This creamy soup is a great way to eat swede. Serve with crusty bread for a simple and comforting supper. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Place the cubes of swede in a roasting tray.

The humble swede is a very underused vegetable in the UK, with many Britons reserving it as a mashed side dish for a roast dinner. But this root vegetable has much more to offer than its mashing ...

This delicious, colourful carrot and swede mash is a great low-carb alternative to the standard potato variety. Serve as part of a roast dinner, or to accompany hearty winter dishes, such as pies ...

My heart used to sink when I arrived home from school to find Dad had left a swede in the back porch. Dinner was going to be my least favourite meal — cold meat and mashed swede! Years later, I ...