Kitty Coles’ recipes for lemon- and oil-poached fish and cucumber and yoghurt salad

Deceptively simple dishes with a touch of class: poached white fish and new potatoes with a lemony courgette salad, and a yoghurty cucumber and celery salad in an extra-special spiced butter

There’s something quietly luxurious about gently poaching fish in good olive oil and lemon. It’s the sort of cooking that feels generous but effortless; everything simmers away in one big pan, and produces a sauce that’s rich and thick from the potato starch but lemony and fresh-tasting, too. I also often find myself craving an entire cucumber for lunch, so I love today’s salad for its simplicity and for its big flavours. I really enjoy writing recipes that I believe people will come back to again and again, and I think this is definitely one of those.