One of my favourite vegetables is kumara. You can bake, roast or mash them, or throw them into a frittata or soup. They add a glorious natural sweetness to any meal. Here, stuffed with chickpeas ...

Add drained cannellini beans, cooked kumara and 1 cup chicken stock and cook until thick, mushing it all up as you go. Add the lemon zest and juice, a grind of black pepper and thin with more ...