no-cook meals

Try these fresh, nutritious dishes to liven up your lunchtime – ideal for the warmer months

- ESTHER CLARK

Chipotle gazpacho

SERVES 4 PREP 25 mins plus 2 hrs chilling NO COOK EASY V

1kg ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped 1 large red pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped ½ cucumber, sliced 4 spring onions, finely sliced 1 small garlic clove, grated 40g blanched almonds, roughly chopped 3 limes, juiced 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tsp chipotle paste 1 large, ripe avocado, cubed 1 small red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped ½ small bunch coriander, finely chopped

1 Put the tomatoes, pepper, cucumber, 2 of the spring onions, garlic, half the almonds, half the lime juice, and all the olive oil and chipotle paste into a blender. Whizz until almost smooth. Pour into a jug and chill for at least 2 hrs.

2 When ready to eat, toss the remaining spring onion, avocado, chilli and coriander with the remaining lime juice. Ladle the soup into four bowls and top with the avocado salsa and reserved almonds.

GOOD TO KNOW healthy • folate • fibre • vit c • 3 of 5-a-day • gluten free