Pumpkins make beautiful hearty soups, if you roast your pumpkin skin on you'll get a nuttier flavour. Sauté an onion with some basil and garlic. Then add your pumpkin, some tomato paste and cook in vegetable stock until the pumpkin is soft, then blitz, da-dah sweet pumpkin soup!

Watercress has a peppery flavoured goes well with rich dishes that have  a fat component. You can also add it to a salad or sandwich. Did you know that watercress is one of the oldest know vegetables that humans consumed?