Cabbage never tasted this good

The star of our Seed to Stove series, Lia Leendertz, is turning her winter crop of cabbages and kale into tangy winter treats in this month's The Simple Things (Issue 19).  Cavolo nero crispy seaweed anyone? If you're inspired to grow your own crop, Lia has persuaded the good people at Otter Farm in Devon to do a special offer on her favourite varieties of cabbage. So click here to buy seeds of Cavalo Nero (25% off) and Red Russian at £1.50 per packet instead of £2. Type in the code SimpleThingsKale.

Otter Farm is a treasure trove of unusual and forgotten foods. Smallholder Mark Diacono grows them on his plot and has written an award-winning book A Taste of the Unexpected. He sells plants and seeds through his online shop.

Save up to 30% at People Tree

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Browse People Tree's beautiful range of ethical clothing, accessories and gifts at www.peopletree.co.uk and save a fantastic £15 when you spend £50 or more. All you need to do is enter the code SIMPLE15 when you check out.

Discover how the wonderfully inspiring People Tree founder and CEO, Safia Minney, persuaded the Dalai Lama and Prince Charles to wear organic cotton and earned herself an MBE for services to Fair Trade and the fashion industry in the January issue of The Simple Things, out now.

Terms and conditions: Offer is valid from the until the 31^st January 2014. Receive £15 off a purchase of £50 or more of any products including sale products on the People Tree website, www.peopletree.co.uk. To redeem, enter promotion code SIMPLE15 on the shopping bag or during checkout on the People Tree website. Offer cannot be combined with any other promotional codes. No cash alternative.

Free handpicked film magazine

Our colleagues here at Future have been busy producing a free magazine that reviews the best films to view this month on Picturebox films, the on-demand movie service from Universal Studios. You can download it for ipad for free click here plus you could win a a family trip to Legoland. @PictureBox #ImproveYourFilmLife  

Save £20 at Gousto!

It’s 6.30pm, you’re on the bus, and dreaming of getting home to a healthy dinner. Trouble is, a detour to buy fresh parsley/tahini/black eyed beans is out of the question. Wouldn’t it be great if all the ingredients could be magically waiting at home for you? 

Friends James Carter and Timo Schmidt thought so — which is why they set up Gousto for people committed to home-cooking, but lacking the time to shop for ingredients.

It’s a temptingly simple solution. Go online, choose from a ‘Couple Box’ and a ‘Family Box’, select the recipes that appeal to you, and they’ll deliver (for free) the necessary portions of the local, fresh, organic ingredients you need — along with easy-to-follow recipe cards.

Gousto’s recipes are developed by a team of professional chefs, cover all cuisines and styles, and are tested by friends and families first. Every week, the selection is updated to make sure there’re plenty of new recipes for you — recent dishes include chicken in mascarpone/chilli/lemon zest sauce and rice, and honey-roasted beetroot with warm bulgar wheat and beans. And, since the assumption is you’re busy, most dishes take no more than half an hour to prepare and cook.

Fancy giving it a go?

How to redeem your £20 coupon

1. Visit www.gousto.co.uk
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Sarah Raven tulip collections

Now is the time to choose and order your bulbs in time for planting in November. Sarah Raven has put together three stunning tulip collections to make choosing even easier.

“No spring garden is complete without its tulips. They add beautiful colour to borders, in pots and cut for a vase. Here are a few of the collections I’ve put together to give you the best combinations of truly stunning varieties.” Sarah Raven.

1.Venetian Tulip Collection. Quote offer code TSTSEPT13 for free P&P.

This is one of the best ever tulip collections we’ve had planted together in the garden and in pots. Magnificent! The collection includes Tulips ‘Couleur Cardinal’, ‘Havran’ and ‘Prinses Irene’. Flowers: Mid April-May.

Product code: 260319

45 bulbs (15 of each): £17.95

90 bulbs (30 of each): £32.50

2. Best Dark Tulips Collection. Quote offer code TSTSEPT13 for free P&P. Who can resist this luscious mix of tulips in a lovely array of purple, crimson, deep red and black? Collection includes Tulips ‘Black Parrot’, ‘Muriel’, ‘Havran’ and ‘Ronaldo’. Flowers: Mid April-May.

Product code: 260746

20 bulbs (5 of each): £11.95

40 bulbs (10 of each): £21.95

3. Jewel Tulip Collection . Quote offer code TSTSEPT13 for free P&P. I’m obsessed with coppery brown and burnt-orange tulips, particularly when mixed with crimsons and blacks. That’s exactly what you’ve got with this collection. Includes Tulips ‘Annie Schilder’, ‘Black Parrot’, ‘Bruine Wimpel’, ‘Burgundy’ and ‘Cairo’. (Euphorbia, pictured, also available from www.sarahraven.com.) Flowers: Mid April-May.

Product code: 260657

25 bulbs (5 of each): £14.95

50 bulbs (10 of each): £27.95

How to order your tulips with free P&P

Visit www.sarahraven.com and quote offer code TSTSEPT13 on your shopping basket page or call 0845 092 0283 and quote offer code TSTSEPT13.

* Offer valid on these tulips and other products from the autumn range, available on www.sarahraven.com. Offer valid until 31st October 2013. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or discount, and previous purchases are not valid.