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Baby Vegetables with Soured Cream
 This rich, warm trio of crisp steamed vegetables makes an excellent accompaniment to grilled fish or meat dishes, and it can also be served on its own as a vegetable salad. |
Baked Almond Pears
This luscious pear dessert is baked in a glorious fruit syrup and topped with almond flavoured biscuits or crisp, browned, roasted almonds, to add a crunchy texture. |
 Baked Almond Pears |
Baked Apples in Honey and Lemon
A classic mix of flavours in a healthy, traditional family pudding. Serve warm, with skimmed-milk custard or low fat frozen yogurt. |
 Baked Apples in Honey and Lemon |
Baked cabbage wedges with cheese
This is afresh and appetising way to serve cabbage, which blends particularly well with the full, savoury taste of Cheddar. The cabbage remains crunchy but soaks up the stock, which is enriched by wine. |
 Baked cabbage wedges with cheese |
Baked Chicken with Herbs
Baked chicken with herbs is economical and easy to prepare: gently cooked in a blend of lemon, marjoram, tarragon and wine, it is popular with children and can be served from the cooking pot.
Cooking time: 2 hours |
 Baked Chicken with Herbs |
Baked Custard with Burnt Sugar
You can add a little liqueur to this dessert if you like, but it is equally delicious without it. |
 Baked Custard with Burnt Sugar |
Baked Eggs with Crab
 Baked and served in dainty ramekins, these eggs on a layer of crab meat flavoured with brandy make a rich hut simple snack. |
 Baked Eggs with Crab |
Baked Eggs with Creamy Leeks
This wonderful recipe can also be prepared using other vegetables, such as pureed spinach or ratatouille, as a base. For such an elegant dish, it needs very little preparation time. |
 Baked Eggs with Creamy Leeks |
Baked garlic potatoes
Even a small amount of flavoured olive oil can penetrate the flesh of a straightforward baked potato and transform it into a golden treat. |
 Baked garlic potatoes |
Baked Potatoes with Egg
Baked potatoes with egg makes an economical dish for a children s meal. |
 Baked Potatoes with Egg |
Baked Skate
Tender skate wings dotted with nuts of butter and sprinkled with shallots and vinegar are simply baked in the oven. |
 Baked Skate |
Baked Spicy Chicken
A family recipe that demands the minimum attention from the cook, this dish is made with chicken thighs. |
Baked tuna tomatoes
Versatile tuna, blended with cheese and capers, makes a high-flavour filling for tomatoes, while the cheese and breadcrumb topping adds an appetising savoury crunch to this warming dish. |
 Baked tuna tomatoes |
Baltimore Seafood Cakes
These rich crab and prawn cakes are spiced with mustard, Worcestershire sauce and a little cayenne pepper then coated in breadcrumbs and fried until the outside is a crunchy golden brown. |
 Baltimore Seafood Cakes |
Bamboo Shoot Salad
This salad, which has a hot and sharp flavour, originated in north-east Thailand. Use fresh young bamboo shoots if you can find them, otherwise substitute canned bamboo shoots. |
 Bamboo Shoot Salad |
Banana Ginger Parkin
This is a nutritious, energy-giving cake that is a really good choice for packed lunches as it doesn't break up too easily. |
 Banana Ginger Parkin |
Banana spice loaf
Flavours from the tropics are blended into this country-kitchen tea-bread. A slice or two would be a welcome addition to a packed lunch. |
Banana Togo
very quick-to-prepare vegetable dish, Succotash can be prepared almost entirely from store cupboard ingredients. |
 Banana Togo |
Banana, Maple and Lime Pancakes
Pancakes are a treat any day of the week, and they can be made in advance and stored in the freezer for convenience. |
 Banana, Maple and Lime Pancakes |
Barbecue Sauce
Serve with barbecued or grilled chicken, sausages, burgers or chops. |
Barley and Mushroom Casserole
Tasty and economical barley and mushroom casserole is filling enough to be a complete meal. Even meat-eaters will find this vegetarian dish a pleasant change. |
 Barley and Mushroom Casserole |
Bean and eggplant moussaka
Kidney beans, lentils and mushrooms replace the lamb of a Greek moussaka, but the melting eggplants are kept. |
 Bean and eggplant moussaka |
Bean and Mushroom Burgers
Hungry children will love to tuck into these hearty, lightly spiced vegetarian burgers, made with wholesome ingredients and served with pitta bread, salad and a sweet red onion relish. |
 Bean and Mushroom Burgers |
Bean and Potato Open Pie
Baked beans are a favourite in most families but this is a way to dress them up. The pie 'crust' is made from mashed potato and this will hold its shape better if 1 medium egg, beaten, is added or very little milk. For a meatless dish, leave out the beef and add 3/4 cup more mushrooms. |
 Bean and Potato Open Pie |
Bean Puree with Grilled Chicory
The slightly bitter flavours of the radicchio and chicory make a wonderful marriage with the creamy bean puree. Walnut oil adds a nutty taste, but olive oil could also be used. |
 Bean Puree with Grilled Chicory |
Bean sprout salad
Bean sprouts match the sweetness of red pepper in a low-calorie salad dressed in an Oriental style. |
 Bean sprout salad |
Beef and Bean Chilli
Nothing is quite as hearty as a howl of tingling-hot chilli con carne made with prime minced beef, cooked with sturdy kidney heans and served with tortillas in the easy Mexican style. |
 Beef and Bean Chilli |
Beef and Cheese Roll
This is ground beef with a difference; serve with buttered noodles and a salad and accompany by a hot tomato sauce. |
Beef and Mushroom Burgers
It's worth making your own burgers to cut down on fat - in these the meat is extended with mushrooms for extra fibre. |
 Beef and Mushroom Burgers |
Beef Balti
Balti dishes are stir-fried curries which originated in Kashmir and are traditionally served with a bread accompaniment. |
 Beef Balti |
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