VEGETARIAN OUTDOOR LUNCH
An outdoor lunch should be relaxed and good-tempered to make entertaining friends and family an enjoyable occasion for the cook, too. This lovely vegetarian feast is summery, light and celebratory, but much of it can be made ahead of time, and none of it is tricky to put together – nor does it rely on a weather-dependent barbecue!
Crunchy seasonal vegetables (use whatever you love or have to hand) and toasted flatbreads are the perfect vehicles for my winning mustard-mayonnaise dip, lightened with yogurt and packed with flavour (p90). The easy main course of baked tomato rice with aubergines and a puttanescainspired sauce is intended to be served warm, not hot, to make life simpler (p90). It also makes an excellent packed lunch the following day, eaten cold. The buttery pistachio & custard powder biscuits that are served with the fragrant passion fruit possets (p92) are
