DURING THIS TIME, KAREN HAS CHANNELLED HER ENERGY

into cooking for her family – husband David and teenage children Ben (16) and Maggie (13). What was previously just a daily sit-down meal now offers salvation as she pares down dishes using whatever vegetables are available and “lots of lentils!”.

Take her “restrained” cauliflower soup. There’s no stock or garlic, she says. “I’ve always been a lazy home cook, the champion of the 15-minute meal, and