olive oil

The one to make when the cupboard looks empty. Two tins, a bag of spinach and about twenty minutes, and it is

The lunch that does not leave you asleep at three o'clock. Almost no carbohydrate, and it packs for work witho

All the satisfaction of a fried rice with about a fifth of the carbohydrate. Ready before a takeaway would hav

Store cupboard cooking at its best: dried lentils, spices and a tin, turned into something soft and comforting

One tray, four ingredients that matter, and almost no carbohydrate. The kind of thing you can put in the oven

Leaner than a beef chilli and higher in fibre, without tasting like a compromise. Makes enough for leftovers,

Vegetarian, very low in carbohydrate, and salty enough that nobody asks where the meat is.

Barley instead of arborio: more fibre, more texture, and it does not need standing over with a ladle for half

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Warm, filling and heavy on fibre. Good hot, better at room temperature, and it survives a lunchbox.

Recipes using olive oil