Absolutely disgusting. Inedible. Don't bother.

Not a combination I would have thought of but it really works. Great version of pea and ham soup for those who don't eat meat or pork, and the salmon can be left out for vegetarian...

Oven-baked avocadoes stuffed with tomato sauce and topped with cheese. Never knew you could cook avocadoes like this but it really works, they are gorgeous. I freeze small portions...

I prefer to roughly blend, although the recipe doesn't state this. This is more or less a vegetarian chilli-con-carne soup recipe.

Didn't do much for me. The white wine, garlic and herb liquor/sauce was similar in taste to the way mussels are often cooked, and I have to say would have worked better with mussel...

Sweet in a "sweet-shop" sort of way - I can't explain it any better than that. A lot of people will love this but it wasn't for me.

Quick, cheap and simple - unusual for this book! I serve this as a light summer dinner with crusty bread and tomatoes, with Parmesan on top (or similar hard cheese) instead of blue...

This recipe made a lot of gnocchi because I needed to use a lot more flour than the recipe stated. The spring onions were therefore slightly lost in the gnocchi and I'd add double....

I omitted the Grand Marnier, and forgot to add the cream to the mascarpone mix - which was lovely without it - so whipped and spooned it on top of the dessert instead. Being heavie...

Heavenly. Didn't need the extra pulp or cream (which would have ruined it), or the glazing - I sprinkled with lots of icing sugar straight after it came out of the oven and most of...