish that quietly steals the plate.

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European · 65 min · Easy

Apple Crumble

Sharp apples baked under a thick, buttery oat rubble until the juices bubble up the sides. The one everybody actually wants.

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Latin American · 40 min · Medium

Arepas with Black Beans and Avocado

Griddled corn cakes with a crisp shell and a soft, steamy middle, split open and stuffed with cumin-spiked black beans and mashed avocado.

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Middle Eastern · 50 min · Easy

Baba Ganoush

Eggplants burnt black over a flame until the flesh collapses, then beaten with tahini, lemon and garlic. Smoky, loose and nothing like a puree of raw eggplant.

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Middle Eastern · 45 min · Medium

Baked Falafel Bowl

Herby, crisp-edged falafel baked instead of fried, piled into a bowl with salad and a swoosh of tahini. All the flavor, none of the pan of hot oil.

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East Asian · 60 min · Easy

Baked Matcha Mochi

Chewy, dense squares of glutinous rice flour and coconut milk, baked rather than pounded, with a clean bitter edge from good matcha.

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Middle Eastern · 75 min · Easy

Baklava

Layers of phyllo and chopped nuts baked until shattering, then flooded with lemon syrup while still hot. The sound when you cut it is the point.

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Caribbean · 20 min · Easy

Banana Fritters

Very ripe bananas mashed into a spiced batter and fried into soft, craggy rounds. Ten minutes, and the blacker the bananas the better.

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North American · 45 min · Easy

Banana Walnut Baked Oatmeal

Oats, mashed banana and toasted walnuts baked into a soft, sliceable breakfast that keeps all week. Sweet enough from the fruit that it barely needs syrup.

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Middle Eastern · 55 min · Easy

Basbousa

A dense, damp semolina cake soaked in lemon syrup, cut into diamonds with an almond on each. Sweet and grainy in the best way.

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North American · 45 min · Easy

BBQ Jackfruit Sandwich

Shredded jackfruit cooked down in smoky barbecue sauce until sticky, piled into a soft roll with a sharp vinegar slaw. The slaw is what stops it being too rich.

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North American · 5 min · Easy

Berry Chia Pudding

Chia seeds left to swell in vanilla-sweetened plant milk until thick and spoonable, layered with crushed berries. Five minutes of work the night before.

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South Asian · 30 min · Easy

Besan Ladoo

Chickpea flour toasted in butter until it smells like biscuits, then rolled into sweet cardamom balls. No baking, no setting — just patience at the pan.

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Latin American · 18 min · Easy

Black Bean and Corn Quesadillas

Mashed spiced black beans and corn folded into tortillas and pressed in a dry pan until crisp. Fifteen minutes and mostly from the cupboard.

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Latin American · 40 min · Easy

Black Bean and Sweet Potato Tacos

Smoky roasted sweet potato, spiced black beans, and enough lime to wake it all up. The roasting tray does most of the work.

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Mediterranean · 45 min · Easy

Braised Peppers with Chickpeas

A cheap, batch-friendly workhorse: mixed peppers cooked down until silky with sweet onions and tomato, then folded through chickpeas and finished with red wine vinegar and parsley.

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North American · 40 min · Easy

Buffalo Cauliflower Wings

Game-day wings, baked not fried. Cauliflower florets dipped in a simple seasoned batter, baked until crisp, tossed in buffalo sauce and returned to the oven until sticky. Served with celery sticks and vegan ranch.

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Caribbean · 40 min · Easy

Caribbean Callaloo

Greens stewed down with coconut milk, thyme and okra until soft and glossy. Mellow, rich and green — the Caribbean answer to creamed spinach.

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Caribbean · 40 min · Easy

Caribbean Coconut Lentil Curry

Red lentils collapsing into coconut milk with Caribbean curry powder, thyme and sweet potato. Ready in half an hour and thick enough to eat with a fork.

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Caribbean · 20 min · Easy

Caribbean Ginger Beer

A fierce, unfermented ginger beer: fresh ginger blended, steeped and strained into a syrup, then topped with soda water. All of the heat, none of the waiting.

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Caribbean · 40 min · Easy

Caribbean Rice and Peas

Rice cooked in coconut milk with kidney beans, thyme, allspice and a whole chili left in for perfume rather than heat. The side dish that turns any plate Caribbean.

