dips

It's the perfect, protein-packed midday snack.

There is not a way I don’t like a chickpea or, indeed, a time when I couldn’t eat mashed potatoes, and this is a very happy combination of both, while being very gratifyingly its own thing. It offers comfort, uplift, aromatic zing, and ease – just what you want when lacking time or energy or both. While I eat this all the year round, I do think of it as the perfect summer version of a bowl of wintry mashed potatoes. And cold, this bumpy chickpea mash is wonderful as a kind of tahini-free hummus.

You can't go wrong with a classic hummus with simple ingredients of salt, tahini, garlic and chickpeas.

Anchovies are the secret ingredient in this savoury, delicious dip.

Bright, crunchy and packed with nutrients, pomegranates are worth more than their weight in juice.