Spicy Paprika Sweet Potato Chips

Chips (or fries, if you like) are a luxury I allow myself from time to time though I always roast my chips  as it's healthier than frying, and requires less effort - you just put them in the oven and shake occasionally. This recipe comes courtesy of my cousin Lucíola and it is fabulous! The trick is to coat the chips evenly in a bowl before roasting. I used one white flesh and one orange fleshed sweet potato, but you could also do this recipe with normal potatoes too.

Butterbean (Lima Bean) Pasta Salad

This is a relatively simple and quick cold pasta salad; I often make some variant of this recipe for lunch at work when I want to have a break from sandwiches. For convenience, you can make it the night before, pop it into the fridge, and then take it into work the next day. It would also work well for a picnic salad (though as I write this, it's completely the wrong season). I designed this recipe in order to have a well-balanced lunch - carbs (pasta) plus protein (beans) plus vegetables. This time I happened to use butterbeans (i.e. lima beans) and sweetcorn, but I have used other beans (kidney, cannellini, whatever else is in the cupboard) and other veg (e.g. sweet pepper or cherry tomatoes) so feel free to play around with the recipe as you see fit. If you don't like mayonnaise, I have also made this before with a simple home made salad dressing of oil and vinegar, so you could do that instead.

Paprika and Mustard Potato Salad

This is a very easy, tasty, potato salad to make. Beware - I used raw onion in this and the flavour packs quite a punch. If you are less keen on onion and/or have to be out somewhere around people(!), you can easily omit it from the recipe. Or, as Google once again reliably informs me, you can soak the onions in very cold water for around 10 mins before draining and adding to the recipe.