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South Asian · 10 min · Easy

Chana Chaat

A no-cook chickpea chaat that's tangy, fresh and ready in ten minutes. Chickpeas tossed with red onion, cucumber and tomato, brightened with lemon and chaat masala.

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South Asian · 45 min · Medium

Chana Masala

The Punjabi chickpea curry that earns its place in every weeknight rotation — deeply spiced, made almost entirely from the store cupboard, and better on day two.

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Mediterranean · 30 min · Easy

Chickpea & Tomato Stew

A revithada-style chickpea stew — soft, warming and quietly spiced with cumin and smoked paprika. Ready in half an hour and lovely spooned over rice.

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North American · 35 min · Easy

Chili Cheese Fries

A platter of crisp fries buried under a thick lentil-and-tomato chili and a blended cashew cheese sauce, finished with scallions and jalapeños. The messiest, most shareable thing you can put on a table.

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North American · 10 min · Easy

Chocolate Avocado Mousse

Five minutes, one blender, no cooking — ripe avocado and cocoa whipped into a mousse so dark and silky nobody will guess the base. Chill it and it sets like the real thing.

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East Asian · 15 min · Easy

Chrysanthemum and Goji Cooler

Dried chrysanthemum flowers and goji berries steeped into a pale gold, honeyed-floral tea, served cold with the softened berries still in the glass.

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Latin American · 40 min · Easy

Churros with Chocolate

Choux-style dough piped straight into hot oil, rolled in cinnamon sugar and dipped in thick drinking chocolate. Crisp ridges, soft middle.

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Middle Eastern · 10 min · Easy

Classic Hummus with Veggie Sticks

Chickpeas, tahini, garlic and lemon blended smooth, loosened with aquafaba (the liquid from the chickpea can) so it stays creamy without extra fat. Served with carrot, cucumber and pepper sticks.

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Caribbean · 25 min · Easy

Coconut Chickpea and Spinach Curry

Chickpeas simmered in coconut milk with thyme and allspice, finished with spinach. Mellow, quick, and entirely from cans and a bag of leaves.

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Caribbean · 45 min · Easy

Coconut Drops

Chunks of fresh coconut boiled in ginger sugar until the syrup thickens, then dropped in spoonfuls and left to set hard. Chewy, sticky and very Jamaican.

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North American · 45 min · Easy

Coconut Rice Pudding

Short-grain rice simmered slowly in coconut milk until it collapses into something thick, creamy and barely sweet, scented with cinnamon and vanilla.

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North American · 30 min · Easy

Creamy Cashew Mac and Cheese

A blender sauce of soaked cashews and nutritional yeast that clings to every elbow of pasta — properly creamy, savoury and comforting, with not a plastic slice of vegan cheese in sight.

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European · 45 min · Easy

Creamy Leek and Potato Soup

Sweet, slowly-sweated leeks and floury potatoes blended into a thick, comforting soup. No cream needed — the potato does all of it.

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European · 25 min · Easy

Creamy Tomato and White Bean Soup

Canned tomatoes and white beans simmered with garlic then blended smooth, so the beans do the work of cream. Fifteen minutes of cooking and almost nothing to chop.

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Mediterranean · 35 min · Easy

Crispy Roasted Chickpeas

A crunchy swap for chips: chickpeas dried hard, roasted until deep golden, then tossed hot with smoked paprika, cumin and garlic powder. Protein and fiber for very few calories.

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North American · 35 min · Easy

Crispy Tofu Nuggets

Firm tofu pressed and torn — never cut — into craggy nuggets, dipped in mustardy plant milk and coated in seasoned panko. Fry them or bake them; either way they're built for dipping.

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Latin American · 40 min · Easy

Cuban Black Bean Soup

Smoky, garlicky and thick enough to stand a spoon in. Cheap store-cupboard beans turned into something that tastes like it simmered all day.

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South Asian · 40 min · Easy

Curried Cauliflower and Lentil Tray Bake

Cauliflower roasted with curry powder until the edges char, then folded through warm lentils and yogurt. One tray, one can, very little attention.

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South Asian · 45 min · Easy

Dal Tadka

Soft yellow lentils finished with a tadka — whole spices bloomed in hot oil and poured over at the last second, so it hits the surface and sizzles.

