Appetizers

Ingredients:
* 8 garlic cloves, unpeeled
* Fry Light, for spraying
* 227 g/8 oz button mushrooms, sliced
* 283 g/10 oz very low fat natural fromage frais
* squeeze of lemon juice
* salt and freshly ground black pepper
* 2 tablespons chopped parsley

Ingredients:
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 15 g (1/2 oz) butter
* 250 g (8 oz) mixed mushrooms, such as shiitake and chestnut, rinsed, trimmed and thickly sliced
* 3-4 garlic cloves, crushed
* 125 g (4 oz) oyster mushrooms, rinsed, trimmed and thickly sliced
* 2-3 tablespoons dry sherry or vermouth
* 4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
* salt and freshly ground black pepper

Ingredients:
* 2 heads fennel, each about 300 g (10 oz), trimmed and quartered lengthways
* 125 g (4 oz) closed cup mushrooms, thickly sliced
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 2 tablespoons water
* 1 teaspoon sugar
* 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley
* 25 g (1 oz) butter
* salt and freshly ground black pepper
* fennel leaves, to garnish

Ingredients:

12 flat pieces pasta, about 7 x 10 cm (3x4 inches)
450 ml (3/4 pint) Bechamel Sauce
300 ml (1/2 pint) passata
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
25 g (1 oz) butter
salt and pepper

Filling:

2 tablespoons oil
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
250 g (8 oz) finely minced beef
250 g (8 oz) frozen chopped spinach, cooked and squeezed dry
40 g (1/2 oz) grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg yolk

Ingredients:
* 2 tablespoons corn oil
* 250 g (8 oz) onions, chopped
* 250 g (8 oz) open cup or large open mushrooms, chopped
* 250 g (8 oz) shelled Brazil nuts, coarsely ground
* 125 g (4 oz) fresh wholemeal breadcrumbs
* 1 egg
* 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
* salt and freshly ground black pepper

Ingredients:
* 625 g (1 1/4 lb) firm cepes or large open mushrooms
* 50 ml (2 fl oz) olive oil
* 500 g (1 lb) sausagemeat
* 2 garlic cloves, crushed
* 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
* 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
* 50 g (2 oz) fresh white breadcrumbs
* milk, for soaking
* 6 slices of Bayonne ham
* salt and freshly ground black pepper

Ingredients:
* 1 dessertspoon olive oil
* 2 garlic cloves, quartered
* 1 teaspoon freshly ground coriander
* 12 fresh green peppercorns in brine
* 5 ripe tomatoes, skinned, seeded and chopped
* 50 g (2 oz) can anchovy fillets, drained and chopped
* 20 open cup mushrooms, about 5 cm (2 inches) in diameter
* 75 g (3 oz) Edam cheese, grated
* 50 g (2 oz) fresh brown breadcrumbs
* 20 capers
* salt and coarsely ground black pepper

Ingredients:
* 36 closed cup mushrooms
* 1 red or green sweet pepper, seeded and cut into 2.5 x 1 cm (1 x 1/2 inch) pieces
* 24 baby pickling onions
* 12 baby courgettes, about 375 g (12 oz) cut into 1.5 cm (3/4 inch) thick slices

Marinade:
* 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
* 3 garlic cloves, crushed
* 3 tablespoons Barbados sugar
* 3 tablespoons soy sauce
* 3 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
* freshly ground black pepper

Ingredients:
* 50 small open cup mushrooms
* 125 g (4 oz) Camembert, Brie or Cambozola cheese, diced
* 50 g (2 oz) butter, softened
* 125 g (4 oz) walnut pieces, finely chopped
* 2 garlic cloves, crushed
* 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
* a little milk