Loose Ends

Petunjuk

• Quick pickle red onions for a great salad ingredient, taco topping or sandwich filler. In a jar, combine 1 tsp each sugar and salt and 300ml white wine or apple cider vinegar. Stir to dissolve. Add 3 halved garlic cloves and 3-4 whole black peppercorns. Add your sliced red onions and place in the fridge for at least two hours.

• Cook chopped onion, courgette and peppers in a little olive oil or butter over a medium heat until soft. Grease the cups of a muffin tin and put some of the vegetables in each cup. Top up with beaten eggs and bake at fan/gas mark 4 for 10-15 minutes until set. Enjoy the frittata cups warm or at room temperature.

• Use artichoke hearts as a delicious pizza topping or addition to your next salad, or dish them up as part of an antipasto spread.

• Leftover Mediterranean fusilli will be fantastic at room temperature as a pasta salad — a perfect packable lunch.

• Flake leftover hot-smoked salmon and stir through a little Mascarpone or cream cheese. Flavour with lemon juice, chopped fresh dill, black pepper and a touch of horseradish sauce and serve on hot toast.

• Add a spoonful of almond butter to your next smoothie for a hit of protein and healthy fats.