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North American · 45 min · Easy

Dark Chocolate Tahini Brownies

Fudgy, properly dark brownies with ribbons of tahini swirled through the top. The sesame cuts the sweetness and makes them taste grown-up.

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East Asian · 8 min · Easy

Edamame with Chili & Sea Salt

Frozen edamame pods boiled for five minutes and tossed with flaky salt, chili flakes and a little toasted sesame oil. One of the highest-protein snacks you can make from a freezer bag.

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African · 65 min · Medium

Egyptian Koshari

Egypt's national dish: rice, lentils and pasta layered together under a sharp spiced tomato sauce and a heap of crisp fried onions. Carbohydrate on carbohydrate, and completely justified.

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European · 5 min · Easy

Elderflower and Lemon Cooler

Elderflower cordial cut with lemon, cucumber and mint over a lot of ice. Barely a recipe, and the most refreshing thing in the book.

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Latin American · 20 min · Easy

Elote Street Corn Salad

Everything good about Mexican street corn, taken off the cob and into a bowl — charred kernels, a tangy lime dressing, chili, and a shower of herbs.

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African · 40 min · Easy

Ethiopian Gomen (Collard Greens)

Collards braised slowly with onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric until they turn silky and sweet. Mild, garlicky and green — the calm dish on an Ethiopian plate.

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African · 35 min · Easy

Ethiopian Shiro Wot

Chickpea flour whisked into a spiced onion base until it becomes a thick, smoky, deeply savoury stew. One of the fastest genuinely great things you can cook from a cupboard.

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Middle Eastern · 30 min · Easy

Fattoush Salad

A crunchy chopped salad of tomato, cucumber and herbs with shards of toasted pita, dressed in lemon, sumac and pomegranate molasses. Sharp and refreshing.

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European · 40 min · Easy

French Lentil Salad

Firm green lentils dressed while warm in a sharp Dijon vinaigrette, with plenty of shallot, herbs and walnuts. Good hot, better after an hour, excellent from the fridge.

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North American · 30 min · Medium

Fried Oyster Mushrooms

Torn oyster mushrooms dipped in a quick plant-milk buttermilk, dredged in seasoned flour and cornstarch, and fried until shatteringly crisp. The texture lands somewhere very close to fried chicken.

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South Asian · 60 min · Easy

Gajar ka Halwa

Carrots grated fine and cooked down slowly in sweetened plant milk until the whole pan turns glossy and orange. Deeply sweet, faintly floral, and better the next day.

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East Asian · 15 min · Easy

Garlic Sesame Green Beans

Green beans blistered in a hot pan until they wrinkle and char in places, then tossed with garlic, soy and sesame. Ten minutes, one pan, and they disappear.

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European · 35 min · Easy

German Potato Salad

Warm waxy potatoes dressed while still hot in a sharp mustard-and-vinegar dressing loosened with stock. No mayonnaise anywhere near it.

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Mediterranean · 65 min · Easy

Gigantes Plaki

Giant white beans baked slowly in a sweet tomato sauce with dill and plenty of olive oil, until the top catches and the beans turn to cream. Greek taverna cooking at its simplest.

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East Asian · 35 min · Easy

Gochujang Tofu Rice Bowl

Tofu roasted until firm and coated in a sweet-hot gochujang glaze, over rice with quick cucumber. Sticky, spicy and mostly hands-off.

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Mediterranean · 50 min · Easy

Greek Lentil Soup

Fakes — the Greek lentil soup that's the gentlest way back to solid food. Brown lentils simmered soft with tomato, oregano and bay, then lifted at the end with a slug of red wine vinegar and good olive oil.

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South Asian · 45 min · Easy

Gulab Jamun

Milk-powder dumplings fried dark and drowned in cardamom-rose syrup, served warm so they are still drinking it in. Sticky, floral and completely over the top.

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African · 25 min · Easy

Harissa Bean and Pepper Skillet

Peppers and onions softened down with harissa and white beans until jammy. One pan, big flavor, and almost entirely from cupboard and freezer.

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Latin American · 10 min · Easy

Horchata

Rice and cinnamon soaked overnight, blended and strained into a cloudy, faintly sweet, milky drink. Served very cold, it is the standard partner to anything spicy.

