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Is your cupboard full of ingredients bought for one dish and never used again? Step forward Flavour Heroes , the new book from Gurdeep Loyal

This one may be a dessert, but you could definitely serve it for brunch as well. Swap the strawberries and rose for raspberries and vanilla if you like but remember to add a pinch of sugar if you do.

Food writer Gurdeep Loyal says upping the flavour factor in recipes is as simple as rethinking how you use common ingredients and blending recipes from various traditions

Less is more when it comes to eating honey, says Rachel de Thample, whose River Cottage recipes celebrate and elevate nature’s “liquid gold”

SERVES 4 Ingredients 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 red onion, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 5cm piece ginger, grated 1 lemongrass stalk, bashed with a rolling pin 5 tbsp Thai red curry paste 1 red p

STEP 1 Prepare Set aside an hour to slice, dice and mix a few ingredients (see our recipes, opposite). STEP 2 Create We’ve colour-coded the recipes here and referenced them in the ingredients lists ov