Sides

Celeriac is the surprise in this Hairy Bikers coleslaw recipe, cut into fine matchsticks alongside cabbage, carrot, onion and grated apple. That whole bowl comes from Meat Feasts, where 4 servings work out at about 140 calories after 20 minutes of chopping. In Perfect Pies, Si and Dave call their rainbow version “a salad for …

This Hairy Bikers red cabbage is braised for fifty minutes in cider, vinegar and muscovado sugar until the liquid has gone completely. Half a cabbage feeds four at about 170 calories, and the recipe appears in both British Classics and Meat Feasts. Two books print it almost identically, which tells you they were happy with …

I built this Hairy Bikers rhubarb chutney on their chilli and green apple chutney from Perfect Pies, swapping the apples for a kilo of rhubarb. The spicing stays theirs, so allspice, a cinnamon stick, ginger, red onion and dried fruit, and it makes about 1.2 litres. Their chutney already uses 500g of dried fruit, which …

Five cauliflower cheese recipes sit across five Hairy Bikers cookbooks, and this one from Chicken and Egg is the version I always come back to. It bakes golden in about 50 minutes at around 310 calories, so it works as an easy comfort food side for four to six. Si and Dave write in British …

This Hairy Bikers pease pudding from Meat Feasts uses the traditional muslin method where blitzed split peas get wrapped and simmered in stock for over an hour. It serves 6 at around 250 calories with butter, nutmeg, and a beaten egg folded through before the cloth goes on. The headnote says “split peas and bacon …

This Hairy Bikers dauphinoise potatoes recipe layers thin sliced Charlottes in double cream and milk at around 430 calories per serving. And the whole dish takes 85 minutes as a side for six, so you can have it in the oven while a roast does its thing. Si and Dave say “simple is best, we …