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European · 55 min · Easy

Hungarian Mushroom Goulash

A deep red paprika stew of mushrooms, peppers and potato, finished with a swirl of plant cream. The paprika goes in off the heat, which is the trick nobody mentions.

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Southeast Asian · 45 min · Medium

Indonesian Gado-Gado

A composed salad of blanched vegetables, potato, fried tofu and tempeh under a thick, sweet-savoury peanut sauce. Substantial enough to be dinner.

high-protein

Southeast Asian · 35 min · Easy

Indonesian Tempeh Satay

Marinated tempeh grilled until the edges blacken, served with a thick peanut sauce for dipping. Nutty, smoky and very high in protein.

high-protein

South Asian · 10 min · Easy

Jaljeera

A dark, herby, aggressively savoury spiced water — mint, cilantro, tamarind and roasted cumin. Drunk as an appetiser, and it genuinely works as one.

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Caribbean · 45 min · Easy

Jamaican Curry Chickpeas and Potato

Curry powder bloomed in oil until it perfumes the whole kitchen, then chickpeas and potato simmered in coconut until soft and golden. Warming, cheap and quietly fiery.

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Caribbean · 25 min · Easy

Jamaican Sorrel Drink

Hibiscus steeped with ginger, clove and orange peel — the Caribbean Christmas drink, deep red and warmly spiced rather than simply tart.

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East Asian · 55 min · Easy

Japanese Curry Rice

A thick, glossy, faintly sweet curry sauce over rice, with soft potato and carrot. Mild by design and deeply comforting — Japan's favorite home dinner.

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Caribbean · 45 min · Medium

Jerk Jackfruit Rice Bowl

Roasted jerk-spiced jackfruit shreds like slow-cooked meat, over coconut rice and black beans. Big flavors, mostly from a jar and a tin.

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East Asian · 35 min · Easy

Kimchi Jjigae

A fiercely savoury red stew built on well-fermented kimchi, tofu and gochujang. Sour, spicy and bubbling — the older your kimchi, the better this gets.

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African · 55 min · Easy

Koeksisters

Plaited dough fried gold and plunged straight into ice-cold syrup, so the outside stays crisp while the inside floods sweet.

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Southeast Asian · 30 min · Easy

Kolak Pisang

Bananas simmered in coconut milk with palm sugar and pandan until the syrup goes thick and caramel-brown. A bowlful of warm comfort.

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East Asian · 45 min · Medium

Korean Bibimbap Bowl

A warm rice bowl with each vegetable seasoned separately, crisp pan-fried tofu, and a sweet-sharp gochujang sauce stirred through at the table. The point is the contrast — you mix it all together yourself.

high-protein

East Asian · 20 min · Easy

Korean Iced Barley Tea

Boricha — roasted barley simmered into a nutty, toasty, faintly sweet brown tea, drunk cold all summer instead of water. No sugar at all.

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Mediterranean · 25 min · Easy

Lemon and White Bean Pasta

Twenty-five minutes, one pan, mostly cupboard. The beans break down just enough to make the sauce creamy without a drop of cream.

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Mediterranean · 20 min · Easy

Lemon Orzo with Peas and Mint

Orzo cooked risotto-style in stock so it comes out creamy without cream, finished with frozen peas, lemon and a lot of mint. One pot, twenty minutes.

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Southeast Asian · 25 min · Easy

Lemongrass and Ginger Cooler

Bruised lemongrass and ginger simmered into a fragrant, faintly citrus syrup, then chilled and lengthened with lime. Clean and grassy rather than sweet.

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Southeast Asian · 35 min · Medium

Lemongrass Tofu Noodle Bowl

A cold-noodle bowl built for lunch: crisp lemongrass tofu, rice noodles, herbs and a sharp lime dressing. Assembles from the fridge in minutes once the tofu is done.

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Middle Eastern · 10 min · Easy

Limonana (Mint Lemonade)

Lemon juice and a whole bunch of mint blitzed with ice into a pale-green frozen slush. The drink of every Levantine summer street.

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North American · 20 min · Easy

Loaded Nachos

The most shareable thing in the booklet: a tray of tortilla chips scattered with cumin-spiced black beans, drizzled with blender cashew queso, then loaded with salsa, avocado, pickled jalapeños and cilantro.

