By September, dinner starts asking a little more of us. Salads lose some of their appeal, the oven suddenly seems useful again and comfort food begins its annual return to the table.
The good news is that comfort food does not have to mean abandoning anything green until spring. These five recipes take some of the dishes most of us already want to eat at this time of year – bubbling mac’n’cheese, lasagne, fish pie, chilli and a golden-topped pie – and work kale or cavolo nero into them without making dinner feel remotely worthy.
