Ingredients · Store cupboard

Tahini

Around 65mg of calcium per tablespoon, plus iron and copper from the sesame seeds.

Nutrition per portion

Keep it well: The cupboard is fine; refrigerating makes it stiff and sulky to stir.

Reach for it when the week brings:

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Warm quinoa, chargrilled chicken, roasted squash and feta with a lemon-tahini dressing.

40 min 42g protein

Oven-baked falafel bound with flax, tucked into pittas with a lemony red cabbage slaw.

45 min 17g protein

Creamy butter beans braised with garlic and kale, finished with lemony tahini.

30 min 20g protein

A restorative ginger broth with calcium-set tofu, tahini, noodles and bok choi.

25 min 24g protein

Five-minute pudding: thick yogurt swirled with tahini and honey over chopped dates.

5 min 13g protein

Crispy roasted chickpeas and kale over bulgur with a lemon-tahini dressing.

35 min 18g protein