The recipes ahead are designed to be reach-in-the-refrigerator type dishes, where a little advanced cooking will yield the items you need to help put together a quick, yet interesting and delicious lunch. They are light meals made up of components that I like to mix and match, and can be eaten as they are or beefed up a little with sides. I have concentrated on using texture and healthy ingredients to steer away from the normal carbohydrate- and fat-heavy combinations.
All the recipes featured here will feed at least two, but are likely to give you leftovers for another meal on another occasion. For example, the venison cauliflower and celeriac recipes require initial cooking but, once cooked, leftovers can be kept in the refrigerator to aid preparation, if not for the following day, then certainly for later in the week. Alternatively, these prepared ingredients can be used in salads at dinner.