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Mediterranean · 40 min · Easy

Loukoumades

Greek yeast puffs fried until hollow and crisp, then rolled in syrup, cinnamon and walnuts. Best eaten standing at the stove.

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Middle Eastern · 50 min · Easy

Maamoul

Buttery semolina shortbread stuffed with spiced date paste. Traditionally pressed in carved wooden moulds; a fork and a steady hand do fine.

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African · 55 min · Easy

Malva Pudding

A dark, spongy apricot-jam pudding that has hot cream sauce poured over it the moment it leaves the oven and drinks the lot.

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South Asian · 5 min · Easy

Mango Lassi

Ripe mango blended with plant yogurt and a pinch of cardamom into a thick, cold, barely-sweet drink. The traditional partner to anything fiery.

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Southeast Asian · 50 min · Easy

Mango Sticky Rice

Warm coconut-sweetened glutinous rice with cold ripe mango and a salty coconut sauce poured over. The salt is what makes it.

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Mediterranean · 15 min · Easy

Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

No cooking, one bowl, fifteen minutes. Chickpeas, cucumber, tomato and kalamata olives tossed in a sharp lemon and red wine vinegar dressing, with plenty of parsley and mint. Holds its own as a light lunch or shrinks to a side.

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European · 50 min · Easy

Minestrone Soup

A generous vegetable soup with beans and small pasta, built on a slowly softened base of onion, carrot and celery. The kind of pot that improves every time you reheat it.

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African · 50 min · Easy

Misir Wot

The Ethiopian red lentil stew. Almost nothing in it, and yet — the berbere and a genuinely long onion cook do all the heavy lifting.

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East Asian · 20 min · Easy

Miso Mushroom Udon

Mushrooms browned hard, then a quick miso broth poured over thick udon. Deeply savory for something that takes twenty minutes and five ingredients.

nut-free

East Asian · 15 min · Easy

Miso Soup with Tofu

A clear, savoury broth with silken tofu, shiitake and seaweed. The one rule is never to boil it once the miso goes in — that is what turns it flat and grainy.

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African · 55 min · Easy

Moroccan Chickpea Tagine

Chickpeas and sweet potato in a warmly spiced tomato sauce, with dried apricots melting into it for a sweetness that plays against the cumin and cinnamon.

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African · 55 min · Easy

Moroccan Harira

A fragrant tomato, lentil and chickpea soup thick with herbs and finished with lemon. Traditionally eaten to break the fast during Ramadan, and restorative at any time.

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African · 15 min · Easy

Moroccan Iced Mint Tea

Gunpowder green tea brewed strong over a fistful of spearmint, sweetened hot and poured over ice. Bracing, fragrant and very sweet, as it should be.

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Middle Eastern · 15 min · Easy

Muhammara

The Aleppan red pepper and walnut dip. No cooking at all — everything goes in the food processor, and it tastes better after an hour in the fridge.

soy-free

Mediterranean · 55 min · Easy

Mujadara

Lentils and rice cooked together under a heap of deeply caramelized onions, warmed with cumin, coriander and a whisper of cinnamon. The most filling plate in the set — the lentils make it stick with you far longer than rice alone.

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European · 75 min · Project

Mushroom and Lentil Shepherd's Pie

A proper Sunday project: a dark, savoury lentil and mushroom base under a mash lid, browned hard on top. Feeds six and reheats beautifully.

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Latin American · 60 min · Medium

Mushroom Empanadas

Flaky hand pies filled with deeply browned mushrooms, onion and olives. The filling must be cold and dry before it goes near the pastry, or the parcels burst in the oven.

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European · 40 min · Easy

Mushroom Stroganoff

Deeply browned mushrooms in a creamy, smoky, mustard-sharpened sauce over pasta. The whole dish turns on getting real color on the mushrooms first.

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South Asian · 5 min · Easy

Nimbu Pani

Indian lemonade, made savoury with black salt and roasted cumin. Sweet, sour, salty and faintly smoky — the fastest cure there is for a hot afternoon.

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Mediterranean · 60 min · Easy

Orange and Olive Oil Cake

A plain, damp cake carried by good olive oil and a lot of orange zest. Keeps for days and is better with coffee than with cream.

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South Asian · 45 min · Medium

Palak Tofu

A silky, deep green spinach curry with cubes of golden pan-fried tofu folded through it. All the comfort of palak paneer with none of the dairy.

