mushroom, lentil & harissa stew

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This is the perfect dish when you’re looking for something quick, delicious and filling for dinner. The portobello mushrooms are cooked with paprika, red onion and garlic, before being mixed together with lentils, tomatoes and harissa paste.

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Using the same 50 cupboard ingredients across all of our recipes means we only have to buy a couple of fresh ingredients each time we cook. This helps us with buying less on shopping trips and cooking last minute meals.

‘The 50’ – try stocking up and buy cupboard ingredients you’ll use again and again.

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our favourite winter ingredients

Apples, Beetroot, Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, Celeriac, Celery, Chestnuts, Chicory, Cranberries, Jerusalem Artichokes, Kale, Leeks, Mushrooms, Onions, Parsnips, Pears, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Quince, Red Cabbage, Savoy Cabbage, Swede, Swiss Chard, Turnips, Watercress, Winter Squash, White Cabbage. Find out our best ingredients to use in winter below.

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