A FRESH APPROACH Ed Smith’s fuss-free recipes

Vibrant, colourful and fuss free, Ed Smith’s light and fragrant recipes look uplifting and taste delicious

Fresh and fragrant means salads full of herbs with crisp lettuce leaves cupping and clinging to droplets of perky dressings,’ says Ed Smith, food writer and author of the cookbook Crave. ‘It means crunchy raw vegetables, the lactic tang of cheeses like feta, ricotta and burrata, plus ingredients that pop when chewed, drawing an involuntary smile – peas, sweetcorn, radishes. Fresh and fragrant feels good.’ Savour the balmy days of late summer with these low-effort recipes redolent of holidays and happiness.