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North American · 15 min · Easy

Peanut Butter & Date Energy Balls

Medjool dates blitzed to a sticky paste with peanut butter, oats, cocoa and chia, rolled into bites and chilled. Naturally sweet with no added sugar.

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North American · 5 min · Easy

Peanut Butter and Banana Overnight Oats

The five-minute-tonight, grab-and-go-tomorrow breakfast. Oats soften in the fridge overnight into a creamy, spoonable pot that tastes like a peanut butter and banana sandwich.

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Southeast Asian · 15 min · Easy

Peanut Noodles with Cucumber

A no-cook peanut, lime and soy sauce whisked in the bowl, tossed through noodles with cold cucumber ribbons. Fifteen minutes, and better slightly under-dressed than over.

European · 55 min · Easy

Pears Poached in Red Wine

Whole pears simmered in spiced red wine until stained crimson to the core, then served in their own reduced syrup. Almost no work and looks like a great deal of it.

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Latin American · 55 min · Easy

Peruvian Lentil Stew

A thick, gently spiced lentil stew softened with squash-sweet carrot and finished with a hard squeeze of lime. Everyday Peruvian home cooking — cheap, filling and quietly excellent.

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Caribbean · 10 min · Easy

Pineapple Ginger Punch

Fresh pineapple blended with ginger and lime into a thick, golden punch. Sweet, sour and hot all at once, and it takes ten minutes.

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South Asian · 45 min · Easy

Pistachio Kulfi

Plant milk cooked down with cardamom and pistachio, then frozen hard in moulds. Denser and slower-melting than ice cream because it is never churned.

gluten-freesoy-free

Latin American · 55 min · Medium

Pozole Verde

A tangy green broth built from blistered tomatillos and chilies, poured over chewy hominy and white beans. The raw garnishes — cabbage, radish, lime — are half the dish, not decoration.

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South Asian · 45 min · Medium

Rajma

The North Indian kidney bean curry that's built for batch cooking — onions taken deep golden, tomatoes cooked until the oil separates, and a few beans mashed against the pan for a thick, creamy gravy without a drop of cream.

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European · 60 min · Medium

Ratatouille

The Provençal summer-vegetable stew, cooked the honest way — each vegetable browned so it keeps its character, then folded together to melt into a glossy, herby whole.

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South Asian · 30 min · Easy

Red Lentil and Coconut Dal

Red lentils collapsed into coconut milk with cumin and ginger. No soaking, no technique, and it thickens itself while you set the table.

gluten-freenut-freesoy-free

Middle Eastern · 40 min · Easy

Roasted Vegetable and Hummus Bowl

A tray of vegetables roasted hard, spooned over shop-bought hummus with lemon and parsley. Assembly more than cooking, and endlessly adaptable.

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Middle Eastern · 15 min · Easy

Rose and Lemon Sharbat

A pale, fragrant cordial of lemon, sugar and rose water, diluted to order. Floral and cold and old-fashioned, and it keeps for weeks.

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South Asian · 25 min · Easy

Savoury Chickpea Pancakes (Besan Chilla)

Thin, lacy gram-flour pancakes studded with onion, tomato, chili and cilantro. High-protein, naturally gluten-free, and on the plate in twenty-five minutes.

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East Asian · 50 min · Medium

Scallion Pancakes

Chewy, flaky layered flatbreads shot through with scallion, fried until blistered and served with a sharp dipping sauce. The rolling technique is what makes the layers.

nut-free

East Asian · 45 min · Easy

Sesame Balls

Glutinous rice dough wrapped around sweet red bean paste, rolled in sesame and fried until they puff hollow and crackle.

soy-freenut-free

East Asian · 20 min · Easy

Sesame Soba Noodles

Cold buckwheat noodles in a nutty sesame dressing, loaded with edamame and crunchy raw vegetables. Fifteen minutes, and it is better after an hour in the fridge.

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Middle Eastern · 45 min · Easy

Shawarma-Spiced Cauliflower Wrap

Cauliflower roasted hard with shawarma spices until the edges blacken, piled into warm pita with pickles, salad and a garlicky tahini sauce.

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European · 30 min · Easy

Sheet-Pan Gnocchi with Tomatoes

Shop-bought gnocchi roasted straight from the packet with cherry tomatoes until the gnocchi crisp at the edges and the tomatoes burst into a sauce. One tray, no boiling.

