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Crisp, buttery sprouts strewn with chestnuts and bacon: it will become your favourite festive side. The recipe uses a nifty two-step cooking process to get the very best out of every little green sphe

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Tuck into these fresh takes on much-loved comfort foods. Like a hug in a bowl, they’ll bring joy on cold or cloudy days

Want this to be the year you step out of your kitchen comfort zone? Lisa Harris discovers 20 new ingredients, cooking techniques and global cuisines that will help transform your cooking

Welcome to a brand-new iteration of our bi-annual Healthy Diet Plan to help you start 2025 the right way. As always, our nutrition and cookery experts have devised a week-long plan of quick and simple

■ Serves 4 ■ Prep 5 mins ■ Cook 20 mins sauce only 500g lean beef mince (we used 5% fat) handful of sliced mushrooms2 garlic cloves, crushed3 tbsp sundried tomato purée400g can chopped tomatoes glass