Last week I shared a guest recipe for Diana Henry’s orange and pomegranate cake, which I was pleased to see was a really big hit with lots of you over the weekend. As mentioned, I’ve really been enjoying cooking from Diana’s latest book A Change of Appetite, which is packed full of lighter, vegetable, fish and grain-based dishes, with influences from Cambodia, North Africa, Peru, India and the Middle East.
If this book sounds like something you’d enjoy, I also have two additional copies of the book to giveaway. So, here’s your chance to enter and win a copy of your own.
Here’s how to enter:
A Change of Appetite by Diana Henry is published by Mitchell Beazley/Octopus Publishing Group RRP £25. I have two additional copies in hand and will be responsible for posting them out to the winners. Cover image courtesy of the publisher.
You may also enjoy reading my interview with Diana Henry here.
CLAIRE WOODs says
Sweet potato
H is for Home, Adelle says
I love bulgar wheat. Nuttier than cous cous and so easy to use.
George Worboys Wright says
Spring greens cos they’re so versatile.
Lisa Valentine says
Sweet potato, delicious and so healthy!
Becky John says
Cauliflower as it can be used in so many ways
donna jones says
rice
Eleanor Powell says
butternut squash
Melanie McNair says
I love cooking with peppers & everyone in the household loves them
Kate Phillips says
I love pumpkins!
carol boffey says
i love sproats
Ellie says
I love to cook with fresh peppers yummy
Jan h says
Potato – I make loads of soups using potato as the base ingredient
Stephen Little says
Rice – very easy!
Lorraine Polley says
love to cook with butternut squash, makes beautiful soup when mixed with red pepper
emma falvi says
any kind of beans
Angie Hoggett says
Tomatoes
pete c says
rice, as its tasty and can be used in various ways
Paula Readings says
I like greens & cabbage.
Carys Jones says
Carrots, they are so versatile.
Lee says
Noodles
Jayne B says
brown rice
Susan Carruthers says
I really like courgettes
liz ferguson says
I love cooking with Mung Beans. They are so versatile and full of nutrients.
Allan Fullarton says
I love aubergine
simon reilly says
Bulgar Wheat
Deborah Bird says
I love courgettes 🙂
Rosalind Blight says
it has to be peppers as they are so versatile
Sheri Darby says
I love anything with aubergine
Lani Nash says
I love to use quinoa
Natalie Gillham says
Bulgar Wheat 🙂 x
Joanna Sawka says
pumpkins and broccoli
joanne liddement says
I love cooking with quinoa and it is full of protein so good for you
Steven Montgomery says
Brown rice
JULIE CAMM says
LOVE PASTA
Mark Palmer says
You can’t beat porridge oats!
Gerri Tennant says
Quinoa is versatile and diferent. I am enjoying trying new recipes with it.
z.g says
chickpeas
Emma Davies says
Carrots and samphire
Cheryl says
carrots and sweetcorn ~ they’re the 2 things my kids will demolish
sam cornford says
Onions or Garlic.
Rhys says
Love cooking with tomatoes, just love the flavour and look of them when cooking
Patrick Moran says
Beetroot. It is one of the most healthiest vegetables out there. It’s classed as a super vegetable for all its properties. And it is a well known aid to help you when dieting
Kerry Lethbridge says
I love cooking with wild rice and brocilli
Karen Dixon says
Most meals at the moment have asprargus in them for us , espeically at this time of the year
Alison says
Tomatoes, they are so flavourful
Diana Semionova says
Pearl Barley 🙂
Lauren Old says
Love cooking with tomatoes, just love the flavour and look of them when cooking
Elizabeth Smith says
British asparagus – unrivalled this time of year
Rebecca Gransden says
Love brown rice – so unrated. Also have to stick up for the humble chick pea.
Allan Wilson says
Camargue Red Rice (although my Sainsburys has stopped stocking it – gutted)
Judith Allen says
We’re loving brown rice at the moment, goes just lovely with a chickpea curry.
kay panayi says
i LOVE swede
Dee says
Peppers
Janet T says
I love lentils especially the green and black ones.
kelly brittle says
i love peppers and onions
ESME MCCRUBB says
RICE
Amy J says
I love cooking with sweet potato
Bec F says
Sweetcorn
Solange says
Peas
Caroline Blaza says
Cauliflower
Susan H says
Freash Peas
Catherine Harper says
I am going through a couscous phase at the moment.
Pamela says
I love sweetcorn … because it’s so, well, sweet and yet healthy at the same time! 🙂
Csilla Kontig says
Courgettes, tomatoes, olives, anything Mediterranean.
tazzy keen says
peas
michelle banks says
peppers are my favorite x
Christine Dodd says
I’m a convert to spinach – putting it into all sorts of recipes
Claire D says
I love brocolli
Sheila Reeves says
Broccoli – use it so much now, and when we first got together my husband said it was the only vegetable he wouldn’t eat ;))
Hekna says
Sweetcorn. Can’t get enough of it!