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Mediterranean · 10 min · Easy

Smashed White Bean Toast

Cannellini or butter beans forked into a chunky, garlicky spread with olive oil and lemon, piled onto good toast and topped with sliced tomato, herbs and chili flakes. Ten minutes, and far more filling than it looks.

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Mediterranean · 20 min · Easy

Smoky Roasted Almonds

Raw almonds roasted low until fragrant, then tossed warm with smoked paprika, cumin and a pinch of cayenne. Filling and full of healthy fats — portion them out.

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East Asian · 17 min · Easy

Soba with Edamame and Greens

Soba, edamame and broccoli in a light soy-sesame dressing, served warm or cold. About as fast as dinner gets.

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African · 35 min · Easy

South African Chakalaka

A spicy vegetable relish of onion, pepper, carrot and beans in a curried tomato base. Served hot or cold alongside almost anything, and better the next day.

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European · 50 min · Medium

Spanish Tortilla

Soft olive-oil-poached potatoes and onion set in a chickpea-flour batter, cooked slowly until the middle is just custardy. Good hot, better at room temperature.

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North American · 15 min · Easy

Strawberry Basil Lemonade

Strawberries crushed into lemonade with a handful of basil. The basil sounds odd and is the entire reason to make it.

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Mediterranean · 70 min · Medium

Stuffed Peppers with Rice and Herbs

Sweet peppers packed with a lemony rice, pine-nut and herb filling and baked until they slump and blister. As good at room temperature as they are hot.

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Caribbean · 15 min · Easy

Sweet Fried Plantains

Very ripe plantains fried until the sugars caramelize into dark, sticky edges and the middles turn to custard. Three ingredients and about ten minutes.

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North American · 30 min · Easy

Sweet Potato & Black Bean Hash

A hearty one-skillet breakfast: sweet potato diced small and browned until tender, then folded through smoky paprika, cumin and black beans. High-fiber, high-protein, and it holds you well into the afternoon.

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Caribbean · 80 min · Easy

Sweet Potato Pudding

Grated sweet potato baked slowly with coconut milk and warm spice into a dense, sliceable pudding with a dark, sticky top.

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Middle Eastern · 25 min · Easy

Tabbouleh

A parsley salad first and a grain salad second — bright, lemony and green, with just enough bulgur to give it body. The kind of thing that makes everything else on the table taste better.

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Middle Eastern · 25 min · Easy

Tahini Halva

Sesame paste and hot sugar syrup worked together until it sets into a dense, flaky slab that melts on the tongue. Three ingredients, one critical temperature.

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East Asian · 35 min · Easy

Teriyaki Tofu with Broccoli

Cornflour-dusted tofu fried until the edges shatter, then tumbled in a glossy teriyaki glaze that thickens around it in seconds. Steamed broccoli and rice make it dinner.

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Southeast Asian · 40 min · Easy

Thai Green Curry

Green curry paste fried in thick coconut cream until it splits and turns fragrant, then loosened into a fresh, hot, herby curry with eggplant, beans and tofu.

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Southeast Asian · 30 min · Easy

Thai Red Curry with Tofu

A fragrant, coconut-rich curry that comes together in the time it takes to cook rice. Sweet, salty, sour and hot, all balanced in one pan.

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European · 25 min · Easy

Tiramisu

Coffee-soaked sponge layered with whipped cashew cream and a heavy dusting of cocoa. Assembled in twenty minutes, transformed by a night in the fridge.

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East Asian · 25 min · Easy

Tofu Fried Rice

The Sunday-night clear-out-the-fridge dinner, done properly: cold rice, a screaming-hot pan, and tofu crisped until golden. Ready before the takeaway would even arrive.

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North American · 20 min · Easy

Tofu Scramble Breakfast Burrito

Twenty minutes from fridge to foil. Black salt is what makes it taste unmistakably of eggs — don't skip it.

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Middle Eastern · 40 min · Easy

Tofu Shakshuka

A smoky red pepper and tomato sauce, simmered down until it is thick enough to hold a hollow, with seasoned crumbled tofu nestled into the wells where the eggs would go.

