Eating & Cooking


Nigel Slater gardens for his kitchen

Nigel Slater, TV cook, bestselling cookery author and food columnist for The Observer, has joined the RHS grow your own veg campaign.
In a new series Nigel enthuses about growing veg at home and provides some tasty recipes.
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Tomato tartsTasty treats

Make the most of your home-grown veg with our mouth-watering recipes. We will be adding more recipes through the year.

Boureki and Greek salad
Chard frittata
Chicken wings with salsa
Chilli greens
Crispy cheese parsnips
Grilled vegetable terrine
Imam bayildi
Maman Blanc's vegetable and chervil soup
Patatas bravas
Root vegetable gratin dauphinoise
Spinach and Roquefort tart
Squash fondue
Tomato tarts

Roast Pumpkin & Parmesan Pasta Bake recipe cardRHS recipe cards

The RHS has produced four recipe cards, thanks to the superb catering outlets at the four RHS gardens.
They are available to download as Adobe Acrobat pdfs.

Beetroot and Goat’s Cheese Salad by Jane Cookson, RHS Enterprises, RHS Garden Rosemoor (136KB pdf)
Roast Pumpkin & Parmesan Pasta Bake by Alasdair Beach, Company of Cooks, RHS Garden Wisley (132KB pdf)
Sweet Potato Salad by Michelle Lauder, Lauders, RHS Garden Hyde Hall (152KB pdf)
Slow-roasted Tomato and Mozzarella Salad by Lesley Wild, Bettys and Taylors, RHS Garden Harlow Carr (132KB pdf)

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