Tammy Tudor says
sweetcorn 🙂
Charlotte Hood says
Quinoa is my current favourite ingredient. It’s so filling!
Emma Jones says
Sweet potato is amazing – mashed up with a bit of clarified butter, cut into fries and sprinkled with paprika before roasting or just cut into cubes and put into a casserole… my cupboard is always full of sweet potatoes!
Suzanne says
Mushrooms are a great favourite and very versatile from exotic dishes to simply mushrooms on toast.
Krissie says
Butternut squash & sweet potato 🙂
makila wheatley says
sweet potato
julie laing says
Sweetcorn
Phil Darling says
I can’t get enough broccoli
Claire Smith says
I absolutely love artichokes – great in pasta dishes
Talisa says
I love adding Celery to our meals. In spaghetti bolognese, chilli con carne, casserole, curries… you can do so much with it!
Victoria says
carrots
ADEINNE TONNER says
Peppers
Barbara Handley says
Quinoa
Spencer Broadley says
Sweetcorn – can be mixed with beans, can make fritters, mix with tuna and mayonnaise
Lara Davis says
Sweet potatoes
Hannah Ingham says
Potatoes!
john Rossington says
A great prize
sarah rees says
brocolli
Richard Randall says
Popcorn cooked in coconut oil with a hint of spice.
Amanda Graham says
I’m on a gluten free diet so I love quinoa!
Lyla says
I love cauliflower
Sandra Lane says
I have started using quinoa in salads. It is high in protein and so easy to prepare.
KATHY D says
Kale – so good for you
Kathy Cakebread says
broccoli
elaine dale says
Broccoli
laura stewart says
broccoli
clair downham says
asparugus
iain maciver says
broccoli
ann clements says
Brown rice
Julie Tift says
Cauliflower
Alexandra Mercer (Life of mummy) says
mange tout
winnie says
i love to cook with pearl barley – they have such unique taste and texture
Chloe says
My favorite vegetable to cook with is beans – any kind! I love a three bean chilli, a mung bean curry, chorizo stew – anything beany!
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Miss. Lucinda Fountain says
My favourite vegetable or grain to cook healthy suppers with has to be Courgette, as it is something that i can do so much with! (Like for instance a nice Ratatouille or with a rice dish etc.).
Gillian Holmes says
Broccoli
Hazel Christopher says
I really love broccoli – I think it’s delicious and add it to lots of different meals from stiry frys to cheese & potato pie 🙂
miss messy says
Oooo I don’t know, I think i’m loving quinoa right now!
Rachel says
Courgette. I like grating it and mixing it into pasta!
Maxine says
I do think that red carmargue rice makes delicious salads, and with different dressings and added vegetables, can be a great light meal
Tracey Reilly says
couscous. so versatile.
Helen B says
I love giant couscous because you can put so many different things and flavours with it, and it’s great as an accompaniment to a meal or on it’s own as a salad.
Kate @ Veggie Desserts says
Favourite veg or grain? Gosh, that’s tough. I suppose my favourite veg is courgette – so versatile. As for grain, I love giant cous cous, but those little buggers get EVERYWHERE after I feed them to the kids. Tasty, though!
Choclette says
Quinoa – it’s one of the best because of its high protein content and it tastes really good too.
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says
Quinoa is a very healthy grain and I use it a lot.
Julie says
I love spinach, it’s so versatile.
Corin says
I love mixing quinoa into salads with any vegetables. It bulks it out and keeps me fuller for longer, not to mention the added protein!
Corina says
I love bulgur wheat.
Mary Chez says
I like most vegetables but my favourite is swede
Tine F. says
I love to Cook polenta. It’s so yummy.
melanie stirling says
We will eat all vegetables but my favourite is brocolli.
daisy says
I enjoy using quinoa now
daisy says
I enjoy using quinoa now.
Alicia (foodycat) says
I don’t play favourites with food! We like a variety of vegetables and grains.
frances hopkins says
I’d love to say something imaginative but can’t, unfortunately I’m not the greatest cook in the world 🙁
Sally - My Custard Pie says
Love this book – strike that love all Diana Henry’s food writing and recipes.
Jane Willis says
Bulghur, it goes with so many things and can be eaten hot or cold, dressed up or dressed down
kellyjo walters says
I love spelt with spinich, soya beans and a lemon dressing, with salad and egg or salmon… any grain I love buckwheat, cous cous etc
kim neville says
I like spinach cooked with garlic and roasted peppers
Tracy Nixon says
I eat loads of vegetables and my favourite are Jersey potatoes! I love them boiled and served with butter and black pepper – from April to June, when they are in season I buy lots!
Tracey Peach says
The Healthy Grain I Love To Cook Healthy Meals With Is Rice, You Can Cook So Many Lovely Healthy meals With It