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Middle Eastern · 20 min · Easy

Tomato and Chickpea Couscous

Couscous steamed in a spiced tomato and chickpea broth in the same pot. No draining, no timing, and it is done in twenty minutes.

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Latin American · 50 min · Easy

Tres Leches Cake

A plain sponge drenched in three milks until it is barely holding together, topped with whipped cream. Soaked, not soggy — the distinction is everything.

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Middle Eastern · 40 min · Easy

Turkish Red Lentil Soup

A smooth, golden lentil soup finished with paprika butter and a hard squeeze of lemon. Cheap, fast, and one of the most comforting bowls there is.

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Latin American · 60 min · Medium

Vegan Birria Tacos

Jackfruit braised in a dark, spiced tomato consomé until it shreds, then folded into tortillas that have been dipped in the braising liquid and griddled until the edges crisp. Serve the consomé alongside for dunking.

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North American · 45 min · Easy

Vegan Jambalaya

A one-pot Louisiana classic, plant-based. The "holy trinity" of onion, celery and green pepper softened in oil, then rice toasted with Cajun seasoning and smoked paprika and simmered with tomatoes, kidney beans and stock until every grain is tender. Optional vegan sausage pushes the protein higher.

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East Asian · 30 min · Medium

Vegan Mapo Tofu

Numbing, savoury and fast. Mushrooms stand in for the pork and nobody misses it — the chili bean paste and Sichuan pepper are doing the real work.

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Southeast Asian · 32 min · Medium

Vegan Pad Thai

Rice noodles tossed in a sweet-sour-salty tamarind sauce with crisp tofu, beansprouts and a heap of crushed peanuts. Everything happens in about four minutes, so get organised first.

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North American · 35 min · Medium

Vegan Patty Melt

Buttered rye griddled around a plant burger, melting vegan cheddar, deeply caramelized onions and a tangy special sauce. Full indulgence — the diner classic, done plant-based.

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North American · 35 min · Medium

Vegan Philly Cheesesteak

The weekend indulgence: seitan (or mushrooms) seared with soy sauce and vegan Worcestershire, piled into hoagie rolls with charred peppers and onions, then flooded with a blender cashew cheese sauce.

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North American · 20 min · Easy

Vegan Protein Pancakes

Oat-flour pancakes built on a scoop of vanilla plant protein and soy milk, sweetened by a mashed ripe banana rather than sugar. Light to eat but genuinely filling — batch a stack and reheat them through the week.

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South Asian · 70 min · Project

Vegetable Biryani

Spiced vegetables and part-cooked basmati layered in a pot and steamed together so the rice takes on the masala from below while staying separate and fragrant on top.

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Southeast Asian · 5 min · Easy

Vietnamese Lime Soda

Soda chanh — lime juice and sugar syrup in a tall glass, topped with soda water and stirred at the table. Three ingredients, correctly assembled.

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Southeast Asian · 30 min · Easy

Vietnamese Noodle Salad

Cool rice noodles under a pile of herbs, raw vegetables and crisp tofu, with a sharp lime-and-chili dressing poured over just before eating. A hot-weather dinner that never feels heavy.

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Southeast Asian · 80 min · Medium

Vietnamese Pho

A clear, aromatic broth built by charring onion and ginger and steeping it with star anise and cinnamon, poured over rice noodles and tofu with a plate of herbs to add at the table.

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Latin American · 10 min · Easy

Watermelon Agua Fresca

Ripe watermelon blended with water and lime into something lighter and more drinkable than juice. Five minutes of work and it tastes like the middle of summer.

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African · 15 min · Easy

West African Ginger and Lime Juice

Gnamakoudji — raw ginger blended, steeped and strained, then sharpened with lime and sweetened. Sold ice-cold on every roadside from Bamako to Abidjan.

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African · 45 min · Easy

West African Peanut Stew

A silky, gently spiced stew where peanut butter melts into tomato and stock to make something deeply savoury. Sweet potato and chickpeas make it a full meal in one pot.

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Mediterranean · 20 min · Easy

White Bean and Kale Skillet

Garlicky white beans wilted down with kale and lemon in a single pan. Substantial, cheap, and on the table in twenty minutes.

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European · 85 min · Medium

White Bean Cassoulet

White beans and vegan sausage baked slowly under a breadcrumb crust until the top is golden and the beans beneath have gone completely creamy. A weekend pot.

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